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Talk:Anthony

message: I removed this claim "That name seems to have come originally from the Arameic, although nothing further is known about this derivation" as I have never read anything like that before and it lacks a source. Why was the claim made in the first place?
edit: I've done a bit of research, and it seems like it was user "Georgesfeir" who made the claim. He seems to have made several changes in other articles, attributing names and cities an Aramaic/Middle Eastern origin. Ethnic activist?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.229.26.108 (talk) 12:55, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Arameic origin

message: Perhaps the article should note that the "h" exists only in the English version of the name and is essentially a an incorrect addition, stemming from the incorrect association with Greek "anthos" (ανθός) - whereas in Greek Anthony is spelled "Antonios" (Αντώνιος).Causantin 10:22, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Note about addition of "h"?

message: Does it really mean "that one guy" or is this just a case of speculation that nobody bothered to research?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.128.212.34 (talk) 19:55, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "That one guy?" 

message: I've never seen Anthony shortened to Tone except for the Hip Hop artist Tone Loc.  Tone doesn't seen common at all to me.  I even did a Wikipedia search and very few hits were returned refering to people with the name Tone.  I'd change the entry so it says "...sometimes shortened to Tony or Tone. Savacek (talk) 01:51, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed "Tone" altogether, as there were no examples on the page of the name being shortened to "Tone". Anthroponymy articles don't and shouldn't mention all nicknames. - Fayenatic (talk) 16:29, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: "Often shortened to ''Tony'' or ''Tone''"

message: The name does not mean flower. It is commonly associated with the greek word anthos which does mean flower but this association is incorrect and is irrelevant.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.15.227.53 (talk) 23:47, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If its meaning is unknown, the article should state so, or did I miss something? At the moment, the space given to the incorrect anthos derivation might lead a a casual reader to take this as the true meaning. Will fix from my desktop when I get a round tuit, esp if I can source the deriv from Etruscan. As you'll see from my sig I have a personal interest in this -- hope that doesn't disqualify me ;-)  --D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 09:43, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Meaning 
Talk:Varney the Vampire

message: This archetype has been widely exemplified, notably by such characters as the vampire Louis in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Barnabas Collins in the TV soap opera Dark Shadows and Angel from the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Although I do understand the risks of listing far too many examples, I was wondering if Nick Knight of the Forever Knight series would be a suitable addition.  Basically, since I'm fairly heavily into the fandom, it's hard to say what influence it's had outside it.  Largely because I'm admittedly biased towards saying it has a striking significance.  Thoughts?  --Scandalous (talk) 03:06, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sympathetic Vampire Characters: 

message: There was a real person-Thomas Varney or Verney who was the second son and a black sheep. He was accused of betraying Royalists to the Roundheads for money.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.124.163.129 (talk) 02:17, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  reference to real Varney (Verney)  

message: The Napoleonic wars took place 1803-1815. Wouldn't that be consistent with a setting in the early 19th Century, rather than in contradiction? PurpleChez (talk) 19:10, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It says that the work was "ostensibly set" in the 18th century (per the source), but notes that the Napoleonic Wars references would date it to the 19th century. So the phrasing seems correct.— TAnthonyTalk 20:33, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  setting 

message: Do we know if there's any connection to real life Sir Francis Verney, the 15th century English nobleman-turned-turncoat jihadist pirate? I understand that he was seen as quite the villainous character in his day, and the fact that he's one letter away from sharing Varney the Vampire's entire full name, including salutation, seems like one hell of a coincidence. — BrokenEye3 (talk) 11:33, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: the ''other'' real Varney/Verney

message: "Unlike later fictional vampires, he is able to go about in daylight and has no particular fear of either crosses or garlic."
Is the cited source for this, one Roxanne Hellman's "Vampire Legends and Myths", available anywhere to see?  And is this something mentioned as an actual lack of fear anywhere in the serial, or is it noted merely due to the absence of mention? Zusty001 (talk) 22:23, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claims on aversion 

message: It seems only the narrator references things like the Napoleonic war and not directly in connection to the story. This just implies the narrator is contemporary. - Count_Primula 150.143.58.85 (talk) 17:55, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the setting confused?
Talk:Etiquette in the Middle East

message: The section containing the following is accurately sourced:  "Doing business revolves much more around personal relationships, family ties, trust, and honor. There is a tendency to prioritize personal matters above all else. It is therefore crucial that business relationships are built on mutual friendship and trust."  The problem is it is a direct lift from that copyrighted material.  I was under the impression that was contrary to Wikipedia rule?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.171.2.26 (talk) 21:13, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagarism? 

message: The last sentence in the section "Points of etiquette" is unclear--who has to excuse himself?
Lriley47 (talk) 16:37, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear on etiquette 

message: Israeli etiquette (or lack thereof) is famous. Why is there nothing on this? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 1 Adar 5775 13:52, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nothing on Israel? 
File talk:Mesoplanets.svg

message: Not quite sure what's wrong with the text rendering, but at least it is readable now.  --Lasunncty 10:42, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: At the time this file was created, 2007 OR10's recent discovery had not yet been announced.  Plus, this was not intended to be a comprehensive list; there are several other large objects that have been left out.  --Lasunncty (talk) 22:24, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

text: I have now replaced 1996 TO66 with 2007 OR10.  --Lasunncty (talk) 13:18, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Talk:Monopoly law

message: The above proposal for splitting is not very well thought out. A finding of dominance in law (or a monopoly) is a necessary pre-condition to finding an abuse, therefore it needs to be treated as a single subject. I would concentrate my time on improving the page rather than throwing criticisms around! Wikidea 22:59, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: While I appreciate your editing efforts, could you please clarify why there are few exact contend doublings with the above listed pages? Also, as stated above, Wikipedia articles should be easily understandable (this implies especially to clear and single-subjected page names). Why dont you want to merge and maybe improve other monopoly- and dominance-related articles? Is there any particular reason you want to keep this page?--Kozuch (talk) 23:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes now that I look back at it, it all seems very convoluted, title and all. I think I need a page called Monopoly law, just to keep the title simple, and because the purpose of this page was always meant to be for law; as a subsection from Competition law. Otherwise, it'll all get very confusing with the economics stuff. Wikidea 08:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I renamed the page. Take care of the content if you can please.--Kozuch (talk) 10:59, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anti-merger
Talk:Repulse-class ship of the line

message: "11 December 1802 - 1926"?  Really?  I doubt it.  I'd put in a better date, but I don't have the information.  twfowler (talk) 03:52, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Really.  was in service until being burnt in a fire in 1926. Benea (talk) 11:18, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Talk:2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election

message: As a total outsider and holding little understanding of the Japanese political system, please forgive my ignorance. But i was under the impression that Junichiro Koizumi had to step down as Leader of the LDP and Prime Minister as he had served as Leader for 5 years. As such, wouldnt that prevent him from being a candidate for replacing Abe? Or does the 5 year term re-set itself if a person has taken a break from being Leader? 58.7.61.127 10:56, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, not at all. I've never heard of that five-year rule, and I've got no idea where you got it from... —Nightstallion 18:35, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ditto. -- Exitmoose 07:12, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  So why did Junichiro Koizumi retire from the office of PM? I swear i remember reports at the time on the issue referring to there being some time limit to it, and i thought it was imposed by his Party rather than as part of a national constitution. Again, apologies. 58.7.61.127 07:35, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

text: EDIT: Quoted from Junichiro_Koizumi "Koizumi announced that he would step down from office in 2006, per LDP rules, and would not personally choose a successor as many LDP prime ministers have in the past." - so, wouldnt his re-candidacy be void as it would break these rules? 58.7.61.127 08:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've read that, but I haven't been able to find any source for it, and it's not cited, actually. —Nightstallion 09:08, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: After all Junichiro_Koizumi had no appearance.But Yasuo Fukuda is elder than Jun’ichiro , formerly Yasuo was called "Yasuo-san" with much worshiping.Yasuo is the eldest son of Takeo Fukuda ----The DQN,macbeth 07:32, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Hetherington

message: There is a long-standing dispute over the origin and nationality of this surname; rather than allow the (bold–revert–)n semi-protect cycle to continue indefinitely, I’m starting this discussion in the hope of making some progress towards a resolution. ISTM there are two distinct issues:
#the origin and etymology of the name, and
#the characterization of the name as English.
On the first point, I think we will need a considerable weight of scholarly opinion to contradict the authoritative-seeming OUP references; I also observe that no competing explanation has been offered. Furthermore, the Scots and English languages had scarcely begun to diverge by the XIII century, so the English-language category would seem apt regardless.
On the second point, there seems more latitude for editorial judgement. If sources can be found to support it, would a characterization along the lines of a Scottish Borders and Irish surname of English origin, or something to that effect, be acceptable? (The Anglo-Scottish border wasn’t finally fixed until some time later: is it possible that the place was part of Scotland when the surname first appeared? That would put it in a different light.) Or would it be satisfactory to add some information about the historical and present-day distribution of the name—which evidently will include North America and Australia, as well as Ireland–assuming such can be found?
In order to register the good-faith concerns that have been expressed, now that the article has been semi-protected again, I’ll tag the section as disputed. But unless some sources can be found to support the contention, it won‘t remain flagged indefinitely.—Odysseus1479 01:03, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Englishness of the name
Talk:HMS Cumberland (1807)

message: Hmm, according to the William I of the Netherlands article, there are two times the RN took him from Great Britain to the Netherlands.
The first was in 1799, years before this ship was launched, and the second was "on 30 November 1813 William disembarked from HMS Warrior and landed at Scheveningen beach, only a few yards from the place where he had left the country with his father 18 years previously", i.e. it names a different ship.
What's the source for saying this ship ever did it? Lovingboth (talk) 12:31, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking, I see that the claim was made in Dec 2010 by an anonymous editor. HMS Warrior (1781) was another 74 gunner later converted to a prison ship... Lovingboth (talk) 12:36, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  William I of the Netherlands
Talk:English ship Antelope (1546)

message: Please note that naming 16th century ships with much later navy prefixes is not consistent with how other contemporary ships are named. For example Mary Rose, Peter Pomegranate and Henry Grace à Dieu.
Peter Isotalo 17:09, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's three ships, the majority of ships of this period are titled with HMS (:Category:16th-century ships, at the least Peter please accept this is perhaps a controversial move against existing guidelines, and needs discussion and a consensus before its move, not after. WP:BRD suggest bold, revert and discuss, not bold, revert, revert and discuss. The accepted conventions also expressed suggest 'English ship Antelope 1546', not the current format, hence making the title doubly wrong by our standards. I am going to revert, please await consensus, as there is no rush, let's get this right before making changes. Benea (talk) 17:37, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

text: I've dropped a link to the discussion on WT:SHIPS to encourage further input to this debate, and help a consensus develop. Benea (talk) 17:52, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ships) indicates, "Do not make up a ship prefix for a navy that did not use one." The English navy of the time did not and nor should we. The Land (talk) 14:28, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "HMS" 

message: I thought most of the early Galleons carried 4 masts, with a lateen sail on the last two masts (as indeed shown in the picture). I have seen square sails in addition to the lateen on the third mast, but never on the fourth. Why do we describe Antelope as a Full Rigged Ship? --Stephan Schulz (talk) 11:38, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That's only applying from her 1618 rebuild onwards, by which time she would have been very different from her original self. Martocticvs (talk) 13:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, thanks. Do we have a name for the Galleon sail plan that we could add for clarification? --Stephan Schulz (talk) 13:55, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure, but I think the terms Galleass and Galleon are sufficient to describe their rigs as well? I don't recall ever seeing any other names coupled with them. Martocticvs (talk) 14:19, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fully rigged ship
Talk:Carstairs index

message: When I typed 'carstairs' I got no link to this - I had to then type 'carstairs index'. Resolve? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.209.6.40 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: 19/08/2019 Looks like the University of Glasgow links are dead, and I cannot find carstairs on the University of Glasgow site. It may have migrated to ISD of NHS Scotland , but this is not clear - has it been deprecated ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Telferm57 (talk • contribs) 09:54, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead links
Talk:Dave Barr (motorcyclist)

message: I am curious why Wikipedia has this tagged with questionable notability.  The man holds two world records, has been inducted into the motorcycle hall of fame, and ridden a motorcycle across Siberia in the winter time.  And, he is the author of two books.  Any insight on that?
bmweerman 11:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I just re-wrote the article, adding in sources where needed and generally cleaning it up. I think that since he's best known for being a motorcyclist, it would probably be best to move the article to just Dave Barr (motorcyclist). Thoughts? TravellingCari 16:13, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability established - Move?
Talk:Wadden Islands

message: There is a lot of talk about 'golf altitude'. I think the article was written by a Dutchman, because 'golf' is the Dutch word for 'wave'. (Nothing to do with the sport, of course)
Should it be changed to 'wave altitude' or is there another term that's more appropriate?
62.58.28.98 09:08, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Talk:MX-8 Armored Escort Vehicle

message: Dude, this page is harsh to the eyes. It's too segmented, so try merging and omitting some irrelevant information.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.4.41.94 (talk • contribs) 
I've done some editing, but without the necessary information the changes are largely superficial.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyfromboracay (talk • contribs) 15:30, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Harsh to the eyes
Talk:Mark Kern

message: The "Nostalrius Petition & Classic World of Warcraft" section is strange. The only attribution is a video of Mark Kern himself. I do not this is enough to give the man credit for the creation of World of Warcraft Classic, as this section does. 24.144.254.102 (talk) 19:37, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, this article has clearly been defaced by either Kern or his fans. Attributing Classic WoW to him, removing mention of the FireFall party bus, no mention of his vaporware games since, etc. Wolfsung (talk) 10:53, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Credit for WoW Classic?
Talk:Pari Pantazopoulos

message: I would like to suggest renaming this page to Pari Pantazopoulos since it is about the person, not the club he plays/played will play for. Incidentally, there isn't an article for the club, ASIL Lyssi (or rather mentions of the club point to this page). If moved, the club could have at least a stub. --Kateshortforbob 12:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: am cleaning up w/ refs now. --Kateshortforbob 12:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ack! In fact there is an article at Pari pantazopoulos with identical content which is currently the subject of a prod. What I'd like to do is:
#Finish cleaning up this article.
#Move the content of this article to Pari pantazopoulos.
#Move Pari pantazopoulos to Pari Pantazopoulos to capitalise the name.
#Write a stub about the football team for this article (ASIL Lyssi)
I know there's concerns about notability, but at least with a cleaned up player page it might be easier to judge. A 2nd division Cypriot team could probably have a stub page. Also, if anyone could advise me on the page moving thing (re preserving history) that would be good. Thanks. --Kateshortforbob 13:29, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Done. --Kateshortforbob 08:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Renaming
Talk:Clifton Without

message: I would like to suggest that as this covers such a small geographic, demographic and political area, it be merged with the article on Clifton, York.Rimmer1993 (talk) 15:04, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Club seasons/Contra-Proposal

message: Why is the "Overview" section optional? Surely that should be the crux of the article? - PeeJay 12:42, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure about "the crux of the article", but I have to agree with you that overview shouldn't be optional. But, based on several current club season articles, I don't expect editors will jump on it and write long overviews, I guess overviews will be nice but short. I'm changing that. Furthermore, events, I believe should be list only if there is important events, so, I'm not sure if all teams will have important event to be list in a season. Because that I set a optional. Regards. --ClaudioMB 14:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I agree that events should be optional. However, where included, the events that should be included are progression/elimination from a cup competition, notable league matches and a short comment on any transfers. - PeeJay 14:15, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As you probably already know, I not good with overviews or events. So, I saw some other editors using, like Leeds_United_A.F.C._2007-08_season#Events and Bristol_Rovers_F.C._season_2007-08#Chronological_list_of_events. The only improvement I can see, is to use Wikipedia date (5 September). I think we should invite all editors that are using events to discuss the event section. With their participation, they will eventually accept the MoS.--ClaudioMB 15:55, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Optional 

message: I set as optional because I saw some articles not include it. But, I wondering if make sense I season article do not show the competitions the club is in. I think we could call those articles that are not use it to discuss it.--ClaudioMB 16:01, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Competitions

message: In my opinion it is better to put the club based information before the player information, because the club is the central topic. I would also merge the Competitions and Matches sections to have that information in one place. CRwikiCA talk 09:39, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I really should look at the year and not just the date... CRwikiCA talk 09:41, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Section order