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Articles Requesting Peer Review

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Maharaji (Prem Rawat)

Oscillating between two versions, one with and one without comments and external links of a "hate group".Maharaji (Prem Rawat) talk:Maharaji (Prem Rawat) Andries 17:17, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)


It is a matter of balance. In my view is totally unacceptable to have a biased description, in particular from a hate group as the main page for a subjet at Misplaced Pages. If the opposing group wants to post their views, they can do it on a new page Maharaji_controversy or Maharaji_Opposing_Views. jossifresco

We Didn't Start the Fire

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 like the page, but I'm still worried whether it is ok from a copyright perspective. Andre Engels 09:43, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)
It's a great article, but I believe it is a copyright violation, unfortunately. I have listed it as such. You could try getting permission for the article from the copyright owner. Daniel Quinlan 06:40, Nov 4, 2003 (UTC)
I think that there's probably a reasonable expectation of fair use when compiling an encyclopedia, especially when the majority of the song is a list of places and people. I like the compromise of leaving just the links until permission is secured from the copyright holder. You could also link to a site with the full lyrics... Voyager640 16:09, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
It's too good not to have here. I hope you'll pursue permission. Denni 08:29, 2004 Feb 17 (UTC)

Logan's Run

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

responses moved to Talk:Logan's Run

Nathanael West

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 Misplaced Pages are no longer going to have to go away completely empty-handed.

Homicide bombing

(Lengthier material and discussion has been moved to Talk:Suicide bombing by Wapcaplet 23:04, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC))

  • Item: Homicide bombing
  • Talk: Talk:Suicide bombing
  • Description: It contains a lot of information POV'ed info (when Wik reverts it), ignoring other factual part of the term. It leaves out information which is not particularly difficult to verify. It is being reverted constantly by Wik who is known to write POV'ed on this topic. I have strived to include the comments by him, but to no avail, could someone please peer review the article (and check the history and the talk pages)
  • Posted by: reddi 01:34, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Request for review of PMs of UK

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 -- 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

Neutral text

(Lengthier material has been moved to Talk:Rush Limbaugh by Wapcaplet 23:04, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC))

  • Item: Rush Limbaugh
  • Talk: Talk:Rush Limbaugh
  • Description: I don't think this quite rises to the level of problem of an NPOV dispute or an edit war, but I'd like someone (or multiple someones) to look at the following two paragraphs from Rush Limbaugh (initially, without looking at the edit history and discussion) and take a gander at which is more successful at being neutral.
  • Posted by: Daniel Quinlan 07:21, Oct 11, 2003 (UTC)

Mao suit

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)

The Plague Dogs article

Hello, I am new here on the Misplaced Pages 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)

I know that Muriel referred you here, but I would say that you shouldn't post requests here unless you have exhausted your knowledge of the topic and find that the article is still missing something very important. If every wikipedist called for help on every article that he or she made a major contribution to, this page would get out of control. For our policy on writing about fictional works, see Misplaced Pages:Spoiler warning. Go ahead and finish that article. (By the way, please don't take my suggestions to discourage you. We all make mistakes, even when we have a little experience.) One more thing - according to Richard Adams, it's his third novel, not his second. -Smack 01:39, 30 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)


National emblem

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)

Ackermann function

(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)

Just in case you are not aware of it Misplaced Pages:Peer review is another place to ask for comments ... it seems to be on plenty of people's watchlists. (Probably not as many as the mighty VP though!) Pete 10:15, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
I'd already computed some of the numbers and put them on the talk page, based on the definition already in the article, so I doubt the numbers themselves could somehow in any way be copyrighted by some other site... Κσυπ Cyp   12:16, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Thanks Cyp. Yeah, I doubt that's any longer a concern. I'm interested in re view of my comments on the asymptotic behavior of naive attempts to compute the function. Thanks. -- Pakaran 05:21, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hackers (short stories)

Music of Jamaica

  • Music of Jamaica
    • It's a really major subject, as Jamaica is easily a rival for the UK and US in terms of popular music worldwide, and is a #4 Google hit. Doesn't really flow too well in parts, and needs expansion, especially on the last fifteen years or so.
  • Posted by: Tuf-Kat 06:58, Nov 27, 2003 (UTC)
I revised this article, trying to improve on the language and accuracy, and added a bit here and there. It could probably use more. heidimo 21:15, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I gave this article another going-over. Still needs work, but it's coming along. heidimo 02:28, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)
This looks great. Fans should feel free to add detail to the various artist links, and useful external links. Otherwise, it's been wifi'ed to "beat the band". 20:53, 14 June 2004

NPOV dispute on article about "Race"

(Lengthier material moved from here to Talk:Race by Wapcaplet 23:04, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC))

  • Item: Race
  • Talk: Talk:Race
  • Description: Two authors of this article have used the hammer of reversion to thwart efforts by various people to eliminate the single-POV bias of several parts of the article. This is documented fairly well in the Talk pages (plural because part of the discussion has been archived). Being something of a newcomer, I'm not sure what can be done, especially as I do not wish to start a "reversion war." I have never reverted anyone's work, and in fact I adhered to Wiki protocol by offering additions and the smallest modifications possible. Newcomers are asked to be optimists, so any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.
  • Posted by: Peak 05:32, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

List of People by Known IQ

Does this article List of People by Known IQ have any merit in Misplaced Pages? 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 Misplaced Pages:Votes for Deletion, in order to make "inclusionists" happy. :) Fuzheado 08:33, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I concur. IMO, it doesnt deserve to stand as a single article. The list may be given as a "trivia" item at the bottom of the IQ page. Considering that not many articles link to the list presently, this is the easiest solution. chance 07:16, Dec 4, 2003 (UTC)
  • I'd go with that, but I think it should include some kind of disclaimer, since you can't possibly sure these numbers are accurate. - MGM 10:24, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
This is pseudoscientific garbage, and should be deleted. The claim that we "know", or in some reasonable way can estimate, that Marilyn vos Savant, author of perhaps the worst popular mathematics book ever written, is much more intelligent than Galileo or Descartes, who died long before IQ tests were invented, is mind-boggling in its idiocy. Yes, someone did attempt to estimate the IQ of a variety of historical figures, and no, this is not "knowedge". What rubbish! Gene Ward Smith 08:12, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Agree. -- Arvindn 14:09, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Also agree.Doovinator 22:01, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Could not agree more, also. Ensiform 04:47, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I agree. David.Monniaux 19:05, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Seeing as tests can't even agree on my IQ, I fail to see how they could work out that of someone who is dead. Agree. Rissa of the Saiya-jin 23:43, 30 May 2004 (UTC)

Flag

I was wondering if the experienced Wikipedians 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

Most excellent article. I've made a couple of cosmetic changes to the tail end of it, and it might be reasonable to put the "Alternate meanings" section at the beginning, but it's better than most of the stuff we've got. Please do register. If you do, you will have a "watchlist" that you can set up in no time flat to automatically monitor changes to that article. -Smack 18:56, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
I agree, in most articles alternate meaning show up at the beginning, so I'd do that here as well. The rest of it looks very comprehensive and complete. Well done! With a bit of work, I could easily see this article gaining featured status. - MGM 10:32, May 5, 2004 (UTC)

List of Royal Titles of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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)

List of women poets

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 Misplaced Pages, 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)

Mythology of demons

I think there are some factual issues in this article, and somebody seconded my motion ;) JackLynch 06:13, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Tampon

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)

It looks to me like you did a very good job. I hesitated for a moment as to whether I agreed that genetically modified cotton could be seen as an environmental concern, but I quickly came around to your point of view. Jack 09:13, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
I gave it a bit of copy edit and formatting. Looks good to me, though the links probably need formatting. What about the link between dioxins and cancer--should that be mentioned here? heidimo 02:39, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Fishing line

  • Item: Fishing line
  • Talk: Talk:Fishing line
  • Problem: Page written by an anonymous user, seems to have gross factual inaccuracies.
  • Posted by: Smack 00:31, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Proposed new Saddam article

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)

A high-grade commentator (probably the Sunday New York Times) is currently referring to him as "Mr. Hussein" (perhaps bcz of their style of referring to anyone but (last time i noticed) organized-crime figures as "Mr. ..."). I'm not going to suggest an exact wording, but i expect there's a small wording change lurking in there, that keeps us from claiming to be more authoritative than "the newspaper of record" and, more importantly, recognizes that there are more wrinkles in intercultural relations than are dreamt of in our philosophy. --Jerzy 06:09, 2004 Jan 9 (UTC)

Crime fiction

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 wikipedians 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.

Vitis Vifenera and Grape Seed Oil

  • Item: Vitis vinifera and Grape seed oil
  • Talk: User talk:dbroadwell
  • Description: Worked up these two articles and am interested in having other read them, make formatting suggestions, ect. Are they Wiki linked enough? Any glaring errors in my usage of english? ... Rip them apart, they will be better for it.
  • Posted by: Dbroadwell 05:54, 25 Dec 2003 (UTC)
I've added a comment to the Talk:Grape seed oil page. Scooter 00:04, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Number theoretic transform

Automobile illustrations

  • Items: User:Wapcaplet/Auto diagrams, Four-stroke cycle, Reciprocating engine
  • Talk: User talk:Wapcaplet
  • Description: I've been working on rather elaborate 3D model for showing automotive parts. Nowhere near completion, but these are indicators of the progress so far. Comments by anyone who knows stuff about cars are welcome! Update: Two articles (listed above) now use some of these illustrations. Comments and critique welcome---are the illustrations too dark? Would they be clearer in some sort of cartoon-style outline form?
  • Posted by: Wapcaplet 02:53, 6 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Anti-Semitism

Tanya

  • Item: Tanya
  • Talk: Talk:Tanya
  • Description: Its about a book in Hebrew. The article's descrition kinda likens this book to The Bible or the Koran. I dont know how accurate that is. Secondly, I know nothing about this book, had never heard about it, and I was expecting this to be a disambiguation page (ex. Tanya Tucker, etc.). Third, that the article is not wikifyied.
  • Posted by: Tanya Martin

Rosicrucian Order, AMORC

  • Item: @+ Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis @+
  • Talk: Talk:Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
  • Description: Its about AMORC, the mystical order. The article was created by me and is also actively maintained by me. Please peer review and tell me your opinion. Especially I want you to check this article for NPOVness. Tell me what is missing and what else you would like to read. The article is not finished and is not perfect. I plan to turn it into a brilliant prose before the summer, and maybe I will double its size. Place your comments on the talk page. I would appreciate it if you discuss on the talk page before making changes in the article. Also tell me your opinion on its size and suggest me whether Julie Scott (another article by me) should be merged with AMORC. If anybody has time to waste, have a look at my userpage too and check all of my articles, and give me comments and suggestions on how to improve them or on whether you consider them useful.
  • Posted by: .'. Optim 07:27, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC) .'.

Reichskonkordat

  • Item: Reichskonkordat
  • Talk: Talk:Reichskonkordat
  • Description: the concordat between the Holy See and Germany from 1933. Sombody fluent in technical (legal) terms, preferrably in both German and English, should review the section summarizing the main points of the concordat. See the article's talk page.
  • Posted by: Lupo 09:28, 19 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Blushing and Flushing

  • Items: Blushing and Flushing (physiology)
  • Talk: Talk:Blushing
  • I just edited the intro secn of Blushing and added the next secn; i also created the stub Flushing. I (so ill-suited as to even forgot to link Fever!) am leaving to some non-amateur observer the task of determining whether the next two secns of Blushing should perhaps be broken out as, say Erythema, and linked by both of these articles. And of course the same person could add to Flushing (physiology) at least some common disorders that have it as major symptoms, or better, characteristics of flushes that justify professional triage or Dx.
  • Posted by: --Jerzy 22:49, 2004 Jan 22 (UTC)

3D projection

Pubic hair

  • Please see, Talk:Pubic hair regarding the doubt over the statistics and it's source.
  • Posted by: -- Rrjanbiah 05:36, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Borel's paradox

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)

Adipose tissue

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)

Scientific Skepticism

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.wikipedia.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)

Safety valve

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)

Carpathian Ruthenia

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)

The above phrase demonstrates neutrally balanced racism with respect to Slavs. Mikkalai 08:37, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Not to say about double standard. Wetman himself separated "Carpathian Ruthenia" from "Ruthenia", but violently dislikes when someone else does something similar. Mikkalai 08:59, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I actually think there is a good bit of material in this area that needs to be re-juggled to different articles. I think moving "Carpathian Ruthenia" out of "Ruthenia" was a very good idea: the article "Ruthenia" is about too many different things. I think that "Ruthenia" can be about the use of the very problematic English-language word "Ruthenia", and the various geographic-historical referents of that word can each get an article of their own. (I actually believe that the three currently described there don't even tell the whole story.) Wetman's holocaust issues are now fairly summarized in "Carpathian Ruthenia" and detailed in a separate article: I think this splits the difference pretty well, myself. (For the record, I am ethnically Jewish, but secular.)
NPOV is tough here, and not just about the Jews (did Muscovy "subjugate" the Republic of Novgorod, "incorporate" it, or "destroy" it?) arises even in the organization of articles. I believe I don't have any particular animus here, and am available to arbitrate. I encourage all concerned to please skip the mutual personal attacks, refrain from deleting passages without some discussion (mark it as factually disputed rather than deleting), lay out their issues and cite their references on the relevant talk pages, etc. Still, there seems to be much less argument over what actually happened historically than in how to present it, and that's always particularly tough. -- Jmabel 07:26, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Electromagnetic field

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)

Autonomous robot

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)

Duran Duran articles

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)

Two articles on typographical characters

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)

Socialism and Nazism

Request remarks for Socialism and Nazism

Posted by: -戴&#30505sv 04:05, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Country subdivision maps

Item: Try to standarize maps of country subdivisions

Discuss on: Misplaced Pages 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)

Heterosexuality

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)

Photo Ids needed

http://en.wikipedia.org/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)

Werewolf: the Apocalypse

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)

KLM Constellation air disaster 1948

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)

School discipline

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)

Guru

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)

Short term Fourier transform

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)

Rosa Parks

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)

List of important publications in computer science

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.

  • Looks good, one thing I did see however is when listing authors by First initial and last name be sure to make it like ] you might get some more links to show up that way.--Dhuss

Virus (plural)

Is this truly appropriate as a separate article? I'm guessing it's OK, as nobody's fired at me over it.

Jim the slave

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)

Destino

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

David Rohl

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

Paul Morphy

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 wikipedians review it.

Remarks: Is the article well written? If not, what does it need?

Posted by: ChessPlayer 02:08, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Paul of Tarsus

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

    • Overall, not bad, but it could use a lot of NPOVing, and conforming to standard wikipedia style. I suggest opening the article thusly (1st paragaph):
Paul of Tarsus (also known as Saul of Tarsus) or Saint Paul, the Apostle (c. 3 BCE - c. 66 BCE) was one of the founders of the Christian religion. One of its most prolific theologians, he is considered by many Christians to be the central figure in the development of the religion.
    • Then delete entire second paragraph and the "Life" section because it's too heavily weighed on biblical sources — the results is basically a synopsis of Acts. Instead go here: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=91 for more information. BE CAREFUL not to just cut and paste, otherwise it's a copyright violation. Also note that this site is biased toward the Catholic version of his life, so be mindful of the NPOV.
    • Same problem with 'His Theology', which I would re-label "Pauline Theology": NPOV issues. Change "His Social Views..." to "Social Views. And really focus on making this article as neutral as possible -- imagine you're explaining St. Paul to someone with absolutely no prior knowledge of him, or Christianity. Good luck. Alcarillo 21:35, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

Time hierarchy theorem

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)

Totalitarian democracy

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)

Fathers' rights

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)

Blood Alcohol Content

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 Misplaced Pages 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

Trithemius and Steganography

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 wikipedian'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)

Origins of Royal Air Force uniform?

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 Misplaced Pages) and wondered if anyone could help?

I know I shouldn't put actual answers on here, but don't have anywhere else to put it! I believe this cloth was made at Titus Salt's Mill in Saltaire, though I can't find any evidence for this. --ALargeElk 14:53, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Dominant wavelength

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)

Jamie Bulger

Discuss on: Talk:Jamie Bulger

Remarks: How does it read?

Posted by: Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 18:45, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Heteronormativity

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 Wikipedians 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.

Top

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

Ford Capri

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)

Mathematics and Physics help

Item: Why_10_dimensions

Discuss on: Talk:Why_10_dimensions

Description: Several Misplaced Pages 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)

Nazism and socialism

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)

several new pages

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)

Camille Henry

Discuss on: Talk:Camille Henry

  • Can anyone tell me whether this is a vanity page? Thanks! Mark Richards 16:36, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)

CMYK

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)

Roma (people)

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)

Graduate student

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)

Dovlatov

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)

Fishsticks

New article. I don't eat the disgusting things, so someone else needs to help. ;) --Dante Alighieri | Talk 19:12, Apr 6, 2004 (UTC)

Prevlaka Peninsula

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

HSV color space

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)

Tesla and Tesla Turbine

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)

Dhimmi

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)

Jumpstart 4th-6th Grade

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)

Addiction

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)

Intelligence vs. social ability

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)

Spacecraft propulsion

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)

Renga

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)

Zebulon Baird Vance

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)

Motif of harmful sensation

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

...that the Monty Python joke-warfare sketch is an example of a motif of harmful sensation?

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)

List of Croatians

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)

The anonymous user from 6x.y.z.w has been at this for months now. User:Elf and myself have been regularly tidying up after him. The page has been listed on Misplaced Pages:Cleanup already, but we instead need a page for perpetual cleanup :) --Shallot 15:32, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

language at Finland/Russia-related articles

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 Wikipedians 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 Misplaced Pages article.

Thanks! /Tuomas 12:41, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)

France and weapons of mass destruction

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)

Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Accuracy dispute: see Talk:Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Toronto Subway and RT series

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)

Sathya Sai Baba

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)

Distinguishing accents in English

Item: Distinguishing accents in English

Discuss on: talk:Distinguishing accents in English#St. Louis and vicinity

Description: I added to Distinguishing accents in English#St. Louis and vicinity and think some may apply to other regions; if others could check it out and offer suggestions, that would be great!

Posted by: Pædia | talk 06:05, 2004 May 2 (UTC)

Sleeping Giant (Connecticut)

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)

Libertine

Item: Libertine

Discuss on:

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)

West Papua

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 Misplaced Pages. 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)

Dedekind cuts

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)

John Negroponte

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

Ethnic Swedes and Swedes

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)

Space Hijackers

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)

Nepal

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)

Fair division

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)

List of United States Legislatures

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)

Inflected, synthetic languages

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 Misplaced Pages) giving an idea about what a inflected language is, but there are various descriptions of what a synthetic language is, and all different.

Various descriptions of synthetic languages
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.

Intuition

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)

Japanese grammar

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)

distrust

Item: Distrust

Discuss on: Talk:Distrust

Description: User:Michael Snow has expressed concerns about the neutrality of the article adding links to an article written by a banned user, and reinstated by someone who is believed to be a reincarnation of that banned user. See history pages for Legal code and Checks and balances.

Posted by: User:JRR Trollkien, with rewrite by Michael Snow 21:30, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Virgil Exner

Item: Virgil Exner

Discuss on: Talk:Virgil Exner, User_talk:PlatinumX

Description: Please review this page for any and all factual, spelling, and gramatical errors, particularly for poorly worded sentances and text that doesn't flow. Feel free to make all the changes you want.

Posted by: PlatinumX 22:09, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Gay bathhouse

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)

Sinfest

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)

Dopamine reuptake inhibitors

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)


The 1972 outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia

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)

David C. Lane

Item: David C. Lane

Discussion 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)

Rinso

Item: Rinso

Discussion: 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)

Handheld game console

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)

Boris Berezovsky

Item: Boris Berezovsky

Discussion 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)

Something Awful

Item: Something Awful

Discussion 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)

Innocence: Ghost in the Shell

Item: Innocence: Ghost in the Shell, Discussion on Talk:Innocence: Ghost in the Shell

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.)

-- towo 15:17, 2004 Jun 25 (UTC)


Leon Panetta

Item: Leon Panetta

Discuss on: User talk:PlatinumX, Talk:Leon Panetta

I've just written Leon Panetta from scratch because of copyvio, please check it over for spelling, grammar, layout, etc. and please make all the changes/suggestions you want. I was up late writing this and my brain was tired.


Posted by: – PlatinumX 20:10, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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