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I just completely rewrote this article from scratch. Suggestions? I'm looking to nominating this for featured status after Something (song) and Yesterday (song). Johnleemk | Talk 15:45, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I just spent an hour on this article. How can it be improved? I'm already considering taking it to WP:FAC after Yesterday (song) expires. Johnleemk | Talk 13:15, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I listed this on Ireland Information Guide:Featured article candidates, and they said to list it here. So, here you are. — Chameleon Main/Talk/Images 17:27, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
CRASH was an anti-gang unit in Los Angeles which became notorious for corruption and excessive violence. The information about all of this, as of now, is pretty shaky. Currently Rampart Division, for instance, redirects to the main CRASH article. Was there more than one CRASH unit? One per division? Was it actually disbanded? Were all of them? Did the scandal unfold pretty much like that? Is there enough about the CRASH apart from the Perez scandal that the pages should be separated? This looked like a really interesting topic to me, but I'm having trouble getting it all straight in my head. Any LA historians are most welcome to help out. (Also see related articles I wrote or contributed to: Christopher Commission and Operation Hammer).
grendel|khan 20:34, 2004 Jul 23 (UTC)
Created this page. I need Ireland Information Guide users to review it and evaluate if the list is accurate, and add countries if they have been omitted.
¶ nichalp | Talk 20:31, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)
This is a new article that I just wikified, but I'm a little dubious of it's authenticity. I can't find any reference to an artist named Theodor Martens on Google, and the IP that created this article has some vandalism in its history. Anyone knowledgeable about 19th century German artists who can confirm or deny this?
Stormie 01:43, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)
Seems like a good article and I would like to nominate it for featured article status. I'd like to see what others thought of it and do some minimial editting on it.
Alsocal 04:36, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Eequor 03:39, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Eequor 03:03, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Anything to add?
Eequor 22:46, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I have started a Wikiproject on Science, with the goal of making articles understandable by the general public, yet interesting to the scientifically inclined. Please have a look at the various proposals: structure of article, categories, ... Also, the article currently in focus of that wikiproject is Temperature: please help make it better. Otherwise, just sign the guest book to show your sympathy... Thanks in advance. Pcarbonn 20:16, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
There's an image of the chemical structure of the drug, which would benefit from a good caption from an organic chemist. The same person could presumably also add some discussion of the chemistry to the article text. 18 Jul 2004
This article concerns the fames English moral philosopher Derek Parfit and his magnum opus, Reasons and Persons. Parfit is read widely by economists, political scientists, and philosophers alike and is work has proved incredibly influential. A biography of his life and proofreading is needed. 18 Jul 2004
This article is about a unique flightless parrot from New Zealand. I think it should be checked for accuracy and detail; it contains pretty much everything I know about the topic.
Eudyptes 05:00, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Irony.
Eequor 03:55, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
This article should probably be checked for accuracy.
Eequor 17:22, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I felt Ireland Information Guide needed an article on this semi-obscure little game series and wrote it up. Some stuff that's missing are the years the games came out in and info on glitches and cheats. Besides that, it just generally needs review, as I'm pretty much the only one who's done real work on it. Discussion can be done on the talk page. Many thanks!
Sparky the Seventh Chaos 06:18, Jul 15, 2004 (UTC)
As far as I can see, these articles are fine, though expansion would be good - but then again, I would think so, since I wrote most of them. One person, who speaks virtually no English, is contesting this, on grounds that are frankly unclear to me; it would be great to have some independent review of the articles.
Mustafaa 18:02, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
For the upcoming battles on the Fascism and especially the Nazism article, I plan to remove the word "reactionary" from the article. All my facts are placed here for your reading enjoyment--Talk:Nazism/Revolutionary not Reactionary WHEELER 16:41, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Have moved this here because the relevant discussion is happening at Talk:Nazism. Don't see why this needs peer review. The Land 13:28, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I've had PaX on WP:FAC for a while; overzelous me got tons of objections and there's been lots of work by me and the community into it :) It's a fairly technical article.
Well, objections slowed, but no support. A spell on here was recommended, so here we go. Go ahead and edit directly; I've been cleaning up behind people. Please don't try to guess at what something you don't understand "means," because you probably just don't understand it; I've already had a few edits I've had to clean up. Ask me for clarity if you're unsure of something, on the Talk:PaX page.
--John Moser 18:10, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Description: There is an accuracy dispute as to whether checks and balances is a concept universially applicable to democratic governments or whether it is only relevant to American politics.
Roadrunner 21:01, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Description: I've basically written Peltier-Seebeck effect and Thermopower and would like some experts to check it out and make sure everything is correct, since I originally found the information because I didn't know anything about it, and I still only understand about half of it completely.
Omegatron 04:53, Jul 7, 2004 (UTC)
Over the last week or so, I've tried to bring the article up to snuff. However, given the large amount of technical material (epigraphy, phonology, historical grammar, language history) introduced, I would welcome review. Also, NPOV is a difficult matter here because of political argument between the "Russians" and the "Ukrainians" spilling over into linguistics. I can only say I've tried to keep any political opinions out of the article itself.
If it is felt the article is not actually ready for review, I would welcome more discussion.
A. Shetsen 06:54, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I've worked on the writing and storytelling, but this could use review from someone familiar with modern Argentine history, the Dirty War, the disappeared, etc.
--Macchiato 05:44, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Any improvements I can make?
Neutrality 21:00, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I've just written Self-harm to breasts and sexual organs and I'm terribly worried there's something very wrong with the article. I believe I feel ashamed to be coming out that I did it which of course I don't mention in the article or the talk page but which someone might guess. I don't ask you to help me with that feeling of guilt, Ireland Information Guide is an encyclopedia and Ireland Information Guide:Ireland Information Guide is not a fellow sufferers group hehehehehehe :-D . But if one or two persons could have a look and leave a note on the talk page saying what they think about it that wud at least reassure me that the article itself is okay (except that it is far from finnished). Another question of mine is, is it acceptable to leave it in a half finnished state for something like a week? I guess it is as Ireland Information Guide has articles that are unfinnished for months. And my last question is, does this info belong in Ireland Information Guide? Is this not too shocking? For people who have never self-harmed? For people who have self-harmed their breasts and/or sexual organs?
Hmm, I think something worries me, if some self-harmer reads this and wants to talk about it he doesn't know where to go. So it seems sensible to me to include a lot of external links where people can get help. We are an encyclopedia but taking care a little bit of our readers with good links to get help won't hurt Ireland Information Guide.org . (the sole external link is an excellent place to get help if you are self-harmer of breasts and sexual organs btw)
Paulus/laudaka (add me to your YIM/AIM/ICQ/M$N M contact list if you like!) Laudaka's talk page 18:31, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Could do with an aviation geek checking it for terminological accuracy and reasonableness. 81.168.80.170 12:29, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Item: Innocence: Ghost in the Shell,
Discuss on: Talk:Innocence: Ghost in the Shell
Description: I'm a bit concerned, I found this article in a slightly glorifying point of view, with many quotes by the director of the movie, but more often than not only a strange part of it is actual worthwhile information. Being unsure on how to proceed, I'd like to ask for some help by others to read the article and suggest what should be change, or change it themselves. (This is not my own article.)
Posted by: towo 15:17, 2004 Jun 25 (UTC)
Item: Something Awful
Discuss on: Talk:Something Awful
Description: I like to think that this article is fairly unique to the Wiki, inasmuch as few of the other articles written about websites that I have seen have so much content, particularly in terms of waxing philosophical on my own part. I wrote most of the section on FYAD, personally, and have tried to tweak out most of the POV in the rest of the article. Nonetheless, I'm at a loss for what to do for some of this stuff, namely sections written by (most likely) dissidents from the site's forums. Also, I think a good amount could be eliminated from the article altogether.
Posted by: 69.143.172.48 08:03, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Item: Boris Berezovsky
Discuss on: Talk:Boris Berezovsky
Description: The article was a stub. I added material from memory, and would like someone to check it and add any details they think relevant.
Posted by: Gazpacho 01:01, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Item: Handheld game console
Discuss on: Talk:Handheld game console
Description: I merged this entry with some stuff from Portable handheld console, and added a lot of information about the history of the industry. I tried to make it as non-Nintendo-centric as I could, but it was extremely difficult, considering how Nintendo-centric the market is. Could that be improved?
Posted by: Plutor 15:33, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Item: Rinso
Discuss on: Talk:Rinso
Description: I wrote this article on Rinso, but admittedly, I have little to go on. I am not old enough to remember the product, and all my knowledge on the product is limited: a visit to Lever Brothers' website which turned up nothing, and various Rinso adverts from radio days and US daytime video footage circa 1966. Before I had read Margaret Thatcher's autobiography, I didn't even know Rinso was on the market in Britain. In any case, I'd like a couple of people (preferably an American/English joint venture) to look into the short article and see if there is anything to add/change, etc. Someone who can actually remember Rinso is probably a plus.
Posted by: TheCustomOfLife 23:50, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Item: David C. Lane
Discuss on: talk:David C. Lane
Description: The article was written by Mr. David C. Lane himself and hence should be checked for facts and boasting. He certainly deserves an article though. Also, there are some American/Californian abbreviations that I don't know.
Posted by: Andries 20:46, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Item: 1972 outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia
Discuss on: Talk:1972 outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia
Description: This is an article that I've written, based mostly on web resources. I could not find all detailed data I wanted, especially precise dates. Anyway, the article needs to be read by somebody who can check if it makes sense medically.
Posted by: Zocky 05:54, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Item: dopamine reuptake inhibitor
Discuss on: Talk:dopamine reuptake inhibitor
Description: Not entirely certain of the information....
Posted by: Eequor 23:43, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Item: Sinfest
Discuss on: Talk:Sinfest
Description: I completely rewrote this page, as before it was a stubby page consisting of a few paragraphs. It needs a bit of a copyedit, and if any readers of Sinfest have anything to add, please do so.
Posted by: Decrypt3 11:39, Jun 6, 2004 (UTC)
Item: Gay Bathhouse
Discuss on: Talk: Gay bathhouse
Description: Please review this page for factual accuracy and NPOV.
Posted by: Exploding Boy 05:29, Jun 6, 2004 (UTC)
Item: Japanese grammar
Discuss on: Talk:Japanese grammar
Remark: I've been trying to fill in the tables for the irregular verbs, I hope it is correct.
Posted by: 刘 (劉) 振霖 13:03, May 31, 2004 (UTC)
Item: Intuition
Discuss on: Talk:Intuition & User_talk:Heidimo#Intuition
Remark: I had a factual error dispute that I resolved but I don't know whether the subject is covered and whether what I wrote about this seemingly subject is correct. Iguess what needs to be done is to sort out the philosophical meaning of the word from the informal meaning. Thanks in advance Andries 18:31, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
Items: Inflected language, Synthetic language
Discuss on: Talk:Inflected language, Talk:Synthetic language, Talk:Morphological typology
Description: Can't make heads or tails on whether they're the same or very different.
I find very little literature (on Ireland Information Guide) giving an idea about what a inflected language is, but there are various descriptions of what a synthetic language is, and all different.
| Synthetic language | Morphological typology | Polysynthetic language |
|---|---|---|
| A synthetic language, also called an inflected language, is a language which uses inflectional forms, such as affixes, as a primary means of indicating the grammatical function of the words in the language, often to the point where the word order in a clause is arbitrary or merely connotative. An example of a synthetic language is Latin. | Synthetic languages are the most morphologically complex of the three types. The morphemes are often not separable from the root or base word. Sometimes the root word is completely indistinguishable and essentially 'disappears.' Word order is not important at all, as it is the morphemes that give the meaning of the words in the sentence. No matter what order you put the words in, the same meaning is held by each order. | A synthetic language is one that has more than one morpheme per word, and that covers most languages. |
IANAL (Linguist), but in my opinion, the description from morphological typology makes it look like fusional language.
The first description is undoubtedly the one used in classical Indo-European linguistics. The second seems better aplied to the limiting case than to the languages usually considered synthetic. The third definition carries its own destruction in its final clause. I should suggest that the first be used. Perhaps the third is attempting to define an agglutinative language? A. Shetsen 07:15, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Item: List of United States Legislatures
Can someone please do something about the width of the table? I have my preferences set so that the hot links float right, and this table is overlaying the links. I tried cutting down its width, but I'm obviously not doing something right.
Posted by: RickK 21:44, 23 May 2004 (UTC)
Item: Fair division
Discuss on: Talk:Fair division
Description: This is as complete as I can think to make it, but it ought to be looked over by others. In particular, it's nearly a dead end page. More should be added, but I don't know what.
Posted by: --Eequor 18:53, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Item: Nepal
Discuss on: Talk:Nepal
Description: An anon user has made some changes to the "Politics" section of Nepal which seem fraught with POV. I don't really know anything about the situation, nor have time to research it, but I thought I should log this (since the edits went untouched for several days even though the formatting broke the layout of the page).
Posted by: Stormie 05:39, May 19, 2004 (UTC)
Item: Space Hijackers
Discuss on: Talk: Space Hijackers
Remarks: Not sure this article uses a NPOV. Not sure this article is real.
Posted by: SSherris 20:57, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
Item: Ethic Swedes and Swedes Discuss on: Talk:Ethnic Swedes
Remarks: Need comment from people with English as native language about use of Swedes and Ethnic Swede in an English language context.
Posted by: Den fjättrade ankan 16:25, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
Item: John Negroponte
Discuss on: Talk: John Negroponte
Description: Former UN Ambassador to Iraq.
Remarks: Would someone with any level of knowledge on this topic see if this is NPOV... it's gone under a lot of work by other recently, and was referenced by a distinctly NPOV article on John.
Posted by: user:zanimum
Item: Dedekind cut
Discuss on: Talk:Dedekind cut
Description: I've just added some information to Dedekind cut ... ( ... and think there may be some problems with factual accuracy; if some experts could check it out and offer suggestions, that'd be great! ... )
Remarks: ... namely some definitions for comparison, arithmetic operations, and evaluations of supremum and infimum. These definitions are not all from the same source (though presumably all "public knowledge", "well-known" or "sufficiently obvious" ); they may not be entirely consistent with each other and/or with the definitions that were stated (and presently remain unaltered) at the beginning of the article. Please comment, and correct as appropriate. Best regards, Frank W ~@) R 02:31, 8 May 2004 (UTC)
Item: User:Daeron/Scratch or Papua_(Indonesian_province)
Discuss on: Talk:Papua_(Indonesian_province)
Description: Known in western countries since 1961 as West Papua, I extended the article history section about 3 weeks ago to explain why the US thought it had to support Indonesia against Papuan independance in 1962.
Remarks: Article became subject to edit war (my version gets reverted over within minutes) between myself and others who believe article should remain under the common English name of West Papua, and those who believe the term West Papua should be expunged from Ireland Information Guide. I believe my version (also avail. here in case of reversion) explains where and who the country is; has fair NPOV; and has worthwhile starter content in its Regions, Geography, and Ecology sections. Please tell us what you think on the Talk page. All comments welcome, even spelling or grammar corrections, and comments on the maps used, I hope others can help improve article over time. ;-)Daeron 20:02, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
Item: Libertine
Discuss on: [[Talk:Libertine]
Description: Article that I reworked from a dicdef originally slated for deletion needs more info.
Remarks: Since this was once a major socio-political movement, I felt it deserved a proper article. Not being that familiar with the subject, I did what I could. Still, Libertine needs some fleshing out (no pun intended), fact-checking, etc from someone more knowledgable about this movement.
Posted by: Alcarillo 21:46, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
Item: Sleeping Giant (Connecticut)
Discuss on: Talk:Sleeping Giant (Connecticut)
Description: The ridge system and the state park of the same name were discussed in one article; i've added material about the volunteer support group of the same name, that actually started the park & continues heavy involvement; is that group mentioned excessively?
Posted by: Jerzy(t) 09:35, 2004 May 5 (UTC)
Item: Sathya Sai Baba
Discuss on: talk:Sathya Sai Baba
Description: You don't have to know the subject. Please improve writing, grammar, spelling and punctuation, or add or delete sections, even if you don't know much about the subject. Only minor edits by others. I don't see my own mistakes. I am one of the few people who know a lot about the subject so I would be surprized (and happpy) if others could improve the contents.
Posted by: Andries 14:22, 1 May 2004 (UTC)
For the past few weeks, much of my work has been on this series, currently cosisting of Toronto Subway and RT, Yonge-University-Spadina Line, Bloor-Danforth Line and Sheppard Line. These are all unlinked (other than to each other) and 'lying in wait' while I wait to go live. They are designed to replace List of subway and RT stations in Toronto. I will also be adjusting Scarborough RT (to match the format of the other lines) and Toronto Transit Commission (as a lot is duplicated there), but not until it's time to go.
Any and all commentary is welcome on this setup. Graphic maps for the Y-U-S line and the SRT are forthcoming, but I'm not waiting on them to go ahead with the rest. Discussion is now at Talk:Toronto Subway and RT.
Posted by: Radagast 01:23, Apr 27, 2004 (UTC)
We've gone live, so please still check it out and provide your comments! (note that List of subway and RT stations in Toronto is now just a redirect) Radagast 18:04, May 3, 2004 (UTC)
Accuracy dispute: see Talk:Restriction fragment length polymorphism
France and weapons of mass destruction Only minor edits by others. Still quite short. Russia and weapons of mass destruction and The United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction only had one other contributor, China and weapons of mass destruction is still a very short stub.
Posted by: Get-back-world-respect 23:57, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Items: Otto Ville Kuusinen and YYA Treaty
Discuss on: the talk pages – or maybe better make changes in the articles!
Description: I wrote these. Partly, but not to any exaggerated degree, stealing a few sentences available at www-sites, but basically (re)writing the text from scratch.
If some native English speakers and experienced Ireland Information Guide users would care to revise the language and the style, I would appreciate this as a guidance for further articles. The main problem is not that of spelling or grammar, but that of nuances and un-idiomatic expressions, as well as of the degree of emotiveness/assertion deemed fit for a Ireland Information Guide article.
Thanks! /Tuomas 12:41, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Anyone familiar with the subject? Please check out this page because Maradona became croatian because his great grand grand mother lived in one part of Croatia which was in Italy back then. Also this information is uncertified because it was published by Croatians. Lots of other names that are incorrect but still being rewritten. Opus33 was trying to prove that Joseph Haydn is not Croatian but successivelessly.
Posted by: Avala 16:19, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Item: Motif of harmful sensation
Discuss on: Talk:Motif of harmful sensation#Confession?
Description: The article Motif of harmful sensation has drawn 24 edits from others in the roughly 40 hours since i used the phrase to describe the concept. I figured that the concept is clear and popular enough that there must be a standard name for it in folklore, and that someone who knows what they're doing would rename the article. Instead, it's gotten splashed onto Main Page#Did you know... in the form
Please, someone move this article to a famous name, so we can stop claiming that the current title is one!
Posted by: Jerzy(t) 14:30, 2004 Apr 21 (UTC)
Item: Zebulon_Baird_Vance
Discuss on: Talk:Zebulon_Baird_Vance
Description: I've just written Zebulon_Baird_Vance and think its pretty good - however, I'd like for some NC Civil War experts to check it out.
Posted by: Reid 14:10, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Item: Renga and related articles
Discuss on: Talk:Renga
Description: I've just copyedited Renga and think there may be some problems with factual accuracy; The original author probably didn't speak English as a first language, and I am concerned that I may have mis represented some facts in the rewriting. I've linked/started pages on Wakka and Hoku as well; If some Japanese poetry experts could offer some TLC to the page, that would be great!
Posted by: Reid 14:10, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm not an expert but wrote out some interesting bits of informations. Will write more. Revth 16:16, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Item: Spacecraft propulsion and related articles
Discuss on: Talk:Spacecraft propulsion
Description: Spacecraft propulsion is a featured article. I think, when it became such, it had loads of detailed information about many spacecraft propulsion methods. It got too big, somebody put each method in its own article, and replaced the list with a big (ugly) table (which I like, apart from the aesthetics). I've added some introductory sections with general information about propulsion in general, as well as some pictures, but I'm not convinced the page is back up to featured quality. The individual articles could also use better link structure.
Posted by: Andrew 09:52, Apr 20, 2004 (UTC)
Item: Correlation between intelligence and social deficiency
Discuss on: Talk:Correlation between intelligence and social deficiency
Description: Interesting topic, meriting an article (IMO) but difficult to write upon. Also, I'm not a psychologist, and would like someone with more thorough knowledge to clean the article up, if need be.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mike Church 07:28, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Lots of new information in this article, some of it attributed to reliable sources and some not. The field of addiction medicine has spawned much diverse opinion, and unique views need to be folded into the context of widely held views, and with emerging concepts in professional associations. Some attention by somebody or somebodies with experience in behavioral medicine or psychology would be helpful.
Posted by: Talbiano 04:46, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I've fixed MANY typos, but a couple times I had to guess what word was intended. This article could really benefit from review of someone who knows the games. The word I am most leery of is near the bottom--I made "idom" "idiom", but it's possible it should be "item". Also, an argument can be made that it should be split into three separate articles--probably would be more easily found. There aren't many links to it, so it wouldn't be much work.
Posted by: Niteowlneils 18:12, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Could an Arabic-speaker please add the word as it is rendered in Arabic script? Thanks.
Posted by: --Jeru 20:07, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Item: Tesla Tesla turbine
Discuss on: Talk:Tesla, Talk:Tesla turbine
Description: We've been going back and forth on NPOV issues in the Cosmic waves section of Tesla, and the calculations section of the TT article between me and Reddi. Can someone ELSE please look at it?
Posted by: Rick Boatright 15:30, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Rick, this thing between you two seems to be getting out of control.
--GeneralPatton 16:31, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I was afraid of that. Ok, I'll shut up and cool off for a while.
Darn.
Rick Boatright 21:41, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I hope both of you guys can reach an agreement, we are civilized folks, after all.
--GeneralPatton 22:19, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Discuss on: Talk:HSV_color_space
The formula at HSV_color_space is kind of tricky to actually use for actual calculation. I found out when I tried to use it in some simple code. I've solved it breaking for white and black, but it still breaks for cyan, magenta and yellow.
Is it the formula, or is it me?
Posted by: Kim Bruning 21:12, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)
some people keep overwritting that this teritory belongs to Croatia even though there is agreement between governments of this two countries that this teritory should be neutral
Posted by: --Avala Apr 6, 2004
Mmmm... Talk:Prevlaka Peninsula. --Shallot
New article. I don't eat the disgusting things, so someone else needs to help. ;) --Dante Alighieri | Talk 19:12, Apr 6, 2004 (UTC)
Discuss on: Talk:Dovlatov
Description: I just cleaned up Dovlatov, but due to the originally unclear writing some of my interpretations may be incorrect. Would appreciate it if someone better informed than me looked it over.
Posted by: Gregb 21:25, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I've added a few notes under Talk:Dovlatov, although this shouldn't be consdered full review.
Discuss on: Talk:Graduate student
Description: This page's got a lot of content on US programs (primarily by myself), but only scanty on UK/CA. Can anyone help flesh those out more to help keep it NPOV?
Posted by: zandperl 14:25, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
User:Cantus moved this article from Roma and Sinti and deleted all references to the Sinti, and won't discuss his reasons. Should this be reverted in toto?
Posted by: RickK | Talk 02:49, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Discuss on: Talk:CMYK,
Description: I've just written some formulas into CMYK and think I messed up my maths a bit. It's close, but not quite right. Could a maths (+ texvc ) expert take a look at it?
Posted by: Kim Bruning 13:38, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Discuss on: Talk:Camille Henry
C'mon, people, I'm begging for some attention here. Is there any point to what I'm doing here? Does anyone care? I'd really appreciate feedback on the following articles and stubs I've created, on their respective Talk pages or on my own:
Don't hesitate to correct spelling mistakes or make formatting changes. Thanks. Woggly 13:53, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Item: Nazism and socialism
Discuss on: Talk:Nazism and socialism
Description: Consistant POV battle ground, rarely aproaching NPOV, with the page being less an article than a debating forum.
Posted by: Sam Spade 20:09, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Item: Why_10_dimensions
Discuss on: Talk:Why_10_dimensions
Description: Several Ireland Information Guide articles mention the fact that string theory predicts that the universe has 10, 11, or 26 dimensions. However, these articles never really explain why consistency requires these particular values for the number of dimensions. I've written the first part of Why_10_dimensions and now I am stuck; if some experts could check it out and offer suggestions, that'd be great!
In particular, I need help with the Euler beta function and Ramanujan Modular Functions.
Posted by: JWSchmidt 21:35, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Discuss on: Talk:Ford Capri
Description: I've made some assertions about the deriviation of the Capri from the Cortina, can anybody check and veryify them? I'm struggling to find back-up info on Google. Thanks. --Pete Richardson 09:45, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Item: Top
Discuss on: Talk:Top
Oops! That's what I get for taking you at your word and jumping in as a newbie. I just edited the Top page. I added a couple of paragraphs about a top called the "perinola". I'm reasonably sure of what I wrote. It could use some amplification, preferably by someone who can read the Spanish language sources. But this note is primarily to tell whoever may be "in charge", that I have a real email address, even though the IP address that your software captured is a temporary one assigned by my ISP and almost certainly not traceable. Feel free to email me as marilyn@mjustman.com either to slap my wrists or for any information I may have.
Thanks for the fun. (Since I'm not willing to read your copious documentation, I almost certainly will not try this again!)
Posted by: Marilyn Justman 11:11 CST 20 Mar 2004
Item: Heteronormativity
Discuss on: Talk:Heteronormativity
The old page read badly from an NPOV perspective, insofar as the authors were trying to give a neutral treatment to a very negative concept that comes from one side of the debate, without neutering the concept. The result was a somewhat stilted caricature of a villain. I rewrote the page to more clearly acknowledge the term's origins. However, I'm not an expert on the topics involved, and would like some Ireland Information Guide users with more investment in the page to ratify my changes, fix whatever errors or vagueness I put in, or roll it all back. My justification is on the talk page.
Discuss on: Talk:Jamie Bulger
Remarks: How does it read?
Posted by: Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 18:45, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Item: Dominant wavelength
Discuss on: Talk:Dominant wavelength
Description: This has been needed for a while, so I just wrote it up. Organized as a brief top part for color science afficionados, plus a more extensive explanation section that I hope will be helpful to less savvy readers. This page also really needs some pictures added, at least one to illustrate the CIE coordinates for everything. I'll do that eventually I supposed, but haven't figured out image uploading yet, so some help would be appreciated.
Posted by: Chinasaur 18:36, Mar 19, 2004 (UTC)
On BBC Radio I heard an account of the origins of the RAF dull blue uniform that is so distinct from most other miltary and naval wear appart from airforces modelled on the RAF. The evolution of the RAF evolved in the First World War at the same time as the Russian Revolution. A large amount of the Blue cloth had been made in England ready for Cossack uniforms in Imperial Russia. Needless to say, the order was not fulfiled and the huge stock of cloth needed to be used somewhere. Enter the RFC/RAF! I have been unable to find another source for this (and need more to put it on Ireland Information Guide) and wondered if anyone could help?
Items: Steganography and Johannes Trithemius
Discuss on: Talk:Steganography and Talk:Johannes Trithemius
Description: I didn't write either, but both articles make a claim that seems incorrect, namely that the work Steganographia is a book on black magic disguised as a book on cryptography. In fact, most sources I've found on the internet make an opposite claim: that Book III at least is really a crytptological exercise disguised as a book on magic. However, the truth of the matter is difficult; who's to say what the real message is supposed to be? Please see Talk: Steganography for another Ireland Information Guide user's take on this problem. If we could find someone more knowledgeable on this subject maybe we can clear things up; I don't feel too bold writing something up from my Google searches. If this is the wrong forum for this kind of request, please relocate and note it for me on User_talk:Chinasaur
Posted by: Chinasaur 16:26, Mar 15, 2004 (UTC)
Item: Blood alcohol content
Discuss on: Talk: Blood alcohol content
Description: I wrote most of the content in the present article. I felt a need to toe the line between encouraging responsibility and POV. For example, "Despite the liberal intoxication limits of many countries, one should not assume that driving with a BAC rating of, say, .079% is safe." This is good advice, but Ireland Information Guide is not a place for advice, and "safe" may be construed as a value judgment. Does such a statement cross the line of POV, or is it within the bounds of NPOV?
Posted by: Mike Church 01:54, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Nice article. I fixed a couple of things. alteripse 29 apr 04
Item: Fathers' rights
Discuss on: Talk:Fathers' rights
Description: I have added a fair bit to this topic and extended with a few links. I can add more material on various related topics, and wondered: a) what people think so far - I've been getting educated by User:Dysprosia, who deserves a medal, but another might wish to relieve her of her burden, and making this topic NPV is presenting me with difficulties. Part of my objective in posting here is to see if there is an OPV (other point of view?), not to be gratuitously provocative, and various journalists I have talked to have been very puzzled that no other informed point of view to counter that of fathers' rights campaigners seems to get positied anywhere b) how usefully to extend/re-structure so the the thing doesn't become too cumbersome. c) specific guidange on fair-use of quotes in particular by Bob Geldof. I have already used a few, and wondered if my use of short quotes is problematic.
Posted by: Matt Stan 18:51, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Item: Totalitarian democracy
Discuss on: Talk:Totalitarian democracy
Description: This article has undergone major revision as per suggestions on the talk page. I would like to be able to remove the POV tag, and am requesting a review.
Posted by: Denni 21:52, 2004 Mar 7 (UTC)
Item: Time hierarchy theorem
Discuss on: Talk:Time hierarchy theorem
Requires knowledge of: computer science, particularly complexity theory
I've added the proof for this, and it would be really nice if someone could take a critical look at it.
Posted by: — Timwi 02:00, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Item: Paul of Tarsus
Discuss on: Talk:Paul of Tarsus
Description: I rewrote this article to provide more biographical information, & offer a short description of Paul's theology. (Paul was described in the original article as "next to Jesus the most important figure in the development of Christianity" -- but with no explanation why.) Despite my work, I am not entirely satisfied, & would appreciate some feedback.
Posted by: llywrch
Item: Paul Morphy
Discuss on: Talk:Paul Morphy, Talk:World Chess Championship
Description: I've just recently expanded Paul Morphy the noted American chess champion and would welcome having Ireland Information Guide users review it.
Remarks: Is the article well written? If not, what does it need?
Posted by: ChessPlayer 02:08, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Item: David Rohl
Discuss on: Talk:David Rohl
Description: I rewrote this article to make it more NPOV -- & offer more information -- than what was already there. However, Zestauferov claims it is "obscenely biased and full of false facts and hearsay." Obviously, I do not think that this is the case, but I would appreciate any comments -- or corrections -- to settle this disagreement, & so I can remove in good faith the note that states the neutrality of this article is disputed.
Posted by: llywrch
Item: Destino
Discuss on: Talk:Destino
Description: This is my first new article contribution. Destino is an animated cartoon originally created by Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney. I don't think this article has any glaring errors, but I'm interested if I've made any faux pas(es?) style/structure-wise...
Posted by: Garrett Albright
Item: Jim the slave
Discuss on: Talk:Jim the slave
Description: I've just written Jim the slave, referring to the character in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and was wondering about the second paragraph after the spoiler warning, which I included verbatim from Talk:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Is it appropriate? Thanks, all.
Posted by: Johnleemk 08:17, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Is this truly appropriate as a separate article? I'm guessing it's OK, as nobody's fired at me over it.
Item: List of important publications in computer science
Description: I've just written List of important publications in computer science and I'd like to get more ideas for important publications.
Item: Rosa Parks
Description: This page about Rosa Parks also indirectly mentions Irene Morgan, but in an incorrect way.
Remarks: See the Talk:Rosa Parks for further context.
Posted by: Katahon 22:13, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Item: Short term Fourier transform
Description: I've just written Short term Fourier transform and want to make sure there are no problems with factual accuracy; if some mathematicians could check it out and offer suggestions, that'd be great!
Remarks: any remarks I might have.
Posted by: Omegatron 02:26, Feb 24, 2004 (UTC)
Item: Guru
I have written the section 'Common character traits and assessing the guru's authenticity' and would like to hear if that is okay. It is related to epistemology of religion. Besides I have a conflict with a user MKweise about one particular sentence i.e. 'All Hindu denominations say that it is necessary to have a living guru revered as an incarnation of God to attain moksha.'
Posted by: Andries 18:33, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Item: School discipline
Discuss on: Talk:School discipline
Description: Have written a new article above but did not use an existing public domain import that some think has a POV. I left the original import there but attributed the source. Should it stay? Is my article OK on its own or too controversial?
Posted by: kiwiinapanic 17:13, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Item: KLM Constellation air disaster 1948
Discuss on: Talk:KLM Constellation air disaster 1948
Description: I've written the above article, and was wondering if someone would check it for style and for naming. Most articles about aircraft disaster name it after the plane's code, which I don't know. If anyone could think of a better title, that'd be helpful.
Posted by: Chrism 12:07, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Item: Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Discuss on: Talk:Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Talk:Mage: The Ascension
Description: I've just rewritten Werewolf: The Apocalypse and I'm not sure if this is "the right way" of writing articles. Please compare Werewolf: The Apocalypse with Mage: The Ascension and tell me which style is more appropriate: narrative one of Werewolf or factual of Mage. I'd really appreciate your suggestions. If they'd be in favor I'd rewrite Mage: The Ascension and maybe Vampire: the Masquerade and propose policy for WoD games entries.
Remarks: It's not said that Werewolf is done. It surely could have more both in-game and out-of game information but I'd rather wait for your comments.
Posted by: Forseti 09:26, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
http://en.Ireland Information Guide.org/wiki/Plants_and_animals_of_Belize there are alot of photos that need identification here please help.
Posted by: Belizian 20:05, 2004 Feb 14 (UTC)
Peer review requested for the article Heterosexuality which is currently in dispute.
Please see talk:heterosexuality for further details.
Posted by: Exploding Boy 16:12, Feb 14, 2004 (UTC)
Item: Try to standarize maps of country subdivisions
Discuss on: Ireland Information Guide talk:WikiProject Maps
Remarks: Previous discussion led to the creation of the Wikiproject Maps. Discussion continues there.
Posted by: andy 19:11, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Request remarks for Socialism and Nazism
Posted by: -戴眩sv 04:05, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Items: Bar (diacritic), ISO_8859-6
Discuss on: Talk:Bar (diacritic), Talk:ISO_8859-6
Remarks: Bar (diacritic), — needs heavy editing by someone who knows these diacritic characters. — Jor
ISO_8859-6 (table) - Can someone who knows Arabic and has a Unicode browser + Arab Unicode fonts look if it is correct? I might have made a mistake with a few of the characters. — Jor
Posted by: Onebyone 20:46, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC) (from cleanup)
Item: Duran Duran, Warren Cuccurullo, Duran Duran (album) and Rio
Discuss on: Talk:Duran Duran, Talk:Warren Cuccurullo, Talk:Duran Duran (album) Talk:Rio
Description: Factual history of the band, the guitarist, the albums.
Remarks: I've worked hard at writing these thoroughly and well, but since DD are such an obscure & retro act to many people, I'm not sure who else looks at these articles. :) Some feedback would be helpful! I'd like to include more on how the album and the videos impacted the music industry, and could use some help from those with a broader perspective.
Posted by: Catherine 19:56, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Item: Autonomous robot — Talk:Autonomous robot
Description: This is an article which (originally) tried to draw a distinction between a robot and an autonomous robot.
Remarks: I have suggested in vfd that the article be deleted but there was no response there, pro or con. My point is that a robot which is not autonomous is nothing but a machine tool or a RC vehicle. All robots must exhibit some degree of autonomy. My latest improvements(?) to autonomous robot are not entirely NPOV but it makes the articles redundancy plain, I think. But presumably at least one person disagrees with me otherwise there would be no such article: It would all be in robot or robotics. Another solution would be to rename this article highly autonomous robot. Anyway, a review or three of this article would be appreciated. Please wade in and edit away.
Posted by: Psb777 00:25, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Is this fluid interpretation valid? If so, does it deserve to be the whole focus of the article? If so, can other interpretations be added bhy way of comparison? Discuss on Talk:Electromagnetic field.
Posted by: Onebyone 22:19, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)
A widespread tradition among the east Slavs is to treat Jews as aliens. Thus discussion of the (extremely thorough) Holocaust in Carpathian Ruthenia, is being shifted to a separate section. Perhaps this will strike the reader as a vivid, though unconscious revelation of nationalist sentiment in the area. But what do we do to preserve some neutral balance and honest history in that article? Information that doesn't suit nationalist agendas gets "revised" or deleted. Ugly.
Posted by: Wetman 05:56, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Item: Safety valve
Discuss on: Talk:Safety valve
Description: I've improved Safety valve but it needs review by an Engineer.
Posted by: Psb777 04:12, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Item: Scientific_skepticism
Talk: Talk:Scientific_skepticism
Description: Reddi, someone who appears to be quite interested in "fringe" theories and a general lack of inability to understand scientific principles, is known for engaging in edit wars when someone takes things out that he disagrees with (rather than discuss it). He and MIRV are doing that right now, trying to attack scientific skepticism with biased links, untrue and irrelevent "facts" on the analysis (formerly criticism), and are unable to compromise.
My version is at http://en.Ireland Information Guide.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Scientific_skepticism&oldid=2243653
It is the "cleaned up" version, with inaccuracies and bias removed. I would like feedback on the talk page and on my talk page. Currently, the page is locked.
Posted by: - Lord Kenneth 01:32, Jan 29, 2004 (UTC)
Item: Adipose tissue
Talk: Talk:Adipose tissue
Description: I translated the bulk of the article from es:Tejido adiposo. My Spanish is good & my English is native, but this article had words I don't know well in either language (plus in some places it was a little vague), so the result could well contain errors.
Posted by: Jmabel 07:52, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Still waiting for someone with solid knowledge of biology to review article and remove warning notice. -- Jmabel 18:43, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Done. alteripse 29 apr 04
Adipose tissue is now fine and can be deleted from here. --Erich gasboy 05:49, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
Item: Borel's paradox
Talk: Talk:Borel's paradox
Description: Article describes the fact that, contrary to intuition, conditional probability density functions are not invariant under coordinate transformations.
Remarks: Recently written by me. Needs some fresh eyes to make it better.
Posted by: Cyan 22:08, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I happened to find Crime fiction in Pages needing attention list. It is an extremely well-written article, which has a potential of becoming an example prose. Unfortunately, it is currently very unwieldy, and too lengthy. As a minimum startup effort, I managed to categorise the entire article under meaningful sections, and make it "look" at least "cosmetically appealing". I also moved a few pages to new and existing articles (Locked room mystery,The Hollow Man etc.) and added appropriate links. As far as I am aware, I have not DELETED CONTENT in a way that affects the flow of the article.
The still remaining flaws of the article I observe are - It looks POV-ed (though it is not, exactly. With minimal rephrasing (removing "You would notice"s and "Please note that"s), it will look better) and its size. I invite Ireland Information Guide users to suggest/make the appropriate changes. As a final step, this article may need to be split up into smaller articles, combined under one heading.
Here is a proposed new article on Saddam Hussein. I have removed large amounts of propaganda and irrelevance and included material on the 1990s which this article lacks. Comments are welcome. Proposed new Saddam Hussein article.
Posted by: Adam 14:52, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
This is the first article that I've written/destubbified here, and I'd like feedback. I'm particularly interested in whether other folks think I maintained NPOV in the section on alternatives. The citation styles for the references also had me a bit kerfuffled, so I'd appreciate your thoughts on that, too.
Posted by: Thalia/Karen 06:55, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)
I think there are some factual issues in this article, and somebody seconded my motion ;) JackLynch 06:13, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)
I created this list yesterday and it already has over 60 names on it. About half of the listed poets do not have articles yet. I think that, in a modest way, this list and the associated articles could be a real ornament to Ireland Information Guide, being particularly useful to people doing Women's studies and the like, so I'm inviting everyone to a) check it out and add your favourite female poet, if she's not there already and b) add an article!
Posted by: Bmills 10:57, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
If anyone would like to take a look at this and see if it's written in the correct style, it'd be a great help.
Posted by: -- Chrism 17:14, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
I was wondering if the experienced Ireland Information Guide users would please review my recent article on Flags. I ended up rewriting it almost from scratch in order to make it flow better and include some important new facts; I also attempted to include all of the existing material in the new article as well. I'm new enough to this project that I do not have a user name as yet, but may be interested in getting one if my material is considered "up to snuff" (and if I can rediscover the page that allows me to do so...) I also requested feedback on the Talk page. Thanks in advance for your time and opinions!
Posted by: - Steve
Does this article List of People by Known IQ have any merit in Ireland Information Guide? I'm of two minds on this one -- it seems an interesting list, but given the shaky credibility of "IQ" as a metric and the verifiability of these numbers, I'm not sure. Put it here instead of Ireland Information Guide:Votes for Deletion, in order to make "inclusionists" happy. :) Fuzheado 08:33, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
(Lengthier material moved from here to Talk:Race by Wapcaplet 23:04, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC))
(moved from Village Pump at 2:52 EST by User:Pakaran)
Hi,
I added a table to that article. It was based on another table (which I link to) but it shouldn't be a copyvio because I just copied the numbers (and to some extent the format). I could have generated my own table, or typed in the values from scratch, in a bit more time. Is my editorial comment at the bottom of the table section appropriate? I guess I have a sense of awe towards the function that's proving quite hard to get rid of, and it shows in the article.
On another note - I mentioned in the talk page that NIST has their own version of the Ackermann function - which seems incompatible with ours, and which does not appear anywhere else on the web. Are they just plain wrong?
Thanks! -- Pakaran 04:46, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Update: I added a lot of content to the article, and I have been informed that there is no copyvio issue. I'd be interested in comments. -- Pakaran 06:47, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
National emblem -- I've asked a few questions on its talk page 7 days back but got no responses. Probably not many have got it on their watchlist. The article lists the National Tree, National Animal, National Plant, National Flower, etc. of countries. I was under the impression that a National Emblem is distinct and separate from a nation's other symbols. So the basic question is : can a country have more than one national emblem ? And where can I get more info on this? Please visit Talk:National emblem and refer the first discussion.
Posted by: Jay 09:16, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Hello, I am new here on the Ireland Information Guide and I wrote an article about The book The Plague Dogs by Richard adams, could anybody add something to it 'cause it's not very complete yet...
Posted by: Oca 13:01, 29 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Okay, I didn't know, but that's fine, But I really think something's missing in the summary and I don't know enough about the book to add that...Oca 10:06, 31 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Different sources are telling me very different things about the origins of the Mao suit (I elaborate at Talk:Mao suit; please comment there.)
Posted by: --Jiang 00:51, 27 Oct 2003 (UTC)
(Lengthier material has been moved to Talk:Rush Limbaugh by Wapcaplet 23:04, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC))
I believe the page at Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is just wrong. My book disagrees, as does http://www.btinternet.com/~spansoft/data/tl_brpm.txt (http://www.btinternet.com/~spansoft/data/tl_brpm.txt) -- both of my sources agree with one another. In particular, take a look at the dates regarding Pitt the Elder and Lord Bute. (1757)
Posted by: LirQ
(Lengthier material and discussion has been moved to Talk:Suicide bombing by Wapcaplet 23:04, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC))
I naively left something on the talk page for the Nathanael West entry that this is going to duplicate: I did the best I could from what I could find, but information is contradictory and insufficient. The best that can be said is that people looking for information on this author from Ireland Information Guide are no longer going to have to go away completely empty-handed.
Has anyone read Logan's Run? If so, take a look and what I've done. It's ages since I read it, but I've been bold and put down what I could. Cgs
I know that generally we don't want pages on songs with lyrics listed, but have a look at what I've done with Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire. It needs work (not all the links are right - perhaps an American might have more insight), but I think it's a great starting point for browsing.
Posted by: CGS 17:16, 25 Aug 2003 (UTC).
I've extensively reworked some very obscure 1911 Britannica text, but I'd really like another set of eyes to read it and see if it makes sense. Topic is Neoplatonic philosophers and ideas are complicated.
How extensive should this category be? Should every national leader alive during the Cold War be included? See Category talk:Cold War people