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Talk:Arthur Rostron

message: The Russo-Japanese War ended in September 1905. Dating Rostron's return to the Cunard Line to 1912 must be wrong.Mikedash 08:27, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Return to Cunard 

message: As a former sea captain I am a huge admirer of Arthur Rostron. I know he had the nickname "The Electric Spark" because of his keen and quick mind. I don't have a source for this, though. I just know this because this has often been told to me. Gingermint (talk) 01:57, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electric Spark 

message: This man Arthur Rostron was my great great great uncle or how ever long back he is in my family. He was my fathers mothers uncle. He is in our family tree book 
Its amazing  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.216.24.199 (talk) 09:22, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serious talk 

message: Rostron's extant, which he was alleged to have been used on the night of the Titanic sinking, appeared on BBC's Antiques Roadshow on 22 March 2015, where it was valued at between £30,000 and £40,000:  Martinevans123 (talk) 21:02, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sextant 

message: I would like to switch photos on the bio page. The photo captioned Capt. A.H. Rostron while master of Carpathia in April 1912 seems much more appropriate for the 'infobox' than the photo currently there, captioned Rostron receiving a "loving cup" from Margaret Brown for his rescue of Titanic survivors in 1912. The "loving cup" photo is better suited in the section regarding the Titanic. I will make the change if there are no objections within a couple weeks. Thanks. - Xenxax (talk) 19:18, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Switching photos 
Talk:Donn Pearce

message: I can’t say for certain, but I think that the statement, “In 2011 a dramatization of Cool Hand Luke played on London's West Side”, actually should read, “In 2011 a dramatization of Cool Hand Luke played in London's West End”; London isn’t usually said to have “sides”, but the “West End” is a commonly used synonym for its theatrical area in the city’s centre. Jock123 (talk) 16:02, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Play…
Talk:David Fasold

message: See COATRACK#What_is_not_a_coatrack
What is not a coatrack
An article about an astronaut might mostly focus on his moon landing. A moon trip that took only tiny fraction of the astronaut's life takes up most of the article. But that does not make it a coatrack article. The event was a significant moment in the subject's life, and his main claim to notability. A reader is not misled by the focus on the moon trip.
An article with a title that can have several meanings, or a term that is used differently in different fields of study, is not a coatrack if it only covers one definition. In this case, the article should be properly framed by beginning with "In {the field of X} topic Y is..." or by using a specific title possibly using parenthetical disambiguation, to show the article's limited scope. When the article is properly framed this way, it is not necessary to expand the article to cover every possible usage for balance--that content can be added over time and either merged or split through normal editing.
Fasold has more to his life than Durupinar, but was part of the Plimer case
If you want to merge the articles put it on the talk page and allow a discussion, do not unilaterally do it yourself.
TuckerResearch (talk) 19:55, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is NOT a coat rack article 

message: Thank you for allowing the article to stand.  At least until we decide how to better edit it.
I think that Fasold's career does center around the Durupınar site, but he has more to it than that.  If this was the sole judge of coat rack-dom, we'd have to similarly merge articles like that of the charlatan Ron Wyatt.  Or, to make a point, we'd have to delete the article on Charlie Watts because his only claim to fame is that he is the drummer of the Rolling Stones.  
That being said, I'd like to beef up the section on Fasold's life concerning the Plimer case (see Ian Plimer) as it had some popularity in Australia.  Also, I wouldn't mind Arzap Drogue Stones being merged into the Durupınar site article.
I was rather incensed at first that User:Dbachmann would merge articles without a discussion.  I'm glad he has decided against this course of action.
TuckerResearch (talk) 20:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coat Rack article?
Talk:Rupert Davies

message: I remember a televised interview in which Rupert Davies lost half of his moustache during the filming of the opening sequence. He was distracted whilst lighting his pipe and set fire to one half of his moustache, he was therefore obliged to continue the series without a moustache.TrueBlueFrog (talk) 17:27, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening credits for "Maigret" series (BBC 1960)
Talk:Ken Colyer

message: This appeared on the article: "The Ken Colyer Jazzmen appeared in Michael Winner's 1963 film "West 11". (the band did NOT appear in Joe Meek's film "Live it up" as previously stated on this site - that was Kenny Ball's Band) [edit by June Bastable 2012]", added as it says by June Bastable. I removed everything after the first sentence as it talk page comment, not encyclopedic. However a citation is needed and I have added a tag. --Bduke  (Discussion) 04:49, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michael Winner's 1963 film "West 11". 
Talk:Charitable prom organizations

message: I think a case can be made for Charitable Prom Organizations to have an article as a blanket group. I think The Glass Slipper Project, by virtue of appearing on Oprah, merits an article.
I do not think that each and every local project is notable in its own right, however, especially when the assertion of notability is for being "one of" a number of CPOs. That's why I'm thinking that The Perfect Prom Project needs merged into the article here. There's not a lot of content on it, certainly minimal enough to be brought in here.
By way of analogy, sororities—(inter)national organizations—have articles. Individual chapters do not. Accordingly, I'm thinking at best merge, if not outright delete, The Perfect Prom Project. Discussion? —C.Fred (talk) 03:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: no merge i agree that this article should not be merged because its a separate organization and deserves its one article.I am removing the merge on: consensus no merge and that discussion more then 1 year old. IngerAlHaosului (talk) 15:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge from The Perfect Prom Project

message: Wikipedia is not a link farm. However, at this point, 3/4 of the column length of the article is the list of organizations. Can this list be cut back to a few key organizations? —C.Fred (talk) 22:43, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link farm? 
Talk:John Montroll

message: I want to move this statement "John Montroll also holds the record for being the only person in the world who can whistle in 5 octaves, and holds many oragami world records also." into this discussion section and remove it from the article, until I can find a source.  
Two reasons: 
1) i'd like to remove the notice that says "this article is inadequately sourced", now that i've added a source.
2) I have also heard of this 5 octave "fact", as Mr. Montroll is known to have said this, as well as have shown this talent at Whistling conventions. But I'd like to track down documentation from reliable source.
Any objections?  If not, I'll do so.  Apologies if I'm not following form.  I am a newbie editor & just thought it was a shame such a prominent Origami artist should not be properly sourced.  Also, I did not write this original article... This is my first edit.
Thanks, Ken
The 5-octave whistle range is absolutely true.  I've seen him demonstrate it with a piano at hand for reference.  
Sarabelllum1976 (talk) 01:28, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not suggesting this is not true, but would remind editors that, unfortunately, Wikipedia requires a source. Without a source, I believe that a fact based on first-hand experience constitutes "original research". We really need a source about this whistling talent if we are to keep it in the article. My interpretation of Wikipedia's guidelines is that a fact needs to have already been documented for it to be considered noteworthy enough for an encyclopaedia.138.38.96.69 (talk)
Ok I went ahead and removed the un-sourced line above, as well as the broken photograph url, the "stub" templates and un-sourced warning from June 2006, tried to make language more objective.  Let me know if you find any problems.  I'm still learning on how to do this and will try to make more updates later. Best, Ken
Oops, didn't know how to sign talk pages before.  Thanks to Nick, for the pointer.
My latest updates... adding to Montroll's bibliography and adding another source.
I know Montroll has been cited in Peter Engel's and Robert Lang's books... planning to add sentence or two on who he was influenced by (according to 2 interviews from the Paper, separated by about a decade), next time.
Kshih 04:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: "John Montroll pioneered modern origami with the publication of his first book, Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1980, which was the first origami book where each model is folded from single square sheet and no cuts."
It seems doubtful. For one thing, it's not "pioneering"--it's purism.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.245.227 (talk) 20:03, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this true?
Talk:James Redmond (broadcaster)

message: "Redmond was a natural supporter of the Open University as he had gained most of his engineering qualifications at night school". If this remarkable man had attended Oxbridge, I dare say there would have been at least a paragraph about his time spent beneath the so-called "dreaming spires". Where did he attend "night school" and what were the engineering qualifications he obtained there? While studying GCE advanced level French and German in the early 1960s in a secondary school where only the latter modern foreign languages were taught, I learned basic Russian after a hard day's work by attending weekly adult education evening classes at a different secondary school, so I understand the effort and commitment involved in pursuing such courses of study during "unsocial hours". Helmardine (talk) 09:59, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  James Redmond's qualifications
Talk:Ambassador-at-large

message: What criteria are we using for notability here? Current list seems somewhat arbitrary to me. LukeSurl t c 22:57, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable ambassadors-at-large 
Talk:Peter de Neumann

message: Can someone tell me what is wrong with the following sentences?
"Tewkesbury was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by U-69 on May 21, 1941. All of the crew survived and got away in two boats; de Neumann's boat was picked up by the US freighter Exhibitor, and later he transferred to HMS Cilicia. (The other boat from Tewkesbury was picked up by SS Antinous after 13 days.)
Cilicia arrived in Freetown on 17 May 1941,...." --46.129.46.228 (talk) 08:40, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Dietrich, Idaho

message: What the history behind the name of this town? German name in the middle of English and French territory...119.92.93.84 (talk) 17:24, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Origin? 
Talk:Barnehurst railway station

message: There was a dead link in this article to a PDF called 'Planning your journey with Southeastern', which I cannot find. I have replaced it with a link to http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/your-journey/station-information/BNH/ which shows that the station is accessible. Martin H. Heron (talk) 17:45, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead link
Talk:Warm Springs (film)

message: Broke the article up into categories to make it easier for people to add more info.  I would suggest two areas for expansion:
* A plot summary is needed.  While this is historical fiction, there will still be fictional elements that can be summarized.
* The current "Reception" section only involves Rewards.  It could be expanded by adding critical reviews of the movie.
These are all friendly suggestions.19:58, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Categories

message: I've removed an insertion by what appears to be a COI account primarily devoted to including links to articles by a doctor of the same name. If uninvolved editors find this information to be a useful addition to the article, however, please feel free to restore. -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:46, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI concerns
Talk:Proceedings of SPIE

message: In the most of cases, the reader look for a paper, not for SPIE. The shorter is chain of links, 
the better. dima 04:05, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The journal (or even proceeding) should be mentioned with a stub, not only with a link

message: The WikiProject classification for Proceedings of SPIE is Start-class. However, the page has less than 100 words, so it might not meet the grading criteria. If it should be a stub, then please set  on this talk page & reinstate the stub tag(s) on the article page.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  18:48, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Stub. . If you think it looks like a stub (see WP:JWG), just update the talk page, or just leave a message on the talk page. Removing the stub template + leaving a talk page message for others to re-add the stub template and update the talk page templates is tedious. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 18:55, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  I will do that for the most obvious cases (like this one).   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  19:43, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please confirm classification
Talk:Middle Bay Light

message: What was the purpose of having a lighthouse in the middle of the bay?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.192.50.134 (talk) 22:24, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Purpose

message: Is it called Middle Bay Lighthouse?  I've always heard it called "Middle Bay Light". Mauvila 22:59, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Preserving Middle Bay Light: Inspection finds the lighthouse structure is about 90 percent original  //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 20:14, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good source
Talk:North Park Collegiate and Vocational School

message: I've updated this article removing inappropriate vandalism and irrelevant information. –Evaglow 22:02, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed vandalism and irrelevant information. 

message: Add more to the page 147.194.91.201 (talk) 21:22, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add more history
Talk:Grace King High School

message: This needs only a small amount of info to make this a v. good page. refs? pics? more alumni? Victuallers 16:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Added coordinates for Grace King HS as per Google maps D.c.camero (talk) 04:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinates 
Talk:Bankhead Tunnel

message: A few years ago, I noticed that Highway 90 was no longer signed in the tunnel or on Government Street in downtown Mobile. So I followed the official routing, per the highway signs, and discovered that Highway 90 crosses the Cochrane-Africatown USA Bridge. I am making these corrections, even though I remain baffled as to why the Alabama highway department would lengthen the route from its historical, direct route through downtown. Goeverywhere 21:56, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[U.S._Route_90|Highway 90]] in Bankhead 
Talk:Sylvan

message: Should it not be mentioned that "Sylvan" is a faction in the computer game "Heroes of Might and Magic V"?  I'm sure that Sylvan is mentioned in the article for the game, so maybe a link there or something.  TheTrojanHought 15:45, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Heroes of Might and Magic V'' 

message: Why...
* Silvan_(disambiguation) , instead: Sylvan_(disambiguation)
And (u can see...then .. ) : a redirection, from: Silvan_(disambiguation) ,  to silvan
So u have (2 choose), not two but #3 :
* Silvan_(disambiguation)
vs
* Sylvan_(disambiguation)
* silvan = Silvan
=== to change ===
I think I've to change (at the article) the actual/present internal link: silvan_(disambiguation) to its redirect: silvan. So u can bypass it. Ciao!<BR>
<SMALL>--85.49.134.139 (talk) 17:16, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why ...? & changed the internal link ( to avoid one redirect page ). 

message: I think I've to change (at the article) the actual/present internal link: silvan_(disambiguation) to its redirect: silvan. So u can bypass it. Ciao!<BR>
<SMALL>--85.49.134.139 (talk) 17:16, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  to change 

message: I've named it: conflict. Because (the two words), cfr: at the begining of the article: Sylvan or Silvan, one is the disambiguation one, & the other sylvan.
<SMALL>( I've read it, now (later) ! )</SMALL>. So I understand it, a little more ! <SMALL>( ..the disambiguation decision ! 2 choose SILVAN vs sylvan ). </SMALL> --PLA y Grande Covián (talk) 19:15, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The conflict, of the 2 words at the begining of the article
Talk:Fabliau

message: I'm studying the fabliaux right now in graduate school, and I'm going to work on expanding this article. I would also be more than happy to include more examples on the page if people think it would help define the genre better.  I don't think that any of these stories merit their own pages because they can be summarized in a paragraph, like that of "The Snow Baby."  Thoughts? If I don't hear back, I'll more than likely add them anyway, and people can remove them if/when they find it not useful.Portia1780 18:33, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: More examples?

message: I have added Joseph Bédier's book entitled Les Fabliaux, as it is one of the seminal works on the subject (albeit in French!).  I can add more references relevant to the source text if that seems helpful after I've finished my dissertation (which is on the fabliaux). (Sir Loin Ofsteak (talk) 13:25, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: I have just made a grand reversal to an earlier version. Most of the intermediate revisions were to disambiguate, and I apologize for undoing these improvements--I'll try to rework them into the article. However, an edit made on 15 May 2009 was so broad in its scope and so, well, destructive, that I reverted to the edit just before that. IP 63.215.28.14 had removed a lot of sourced content and the references that went along with it. They also removed links to other wikis (articles in other languages, that is), and what they added were lenghty, lenghty plot summaries and a link to a geocities website that had some translations (they also removed some templated references and reinserted them without templates). I don't want to speculate on the reason of those reversals and the geocities addition, but the grand removal of sourced material was unjustified. I encourage editors to compare the two versions, the IP's revision and the current version. Drmies (talk) 19:12, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Reversal
Talk:Henry Meiggs

message: "He build many railways in Peru...???????"
Is that all you can say about him????  Crickey, my 6th grade reader said more
about his amazing routes and rails across the Andes.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.81.77.117 (talk) 02:30, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, the laborers, not Meiggs, built those railroads. Acwilson9 (talk) 23:21, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crickey 
Talk:Hans Lammers

message: This article is sort-of a start class on an important individual in the government of Nazi Germany, and should have better documentation and more detail. Evans states in The Third Reich in Power that after 1942, Bormann could prevent even Lammers from access to Hitler. HammerFilmFan (talk) 10:22, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been worked on quite a bit of late with details and cites added. Kierzek (talk) 23:25, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  References needed 

message: The photo shows Lammers wearing the insignia of a SS brigadier general.  The caption says circa 1938-1940, but elsewhere in the article it says he became an SS general sometime in 1940.  If that is true, the photo could not have been taken before 1940. AlexFeldman (talk) 13:27, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of the photograph 

message: And please add more information and add semi protection 86.173.251.119 (talk) 19:06, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please Add 73 more Languages To this page 

message: Maybe it should be mentioned that Lammers lost an eye during WWI? I have seen lots of speculations about his eyes, so perhaps someone who knows more could add more info about his lost eye? 2A07:A880:4601:1051:61A1:1A19:8336:6D47 (talk) 14:23, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  His glass eye? 

message: "From January 1943, Lammers served as president of the cabinet when Hitler was absent from their meetings."
There weren't any cabinet meetings. The last one was held in 1938. Nazi Germany didn't work that way. This was a sham appointment.
(See WP Reichsregierung entry and any Hitler biography) 2A02:AA1:1018:BA8C:49CF:647C:DBCC:A69E (talk) 20:53, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  President of the cabinet
Talk:Irminsul

message: How is it pronounced? Is there a kind of "established English pronunciation"? Could somebody provide 
IPA-info? 217.236.180.7 (talk) 15:57, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation? 

message: "A Germanic god Irmin".
Sorry this is plain wrong, based on Widukind of Corvey's fantasy. Irmin comes from *(e)irmanaz, which is translated great, big, or mighty. Sul is Säule translated as pillar. Irminsul is just the mighty pillar. Irmin is a normal German name, that is known as Herman, or in Latin Arminius. There is also feminine form of this name Irmina, see Irmina of Oeren 92.196.58.240 (talk) 21:48, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: i was keen to get a short description of what was believed to be the function, the nature of this magical object and somehow i could not find an answer for this in the article. it does tell things in a nice encyclopedical style about the history of research and thinking about the topic from later ages, but really seems not to touch the core of what is an (or the) irminsul for the german pagan tribes who built or worshipped them. the above "rework" discussion is a lot more informative than the article itself (though its discussion form is obvoiously would not make it fit for the article page), but even that discussion did not get me the answer. (what i was lookinf for is something like e.g. in the atticle about Odin you find somewhere that he was a god of something and was believed to have some powers/fields of influence, etc. this kind of simple short description of irminsul is what i miss here.)
89.134.199.32 (talk) 21:32, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a reflection of the historical record—there's only so much we know about the object. However, you may find your needs met by a related article: Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology.  :bloodofox: (talk) 22:49, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  i thought irminsul is a german pagan tribal mythological object or type of objects
Talk:Shrewsbury Motocross Club

message: Paul Martin, pretty sure he was a member of Clee Hill Victors club based in Ludlow when he won 750 AMCA championship, not Shrewsbury club. 2A00:23C5:E1B0:8201:55DC:7D77:5FCB:35CD (talk) 12:34, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paul Martin
Talk:Lansford Hastings

message: The claim that Hastings did not promote the Hastings cut-off contradicts the detailed information in the Donner Party article. What is the reason for the inconsistency?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.233.179.227 (talk) 08:15, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: The lead says he was a factor in the Donner Party disaster, but then nothing in the article mentions this or explains how.  64.124.27.3 (talk) 01:05, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Donner Party factor 