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Talk:Administrative divisions of China/Archive 1

message: Is Provinces of China really an appropriate title instead of Political divisions of China?
: No, it feels odd to talk about the Muncipalities when the title says otherwise. But they are province-level. But they are still not the same thing. 
: So long as we have [[Province..] as a redirect, [[Pol. div. ...] can be a better parent article, and less confusing to those who doesn't realize SAR, Muni, and Autonomous Regions are province-level.
: --Menchi 04:47, Aug 2, 2003 (UTC)
::I agree political divisions of China is a better title. --Lorenzarius 18:30, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move 

message: Someone needs to write sections on the subprovincial levels of government in China.
--Roadrunner, Oct 17, 2003 
:: Done: Political_divisions_of_China#Levels. Improve where needed. --Menchi 08:11, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think section 2 of the levels table needs a bit of work: specifically, the part about "Prefecture-level cities: some provinces them" seems to be missing a verb.  Unfortunately I don't know enough about this to add a suitable one. --Bth 14:59, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: subprovincial levels

message: The table seems to have two extra columns. --Jiang 23:00, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formatting 
Talk:Prince Yi Seok.

message: There apparently have been consistent hacks to this page by those who:
(a) deny the Korean holocaust by the Japanese from 1910 to 1945;
(b) attempt to erase the acts of genocide against the Korean people done at this time - much as there were the same problems faced in the jewish websites, and holocaust websites in wikipedia by the anti-semitic community, and holocaust deniers;
(c) attempt to put forward a racist anti-asian sentiment by so doing;
(d) an attempt to spread anti-Korean sentiments that question the legitimacy of actual historic fact.
You can bet that the jewish community would stand up with great anger at attempts to hack the article on the holocaust if it was denied by pro-Nazi elements. That article is updated and monitored constantly to make certain this is not the case. A lot of Americans died in WW2 to stop these terrors, and are still fighting in Iraq today to prevent the same sorts of actions which the Republic of Korea army supports logistically knowing full well the dangers and evils of tyranny.
History is history. 
WW2 is a fact. And so is the Korean history before it. 
Part of wikipedia is maintaining free speech, and also dealing with the past without hatred, or covering up tragedies. 
Hi.  While we all support your right to publish factual material here, your point of view is a bit less than neutral.  Take a look at Wikipedia:NPOV to see what I mean.  Also, the title doesn't meet conventions due to the period at the end, so I'll redirect it for you.  Good luck on your new article! - Lucky 6.9 22:45, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Category talk:Business law

message: I am not convinced that 'business law' is really a category of law, and I am particularly doubtful that it is reasonable to categorise labour law as a subcategory of business law. What is referred to as 'business law' is really a kind of Readers Digest version of various distinct branches of the law, which is then taught to non-lawyers (eg, students of accounting, commerce, business studies and the like). If someone wants to defend the category, I'm all ears, but at the moment I'm inclined to propose that (a) someone should work on an article about business law if they are committed to it, but as a subcategory of something like legal education perhaps; (b) we do away with the category and the roping in of substantive branches of the law as subcategories of this. I won't touch anything before there's an opportunity to discuss. SilasM 22:31, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your charactorization of business law as an applied topic taught to business people. However I do not agree with your conclusion that because of this we should not have a business law category. Subsummed in your reasoning is the faulty assumption that an article can be in one category only. I have no problem with, for example, the product liability article in both the business law category and the torts category. We cannot forget that the purpose of the categorization scheme is to make it easy for people to find articles: It is not to create an elegently designed database free of overlap. If a business person is trying to find a legal article relevent to their business, lets make it easy for them and provide a category. mydogategodshat 00:43, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds like a fair response to me. And even if it did not, I wouldn't interfere with something like this that which isn't actually doing any harm, and someone is prepared to defend. Cheers. --SilasM 03:19, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

text: I have put the articles that were in commercial law into business law. mydogategodshat 05:17, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes
Talk:8-Bit Theater

message: This article last had its quality assessed in 2009, and has been substantially edited since then. I rate this as a C-class:
* The article is substantial 
* The article has some references to reliable sources
* The plot summary is reasonably balanced in terms of key points versus too much detail
but
* It needs more sources, especially reliable ones.
HenryCrun15 (talk) 00:08, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reassessed quality
Talk:Scots-Quebecers

message: I believe this article should be moved Scotch Quebecers, following the same logic as Irish Quebecers and Anglo Quebecers. 
Also, we should agree on whether or not we put an hyphen between the two words. I was under the impression that you were supposed to put one when it was an adjective, but I am not longer certain of this.
-- Mathieugp 23:30, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: In addition, the word Scotch can be a touchy subject among residents of Scotland and their descendants. There are many who vehemently insist on Scottish or Scots. -- Indefatigable 03:02, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  

message: The Scotland Portal is now up and running. It is a project in the early stages of development, but I think it could be a very useful resource indeed, perhaps more for general readers (the vast majority I presume), rather than committed editors, who may be more attracted by the great possibilities of the notice board format: Wikipedia:Scottish Wikipedians' notice board.
Give it a Watch, and lend a hand if you can. It is (hopefully) fairly low-maintenance, but if we run with the "News" section, that will take dedication: time which I cannot commit to presently myself. Most other boxes need replacment/update only weekly, fortnightly, or monthly, plus the occasional refreshment of the Scotland-related categories. Anyway, I assume this is how the other Portals are run, so we can follow their lead.
Please add the following code -  - to your own User page, and you will have the link to the portal right there for easy access. I will investigate how other portals use shortcuts too.
Assistance from Wikipedians in the rest of the world would be greatly appreciated!--Mais oui! 09:19, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Portal:Scotland|Scotland Portal]] 

message: I have assessed this as Start Class, as its detail is completely unreferenced, and of low importance, as it is a highly specific topic within Canada. Cheers, CP 03:44, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: I believe the edit of September 30, 2009 completely hijacked this page.  It's probably the first page I've even seen on wikipedia that uses the pronoun "I".  I'm going to be bold and revert to the previous edit, which I think is certainly more wikipedia-esque.  The change was so significant and lengthy, I think it must have been a cut & paste, although I don't know that.  I hope I don't get called for a party foul!  NeilCoughlin (talk) 03:37, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Reverting major edit
Talk:Hypovolemia

message: :even the possibility of internal bleeding in children should always be treated aggressively.
We're making normative statements now? -- 66.32.101.117 23:47, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Current 2nd paragraph of the lead:
Based upon this statement, it isn't clear how hypovolemia is distinct from hypovolemic hyponatremia; if someone wants to clarify that, it'd be helpful. Seppi333 (Insert 2¢) 22:09, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hypovolemia / hyponatermia 

message: This article relies on a single archived website for the 'stages of shock'. Said website contains no reference to primary medical literature. In addition, the symptoms section uses a single reference to a textbook that is not available online. This is not an acceptable state of affairs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OfCourseIStillLoveYou (talk • contribs) 12:05, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  This page contains almost no primary sources! 

message: Desanguination redirects here, but is not explained in the article. -- Beland (talk) 20:34, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Desanguination
Talk:Vilmos Szabadi

message: needs serious cleanup
;Bear 23:56, 2005 Jan 26 (UTC)
I think so too. I would do it but I don't even understand most of the things in it.
AMENDMENTS Feb 2006
Vilmos Szabadi is a Hungarian violinist, who pursues an international career as a soloist.
The text was taken from Mr Szabadi's web-site and wasn't as clear as it might have been.  For example, the list of concert halls where he has performed needed cleaning up, and I have made some amendments.
Also, what is Bartok's "Young Age" sonata?
--Alan 21:23, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Brookhaven National Laboratory

message: The word "release" seemed to suggest deliberate intent,
when the fact is that the leakage was unknown until 
detected in monitoring wells.  I changed the word to 
"leakage", which is more accurate and less misleading.
The word "environment" was far too broad, and seemed to
suggest that the tritium either went into the atmosphere
or actually escaped the laboratory grounds and affected
drinking water; it did neither.  I therefore substituted 
the more-precise, more-accurate, and less-confusing term
"groundwater".
(References and documentation will be supplied upon 
request:  bam@tripodics.com )
I also updated the tense ("have angered" to "angered"),
since the HFBR was closed nearly a decade ago, and added
a note that management changes resulted.  (Actually,
the site contractor, AUI, had its contract cancelled 
-- in a move many view as largely political!  But I
really don't think that can of worms needs re-opening.)
tripodics bam (talk) 05:02, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Why nationalistic? Do you even know what a nation is, a race?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.174.114.38 (talk) 13:30, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why nationalistic? Do you even know what a nation is, a race? 

message: I was reading this paper which contains this line: "An example of stress-induced pest irruption occurred at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where oaks became vulnerable to aphids when translocation of sugars and amino acids was impaired by continuing gamma irradiation (Goodwell, 1965)."
I remembered hearing about a controversy at Brookhaven but I was actually thinking of the one in the 1990s. I could not find "Goodwell, 1965" and it does not appear in the bibliography, however I found a 1973 paper which appears to be on the same subject.
Is this worth including? I don't have the science background to summarise this other issue or to know whether it is worth including.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lydgate (talk • contribs) 11:38, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earlier controversy 

message: While camp Upton was indeed an internment camp, it housed the Axis nationals that were on ships in NYC at the start of hostilities.  Like most East Coast internment camps, it was primarily housing Germans and Italians.   The "Japanese" camps were generally West Coast, for obvious reasons. 74.119.41.6 (talk) 13:23, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internment Camp
Talk:The Hidden Curriculum

message: I find the phrase "occasionally refusing to let them return after McLean's staff believes they are healthy" to be ambiguous.  It leaves undefined "return to where."  I can think of two possibilities: 1) MIT; 2) McLean.  Can the author of this passage illuminate further?--SalineBrain (talk) 08:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambiguous: "return after McLean's staff believes they are healthy"
Talk:Olathe, Colorado

message: I am interested in the variety of corn grown in Olathe. We live in Western NY and have grown both Silver Queen and Silver King. Both of these varieties resemble sthat which I have had in Denver but called Olathe Sweet.
Ken  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.228.138.41 (talk) 15:51, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sweet corn
Talk:Circumcisionists

message: I'm OK with redirecting this to circumcision advocacy.  Let the pro-mutilation folks win this round.  Although there are nuances and not every circumcising culture or practitioner by necessity advocates it, one could argue for this one.  However, the title should properly be Circumcisionism (too hard to say I'm afraid). DanP 01:37, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your general point, if not the specifics, Dan. It is madness to have two articles on the same topic. It's worth noting that the non-redirect version of this article begins by defining a "circumcisionist" (is that in the dictionary?) as an advocate of circumcision. A redirect is the most appropriate solution, though of course I see problem with incorporating some of the material in the circumcision advocacy article. - Jakew 01:41, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Concerning the redirect
Talk:Soviet Air Defence Forces

message: with Google images http://geimint.blogspot.com/2007/07/identifying-tactical-sam-systems.html --mrg3105mrg3105 If you're not taking any flack, you're not over the target. 01:26, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interesting site 

message: I think the OCR went a bit funny there, but the name you added is wrong (and unpronounceable!). Try this site http://old.vko.ru/pdf/2006/27/chief.pdf --mrg3105mrg3105 If you're not taking any flack, you're not over the target. 03:14, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Feskov et al has some factual errors and some OCR errors which are easier to spot. In this case if you can't pronounce it for lack of vowels, its probably an OCR error. If you ever need to verify a mane (and obtain biographical data) you can use this site http://www.biografija.ru/default.aspx --mrg3105mrg3105 If you're not taking any flack, you're not over the target. 03:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commanders of PVO 

message: I don't think that the evidence supports the claim that the downing of KAL 007 in 1983 would have had any influence on Rust's case. There is evidence of confusion and errors, not of a reluctance to fire - see the article on Rust.Royalcourtier (talk) 02:18, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: When I wrote that paragraph, I paraphrased four pages of William E. Odom's massive 'The Collapse of the Soviet Military.' Take a look at that and his sources, and then see what you think... Buckshot06 (talk) 08:26, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matthias Rust
Talk:Music of Thrace

message: Thrace is a region divided between several countries: Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. The article seem to represent only the Greek part of the story Dzole 13:16, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Politics again
Talk:Handbrake turn

message: "The use of the handbrake locks the rear wheels, thus breaking the friction between the tyres and the road surface. At this point, a steering input will spin the car in the direction steered. With practice, the car can be placed accurately. The technique is used in some forms of motorsport, for example rallying."
The above statement is inaccurate.  First you add steering input, then you lock the rear wheels.  Try it on snow.
Also it does not have to be used to spin a car.  It can be used as the name implies to tighten up a turn.
:It's not always the case that steering input needs to be there first. Often in movies where there is stunt driving you will see the wheels locked up long before the steering is done, presumably to position the car very precisely as the movie requires. More speed is needed of course. In practice both steering and handbrake are applied more or less simultaneously. Also, someone added that this is synonymous with powerslide. I don't think that's the case either - a powerslide is achieved by spinning the wheels with the engine. Graham 19:05, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Steer then Brake

message: Picky, picky, picky, OK they are both the same thing except the handbrake turn uses the rear wheels going slower than the front to break inertia up upsetting the adhesion between the tires and the road surface whearas the Bootleg turn, may use power to break inertia by making the rear wheels go faster than the front wheels making the turn.  Both cornering techniques usually come off of the apex with the power on.  May a more eloquent writer than I attempt the merge.  
We also use the technique losing a pursuer in Street racing GT
The bootleg turn relies on the engine of a RWD to lock the wheels by shifting in first at high speed. The bootleg turn is also known as a shift-lock drift. The powerslide uses wheelspin to break traction and is much easier done on a manual transmission vehicle by revving the engine and slipping the clutch. Modern automatic gearboxes have shock dampers that prevent the wheelspin no matter how much throttle you apply. Hence, unless you're driving a car designed specifically for racing, it's very hard if not impossible to perform a powerslide on an automatic.
Lasombra bg (talk) 17:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Same

message: In thereferenced sports in the 2nd paragraph, is there a good reasion Driftign_(motorosport) shouldn't be included? I know that this is somewhat considered a 'newbie' drifting technique but it's still a valid technique and i think the link should be there. Aspengrey 15:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drifting 

message: Someone has again proposed a merge with Bootleg turn.  To avoid fragmenting the discussion on two pages, please add comments at Talk:Bootleg turn. SteveBaker (talk) 13:32, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with Bootleg Turn.
File talk:WalesClwyd.png

message: Reverted to Morwen's second version as this shows the true borders of Clwyd 1974-96. Keith Edkins' version appears to include all of what is now Conwy, including bits that were in Gwynedd at the time Clwyd was an active county. -- Arwel 02:56, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh damn! I see we're back to these bloody "ceremonial counties" which have no practical use. I've copied Keith's version of the map to WalesCeremonialClwyd.png so we can use both of  them in the Clwyd article. -- Arwel 03:08, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Zenit (satellite)

message: Footnote 2 does not support the text that it follows. There is no mention of mid-air recovery of Zenit payloads at the cited website. Deswelch15 (talk) 19:01, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erroneous footnote
Talk:Zenit

message: I'm proposing moving Zenit rocket to Zenit.  Please discuss and vote at Wikipedia:Requested moves.  —Michael Z. 2005-01-22 16:54 Z
==== Zenit rocket → Zenit ====
Four tiny articles are disambiguated at Zenit.  One of them may as well get the main title.  The rocket launch vehicle that's currently being used to launch several nations' satellites seems like the most prominent choice.  —Michael Z. 2005-01-27 02:08 Z
*Oppose. There have been too many different things named "Zenit" in Soviet Union and Russia. — Monedula 07:45, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Move proposal

message: Four tiny articles are disambiguated at Zenit.  One of them may as well get the main title.  The rocket launch vehicle that's currently being used to launch several nations' satellites seems like the most prominent choice.  —Michael Z. 2005-01-27 02:08 Z
*Oppose. There have been too many different things named "Zenit" in Soviet Union and Russia. — Monedula 07:45, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Zenit rocket]] &rarr; [[Zenit]]
Talk:Parapodium

message: This article was proposed for deletion January 2005.  The discussion is archived at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Parapodia.  Joyous 03:12, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)
:I'd rather expand than delete. Polychaetes can be very beautiful, and their parapodia are usually why, as the bird with its feathers.  But this article is currently classified as a cell biology stub, when it's actually an (invertebrate) anatomy stub.  I'm not familiar enough with the biology stub classification projects to do anything about this right now. --Eric Forste (talk) 05:11, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Tapioca pudding

message: Can someone please add something about what tapioca pudding tastes like? I've never had it before and wanted to know. Yoshi thomas (talk) 17:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Taste

message: I have gotten the impression that tapioca pudding is a more savory dish in the UK as opposed to a sweeter dish in the US. Is anyone aware of any articles that comment on the differences between the two countries? — al-Shimoni (talk) 06:38, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Savory in UK?
Talk:Pseudorandom noise

message: the meaning of chip rate is unclear.
some references to chip rate appear to contradict the article.
* http://glossary.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/dir-007/_0952.htm
* http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=define%3A%22chip+rate%22&btnG=Search&meta=
-- Waveguy 03:24, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The text is a contradicting. What abbreviation is used: PN or PRN?
2003:DA:8BD2:D796:B9B1:4270:E245:7A0 (talk) 12:58, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: PN or PRN?