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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago

message: Illinois Public Access Opinion 16-006 is currently nominated for FA status at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Illinois Public Access Opinion 16-006/archive1. Your feedback is greatly appreciated! Edge3 (talk) 17:45, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  FAC for Illinois Public Access Opinion 16-006 

message: The Blackstone Hotel has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster (chat!) 01:22, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good article reassessment for [[The Blackstone Hotel]] 

message: Hello, I'm an employee at Edelman, a PR and communications firm that has its HQ in Chicago. This WikiProject is listed on the Edelman Talk page, so it's my hope that someone here will help me out. I've placed an edit request (link here) on the Edelman Talk page that asks editors to review an all-new Notable campaigns section that I think will improve the article by adding information about PR and advertising campaigns that the firm has been involved in over the past ~25 years. Edelman's a big firm with lots of clients, so I've made an effort to include only campaigns that have received abundant press coverage.
If this sounds interesting to anybody at this WikiProject, please let me know either below this post or on the Edelman Talk page. Thank you in advance to anyone who reviews my request! MichaelBush48 (talk) 13:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need independent editor to review new section for Edelman article 

message: Hello! As part of my work for Beutler Ink, I've posted Draft:Will Johnson (executive), CEO of The Harris Poll, for review at AfC. I thought that editors here might be interested in having a look and leaving feedback. Happy to answer any questions. Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 20:34, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Will Johnson draft 

message: I have nominated 1880 Republican National Convention for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm  Talk 18:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  FAR for 1880 Republican National Convention
Talk:North Dome

message: Can anyone confirm whether the dome on the left in this photo is North Dome? This is taken from the Half Dome trail. The image in the article is from such a different angle I'm not sure. The sheer face isn't visible in the article's photo, which seems to me to be its most distinctive feature. (I'd be happy to upload this as a replacement photo, if desired). MrRedwood 01:53, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I'm pretty sure after further study of my photos and topo map that this isn't North Dome -- is it Mount Watkins? MrRedwood  —Preceding comment was added at 02:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confirm identity in photo?
Talk:Koholint Island

message: Some weird guy wrote down that Link's Awakening's Ocarina is called a "Flute". It's not a Flute. It's an Ocarina. Which I guess could be CONSIDERED a type of Flute, because it's an African flutish, uh... thing, but still, it's more accurate to call it an Ocarina and not a flute because it is actually CALLED an Ocarina in the game, not a Flute. If someone wants proof of the non-flutish nature, I made a screenshot of what the game calls the item when you get it. "You've got the Ocarina!" Not "You've got the Flute!" So, anywho, I included an imageshack link to that picture so you can see for yourself and stuff. Yep. 
67.5.176.106 07:26, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flutie Flakes
Talk:Luther Head

message: I'm not sure information taken from Luther's facebook profile should be in this article.  Alharrison 19:10, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  This has no place in a Wiki entry.  I am deleting. Tool2Die4 (talk) 20:30, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Personal
Talk:Ellen Spertus

message: I feel a bit ashamed to boil down a woman's career with PhD from MIT to "Sexiest Geek Alive".  Still, there are lots of people with PhD's from MIT but only a handful (one?) Sexiest Geek.  She seems to find it amusing, and it did make International news.
--KSnortum 6 July 2005 05:58 (UTC)
But why does she rise to the level of having a wikipedia article about her? Pretty much any professionally active professor operates on a comparable level. Even if not as sexy.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.232.72.190 (talk) 06:06, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. She works at google. Ellen is possibly the woman academic who in some ways comes closest to taking over the mantle once held by Anita Borg and the Systers mailing list. The sexy thing is a deliberate joke; she's having fun with it. Her work on the MIT J-machine was important. Wikipedia is an object of popular culture. It's not constrained by paper and ink limitations. 143.232.210.38 (talk) 00:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Worthiness
Talk:Katpadi

message: Hi, Welcome
            Mel vadugan kuttai is located in Near by katpadi..That is Katpadi to Gudiyattam 
highway Road.. The village Mel vadugan kuttai is located is from katpadi towards gudiyattam
 its near by 4km.
 
           The village people basically doing agriculture, in this area famous for 
rice,banana,as well as sugarcane. in depends upon rain they sowing kadalai 
           The village area around 3km, its coming under katpadi taluk  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.174.104.177 (talk) 03:51, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mel Vadugan kuttai 
Talk:Plaza de Toros de Ronda

message: I believe that this article should be moved to Plaza de toros de Ronda, the full name of the ring itself, and the name of the corresponding article in the Spanish Wikipedia. "Plaza de toros" just means "bullfighting ring" ring in Spanish. Although Ronda's ring is no doubt famous, I still don't think it merits distinction as THE bullfighting ring. I would like to see the Plaza de Toros page made a redirect to bullring (or vice versa), and that main article expanded and given links to noteworthy rings just as it at :es:Plaza de toros. I would of course be willing to do the translation. - Draeco 18:59, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Move performed - Draeco 19:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: If anyone wants a project, there is a lot of material in the Spanish article that could be translated and incorporated into this one.  LinguistAtLarge  05:36, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translating from Spanish 

message: Here are some suggestions for improving this article, in addition to general expansion.  Anyone can help with this if they want, and I will probably be back to work on these items.
*History section - Talk about the construction process, construction material, architect José Martin de Aldehuela  who also designed the Puente Nuevo, and architectural style.
*Add a section for the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda  , an equestrian and bullfighting(?) school that owns(?) the bullring and operates a museum. (See also Maestranza de caballería).
*Expand the museum section with more information - the collection of guns it has for example .
*Add a section about the Corrida goyesca de Ronda .
*Add a historic building infobox.
 LinguistAtLarge  06:07, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions for improving this article
Talk:Namaste

message: The current version says Namaste is derived from Sanskrit 'namas' which is 'na' + 'mamah' (meaning 'not I'). There is no cited source for this.
Based on the sources I find online, it seems to be derived from 'namaha' in Sanskrit, meaning 'to bow'.
-— Preceding unsigned comment added by Acropolis211 (talk • contribs) 
 
Acropolis211: I deleted it for similar reasons. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 16:36, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the word 'Namaste' 

message: Why was the Añjali Mudrā article merged here without any discussion? This comment states "merge unreferenced". But Chiswick Chap correctly observed on the same day that the merge "should have been discussed" and that justification to be "plainly false". I will revert the merge unless persuasive comments are forthcoming. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 16:33, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Añjali Mudrā merge without any discussion 

message: Maybe I'm being a sourpuss, but something just seems really off about the meaning-section. I don't have the works by Philips or Oxhandler, but the explanations attributed to them sounds like New Age pseudoscience. Especially considering namaste being a secular greeting for the most part. Could there be access to some better (preferably non-western) sources? TheEsb (talk) 12:58, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, it's absurd. See this comment: "The etymology I have seen the most is: "The divine in me bows to the divine in you." Even the Wikipedia page for Namaste claims this. The people who know better lost the edit war."  Equinox ◑ 16:05, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Age woo woo? 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Niskaram and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 August 11#Niskaram until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  MB 17:26, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Niskaram" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:ITT Inc.

message: The section entitled "Involvement in the 1964 coup in Brazil" suggests that ITT Corp was involved in the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. But, most of what the section does is summarise the events of the coup and its consequences, and has nothing to actually say about ITT. The only actual allegations against ITT the section makes is (1) its CEO at the time was friends with the CIA director who supported the coup, and (2) several years later, ITT hired the same CIA director when he retired from the CIA. If that's all there is, it doesn't demonstrate any ITT involvement in the coup. I think, unless someone can come up some more solid evidence of ITT Corp involvement, the whole section need to go. Therefore, I will remove this section from the article. SJK (talk) 10:12, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Involvement in the 1964 coup in Brazil 

message: Is "ITT Semiconductors" synonymous with "Intermetall", at least when it was an ITT subsidiary,
or is "ITT Semiconductors" a different subsidiary of ITT, or is there something else going on?
ITT Semiconductors currently redirects here (to ITT Inc.).
Alas, this article never mentions "ITT Semiconductors".
To comply with the WP:R#PLA guideline, I feel that either
* (a) this page should say a few words about "ITT Semiconductors", or
* (b) The "ITT Semiconductors" redirect should be re-pointed to some article that *does* say a few words about "ITT semiconductors".
If I understand Wikipedia correctly, "Intermetall" started as an independent company, then
ITT bought "Intermetall", and then later ITT spun out that subsidiary and sold it to Micronas, which later became TDK-Micronas.
But is that the same group as "ITT Semiconductors"?
Several pages on the web seem to tell me that "ITT Semiconductors" seems to be notable enough to at least be mentioned by Wikipedia.
"Diodes Expects Business as Usual Despite ITT Sale ... ITT Intermetall, a division of ITT Semiconductors.".
"​Computer Technology Timeline: ITT Semiconductors".
"WikiChip: ITT Semiconductors".
"ITT Semiconductors UAF 2115".
Bob Traley.
"We Are a Family".
p. 129
--DavidCary (talk) 17:10, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  ITT Semiconductors
Talk:Pud

message: The idea of a dab entry for "Pud" as referring to genitalia is not contrary to the MoS if
* it has a terse form like 
:* Vulva
: or
:* Penis, and
* the meaning is verifiable.
The verifiability may be a problem: while i've never heard the term used by an adult, i've a strong opposite impression from kid-peers' use that the deprecated versions in Pud's history have gotten the gender wrong. The written sources on the Web will also be skewed to casual adolescent impressions; hopefully print dictionaries prepared using reliable methods with large populations of informants have spoken on the subject, and the Dictionary of American Regional English would be exceedingly valuable if, as i assume, it has not limited itself to G-rated English.
--Jerzy·t 2005 July 6 08:59 (UTC)
: It's meaning one in Slang and Euphemism by Richard Spears (Signet Reference, 2nd rev, 1991) .
::1. The penis. Rhymes with "wood." Cf. "pull one's pudding" [U.S. slang, 1900's].
:Jokestress 6 July 2005 17:32 (UTC)
Excellent. Thank you for following that research suggestion. 
--Jerzy·t 2005 July 7 05:01 (UTC)
"I've a strong opposite impression from kid-peers' use that the deprecated versions in Pud's hisotry have gotten the gender wrong."
Well! There you go! Between your keen gut-feeling impressions and exhaustive playground research, the proof is unassailable that pud is an entirely male euphemism.
That makes much more sense than if pud were a derivation of Pudenda, defined by Merriam Websters as "the external genital organs of a human being and especially of a woman." Or the OED's definition of pudenda as "any labial folding in the skin of human genitalia, esp. female."
And just forget about the Latin derivation of the word: "ashamed," as if the genitalia were folding in on itself in self-aware shyness... an antiquated metaphor for the female sex organs.
And the whole etymological nature of words to evolve away from their original root meaning over generations? Pffft! Screw that. You never heard a kid use it in the original feminine, so it can't possibly have ever have derived from the feminine pudenda or pudendum. It makes much more sense to have derived the obscene nature of the word from "pudding", even though the assonance doesn't match pudding, but does match pudenda.
You go, Copernicus! I bow to the sheer determination of your will to pervert Occam's Razor.
Cshawnmcdonald (talk) 21:56, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genital sense for Pud?
Talk:Dennis Danell

message: ADD AN IMAGE!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.171.142.13 (talk) 12:05, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Shilin Night Market

message: Some of the recently added information, while useful, is really something better suited for a travel guide and not an encyclopedia article. The encyclopedia article should be concerned primarily with the development of the night market itself, not travel tips. Also, please watch the language used for NPOV. The travel info should be moved to Wikitravel. -Loren 18:03, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Taiwan is the best place you should go!!!!!!!!!!!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.106.231.176 (talk) 07:41, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Travel info

message: http://www.shilin-night-market.com/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.218.39.106 (talk) 01:04, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: Regarding the claim that 'Shihlin' is the more common spelling, please cite a reputable 3rd-party reference that supports this claim. Google searches seem to call this claim into question, as they show more than three times as many hits for 'Shilin' than for 'Shihlin':
Domain                      	Shilin hit count	Shihlin hit count	Ratio
.tw (all Taiwan)            	151,000         	49,500           	3:1
.gov.tw (Taiwan gov't sites)	26,700          	6,390            	4:1
Phlar (talk) 00:01, 19 February 2016‎ (UTC)
*OK, to be more specific, on websites in Taiwan, the phrase "Shilin Night Market" appears much more frequently than "Shihlin Night Market":
:
Domain                      	Shilin Night Market hit count	Shihlin Night Market hit count	Ratio
.tw (all Taiwan)            	7,080                        	1,040                         	7:1
.gov.tw (Taiwan gov't sites)	598                          	272                           	2:1
:Phlar (talk) 19:16, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Shilin" vs. "Shihlin"
Talk:Damselfly

message: It seems the mating process is copied from the Dragonfly article. But the behaviour of damselflies are bit different. The "Intra-male sperm translocation" happen them after forming the tandem position. This picture illustrate it. Jee 14:12, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This does not appear to be a rule for damselflies, apparently there is variation - see the abstract in  but maybe worth including in the article. I will add it with the picture. Shyamal (talk) 02:57, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: True. I overlooked it as it seems talking about the entire order, including dragonflies. Now I found in Corbet (1962, Biology of Dragonflies, page 180)  an example for "before the male grasps the female with his leg" (Coenagrion puella). Jee 11:10, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reproduction 

message: Could editors please note that changes to taxonomy require sources as usual, per WP:V and WP:RS. Unsourced additions and changes are not acceptable, here or anywhere else. These cannot be inserted by edit-warring, and may be reverted by any editor. Thank you. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:48, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsourced changes
Talk:Chain of Fools (film)

message: Certainly Chain of Fools should lead to the more memorable Aretha Franklin hit rather than this. "Chain chain chain (chain chain chain) Chain chain chain, chain of fools..." --Wetman 6 July 2005 07:35 (UTC)
:Perhaps -- but the song doesn't have an article. -- Mikeblas 13:06, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since does, see Chain of Fools (song).  Wasted Time R 00:54, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Karangahape Road

message: "and formerly, for being a red light district" needs to be changed, k road is still very much active in this regard
Now here I was, about to upload an image for K'Road, and there is already another here. To be honest, not really a good one. Problem is, mine is not much better (but still, maybe a bit). I'll post it here first, and unless people disagree, may eventually replace the current one. Though if somebody (or me myself) makes a better one in the meantime, that would be best.
Best would be a picture from somewhere higher up. Any publically accessible 'outlooks' along K Road? MadMaxDog 12:51, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: With all respect to the other photographer, the one in the article at present isn't worth including, in my opinion. Max's photo may not win any awards either, but it is a much better picture, and should replace the one in the article.-gadfium 21:58, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Have produced a better picture today in the same spot. Already replaced, see right-hand side. MadMaxDog 06:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

text: I've put the photos here. Thoughts on ones worth keeping? - SimonLyall 09:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You've got the permissions set up so I can't see the photos. Also, it would be nice if you put the photos into a gallery there, so we don't have to click on each one.-gadfium 19:05, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Permissions fix sorry. Getting some gallary setup working is somewhee on my todo list, not this week though - SimonLyall 19:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I like this a lot and this a little less, but both could be improved by tweaking the balance and contrast (I use Paint Shop Pro's one-click photo fix for many of my shots). We should keep MadMax's photo too, there's room in the article for three photos. I like this one of Symonds St too, but I'm not sure what article it should go in.-gadfium 21:07, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Err you said the same one twice, could you please clarify and I'll updaload them for people to play with. Symonds St one was a possible for Bus lane - SimonLyall 10:22, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I've now fixed the first link.-gadfium 18:07, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The problem is that its actually hard to get a good view down the shop frontages without either: a) having only one or two buildings at most in the image or b) getting 'lots of asphalt'. I have been trying to find a higher vantage point from which to take some photos, but no luck so far. MadMaxDog 09:12, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As for the redlinks, they are (mostly) unproblematic, as they are based on heritage information, (sadly not inline). Technically, you could remove the links themselves, but there is no extreme need. One day somebody may create them. MadMaxDog 09:14, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Better image

message: Eagle bar currently.
Interested in heritage or history Rhys Snell (talk) 01:10, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  259 k' road
Talk:Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)

message: I disagree. WP naming conventions dictate that the deceased wife of a sovereign should be named with her maiden name and country. Ex: Mary of Teck, Alice of the United Kingdom. Not to mention, this current title is ambiguous with Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. Switching these to Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse and Maria Alexandrovna of Russia would provide some disambiguation. --Matjlav(talk) 20:46, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. —Centrx→talk • 01:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move
Talk:Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

message: This story does not cite any individual sources. Also, speculative sentences such as, "brave men", etc. should be avoided.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hijinxs1 (talk • contribs) 19:12, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: Note:  Project Banner with Delhi workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under :Category:Delhi or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag  TALK2ME 15:51, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:INDIA]] Banner/Delhi Addition 

message: why this fact has been excluded that he is born of a jat lady, so many references are available. seems some hidden propaganda of jat boys who continuously try to hide the truth, not only this their were akbari and jehangiri jats all give their daughters122.161.78.118 (talk) 03:19, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Only Ferishta says this, and he is not a contemporary source. He wrote this centuries after. OperativePhase33 (talk) 19:57, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: his mother was jat king daughter

message: We should consider that the sources by Ibn Battuta and Afif were composed after the dynasty established a source of “Islamic” political legitimacy (usually meaning attaching themselves to foreign ancestry).
Meanwhile, the source from the beginning of the dynasty (a quote from Ghazi Malik, who would be more preoccupied with consolidating actual control than spinning a narrative) only says he is of no noble origins ("awara mard").
While, yes, you are right to argue that this doesn’t point to Jatt origins, it’s worth asking why a nobody would garner so much support from the Jatts of the Punjab? Why would the local chiefs marry their daughters to a random immigrant? I’m sure a foreigner could learn to love Depalpur, but why would the local Jatts flock to his banner?
We know that fabricated (or in this case, vague) ancestral claims were done the world over. 
Look at the ("Arab") Sayyid dynasty, who were likely Bhatti Rajputs or Khokhars. Or the ("Afghan") Gujarati Muzaffarids, who were likely Khatris or Tankas. Or the ("Sayyid") Mysore Sultans, who literally had contemporary sources mention their Sipra Jatt origins, but still allowed narratives of Arab ancestry to be spread around.
That’s why people take Amir Khusrau’s vagueness to imply Jatt origins. OperativePhase33 (talk) 20:09, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Native (Possibly Jatt) Origin?