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who killed bob Crane

The year 1978 in Scottsdale Arizona a different murder and a taken video camera from a studeo a unknown man got his head bashed in a was killed. Year later same business got broken into only thing taken was a video camera. Could all crimes be done by same man? Is bob cranes killer that same Guy have cops ever put all 3crimes together? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.187.90 (talk) 23:49, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Locusta

Some more eyes are needed on this article. Some wild claims of rape by "specially trained giraffe" are referenced and have been verified as being in the reference given but remain dubious. Some assistance in additional references to support this claim or other thoughts on what should be done here would be appreciated.--RadioFan (talk) 14:44, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Dj Basudeb

Dj Basudeb — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.79.36.44 (talk) 01:33, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

hubble middle school

Please note Hubble middle school is in Warrenville, Il. not Wheaton. Thank you.64.107.171.66 (talk) 15:57, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

hubble middle school

Please note Hubble middle school is in Warrenville, Il. not Wheaton. Thank you.64.107.171.66 (talk) 15:57, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Help

the requirement that needed from me become too difficult for me to provide,these requirement are (password and how it is confirmed,email and other)"if it's possible to direct me,you can.give the feedback to me.thank. i'm Robert — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.79.120.25 (talk) 18:38, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Help removing a "lacks inline citations" disclaimer, after improving inline citations

Hi,

I'm editing a page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_development_asia) that was not formatted correctly (lacked inline citations and just had a list of references at the bottom of the article). I cleaned this page up, and now that the issue has been addressed, would like the wikipedia disclaimer at the top of the page to be removed. How can I do so?

Thanks,

Dsacks1 (talk) 17:47, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

The article on the U.S. 5th Infantry Division has an incorrect statement. It says the division was the first allied unit to cross the Rhine on 22 March, 1945. The Wikipedia article on the bridge at Remagen states the 9th Armored Division captured and crossed the bridge on the Rhine on 7 March, 1945 two weeks before the 5th crossed at Oppenheim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.112.166.178 (talk) 13:07, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Introduction to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre: JPMC is a Federal Government Post Graduate Medical Centre. It had humble beginning in 1939as a Royal Air Force Base Hospital, and now it is a tertiary care & teaching state of the arthospital. The JPMC has the legacy of hard work, dedication and determination traceable to the pre-partition times when a small 80 bed hospital was built in the outskirts of the city. In 1942 thehospital was taken over by the Royal Air Force to provide health care facilities to the armedforces in Karachi dining the Second World.In January 1948 the Pakistan Central Hospital, as it was then called, invited the Father of the Nation. Following that it was named as Jinnah Central Hospital with a pledged to the Father of the Nation to provide health care to every citizen of the country irrespective of cast and creed.Let me unequivocally say that Jinnah Central Hospital was the First institution in the entirecountry named after the Father of the Nation. During following yeses several special care unitswere evolved including Cardiovascular, Pediatrics, College of Nursing and School of physiotherapy. However a significant milestone was laid when Indiana University established”BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE” (BMSI) in late 50s EMSI Provided PostgraduateUniversity training in Basic Medical subjects where talented students of this institute wereawarded M. Phil degree by the Karachi University and scholarship for Ph.D at IndianaUniversity.With the start of BMSI, Jinnah Central Hospital was upgraded to Jinnah Postgraduate MedicalCentre. In 1964 College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) was started with efforts of late General WAK Burke. Professors of BMSJ at JPMC provided teaching and training of CPSPfellows in all basic medical sciences subjects.Presently have the hospital 1185 bed strength 28 clinical Departments and 17 non - clinicaldepartments teaching school for Nurses, Para medical Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy et — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.253.114.133 (talk) 13:04, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Information cited under the heading of "muzzle energy" may need checking

The information listed in the article concerning calculating muzzle energy May be in need of some correction, or at least fact checking. The article uses an example of a 357 magnum load using a 180 grain projectile and creating an energy of 580 foot-pounds. The article next dates that a 357 magnum using a 110 grain projectile might only create a muzzle energy of 410 foot-pounds. More than likely the figures derived should be transposed. The lighter round of 110 grains will fire at a much increased muzzle velocity of over 1450 ft./s, thereby creating a higher muzzle energy than the 180 grain round, which typically accelerates to less than 1100 ft./s. Even though the 180 grain projectile is heavier, because of it's slower speed it creates less energy then the lighter quicker projectile.

Thank you, Dan Lowe Sedalia, Missouri — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.34.27.75 (talk) 19:47, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Leslie

The escutcheon, or shield, at the right of the page is incorrect. I copy the exact description from the EXTRACT OF MATRICULATION of the Arms of THE EARL OF ROTHES, James Malcolm David Leslie's father:

Quarterly; 1st and 4th, Argent on a bend Azure three buckles Or (for Leslie); 2nd and 3rd, Or, a lion rampant Gules surmounted of a ribbon Sable (for Abernethy)

Therefore, the top right and bottom left quarters are correct, but the top left and bottom right quarters should have blue "strips" with gold buckles.

Also, for reference for your readers, there are a great many griffins colored a horrible green out there purporting to be associated with Clan Leslie. A griffin's color is 'proper', meaning the way it really is in nature. Now, griffins don't exist. But these mythological beasts are part eagle, part lion, both of which--in real life--are brown, not green. In the case of the Clan Leslie griffin, the color is described as 'proper' (brown), with arms, wings and beaks 'Or' (gold).

Thank you. Susan Abernethy, Herald Clan Leslie Society International — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:5E51:C4B9:217:F2FF:FE04:FCC2 (talk) 05:09, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Radway

Radway is also home to the world famous actor Brad Pitt. He was born in the village in the summer of 1985. After he was discovered as an actor he moved to Hollywood but he will never forget Radway and his inspirational drama teacher Phil Douthwaite. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.194.102.105 (talk) 19:16, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

The spirituality section of the Ojibwe Wikipedia page needs to be corrected. Is this the appropriate place to request this? Some comments in CAPS below.

The Ojibwe have a number of spiritual beliefs passed down by oral tradition (SURE, AND NOW OVER THE INTERNET TOO) Pictorial notation of an Ojibwe music board.under the Midewiwin teachings. These include a creation story and a recounting of the origins of ceremonies and rituals. Spiritual beliefs and rituals were very important to the Ojibwe because spirits guided them through life.STILL DO Birch bark scrolls and petroforms were used to pass along knowledge and information, as well as for ceremonies. Pictographs were also used for ceremonies.

The sweatlodge is still used during important ceremonies about the four directions, when oral history is recounted.HUH? A SWEATLODGE IS NOT A TEACHING CEREMONY, AND IT IS MOSTLY DONE IN SILENCE SO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS. YES, THE FOUR DIRECTIONS ARE INVOLVED ALTHOUGH NOT ORALLY, MOSTLY THROUGH SILENT PRAYER, AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY ORAL HISTORY RECOUNTED IN A SWEATLODGE CEREMONY Teaching lodges are common today to teach the next generations about the language and ancient ways of the past.MAYBE ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE ALTHOUGH I SUPPOSE THIS IS POSSIBLE. I WOULD THINK THIS MIGHT BE A TEACHING CIRCLE? ALSO THERE ARE MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR SPIRITUALITY NOT MENTIONED The traditional ways, ideas, and teachings are preserved and practiced in such living ceremonies. The Ojbwe crafted the dreamcatcher. They believe that if one is hung above the head of a sleeper, it will catch and trap bad dreams, preventing them from reaching the dreamer. Traditional Ojibwe use dreamcatchers only for children, as they believe that adults should be able to interpret their dreams, good or bad and use them in their lives. SIGNED OCEANCAMPEROceancamper (talk) 17:25, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

I believe the actor, Adam Carnegy was born in 1955 not 1965. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.153.2.6 (talk) 00:53, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Gil Taylor BSC

The date of birth you have for Gilbert Taylor BSC is incorrect. His birth date is 21st July 1914, not 12th. Frances Russell British Society of Cinematographers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frances russell (talk • contribs) 17:42, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

misspelling in Student-Centered Learning

The heading for Student-Centered Learning is spelled "Student-centred learning." In the text of the article, student-centered learning is spelled correctly. How can this be corrected?

76.103.109.36 (talk) 15:48, 19 May 2013 (UTC) Barry Bussewitz, barryalbert@comcast.net

"Student-centred learning" topic

I recognize that "centred" must be the British spelling, so the heading is not "misspelled." If Wikipedia chooses to go with the British spelling that's OK, and I was mistaken when I called it a misspelling. However the text of the article uses the -RED spelling 45 times and uses the -ERED spelling 10 times, without explanation of the difference, as far as I noticed. Perhaps this ambiguity is simply an acceptable part of a global resource but it might cause confusion for some, ass it did for me. Thank you.

76.103.109.36 (talk) 16:10, 19 May 2013 (UTC)Barry Bussewitz, barryalbert@comcast.net

I have been trying to edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Paulus due to severe historical erros, first of all, there has never been a nation called "east germany" it was called the GDR or DDR in german DDR meaning Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Also the flag on this page is wrong, the DDR flag is NOT identical with the BRD (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) one. It is Black-red-gold with the arms (hammer and compass on a red disk surrounded by a wreath of two ears of wheat). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.49.53 (talk) 21:42, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Jack Paar biography.

  In the bio about the late Jack Paar,  Wikipedia lists him as the author of a book entitled "My Brother Was An Only Child." That is incorrect.  The author of that book was Jack Douglas, a comedy writer who had worked for Jack Paar on the Tonight Show.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:B:8700:CE:F10E:B502:74E3:424 (talk) 10:32, 16 August 2013 (UTC) 

611th Air Support Group, Elmendorf Alaska.

The 611ASG had, at one time 2 organizations directly reporting to it. On ewas the 611th Air Support Squadron, who were tasked by congress to run all the radar sites in Alaska once the military were removed and replaced by BOSS(Base Operated Site Support) multi-taked civilians who were contracted, and paid directly by Congress to maintain these sites. The ASG Commander at that time, Colonel Samuel Johnson III, a past staffer for Senator Ted Stevens, began pulling funds out of the contract to keep the 611 Civil Engineer Operations Squadron (under his command) alive. This misappropriation of federal Funds for 200 personnel reduced the effectiveness of the contracts and was a violation of Federal Law. The 611 CEOS was to have been stood down when the contracts were enforced as all the functions were now being done by ther BOSS. To this day the 611CEOS performs tasks it has not been paid for by congress through misappropriation. Note this personal exchange between myself and the then Commander of the 611ASG. "If we stand down the 611CEOS the 3 Star General of Elmendorf losses enough bodies to be reduced to a 2 star. Check the history - I did as I was a vital part of it for over 15 years — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.12.126.12 (talk) 00:46, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

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The Wikipedia Library, connecting with WikiProjects

Hey folks! I wonder if we could connect the library portal to this wikiproject by placing the Library navigation box somewhere in these WikiProject pages.

Let me know what you think. Best, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 12:59, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

BACKLOG OF THE WEEK Category:Pages with broken reference names

Hello - some editors fight off the vandal hordes, as I do repairing pages with citation errors. If I didn't - there would be a large backlog in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting and in Category:Pages with missing references list as in Category:Pages with broken reference names (more than 1500 yesterday). But it is impossible to work it alone. Do you know how to do a "Blitz" (excuse the comparision) to find willing editors to work on it. It is much more easier to repair references if you do it one hour, one day or one week ago after the errors were made instead of months and years after the error was done. Very, very difficult to find these errors.

Only with WikiBlame Search it is possible to find and repair such errors.

Best wishes & thanks --Frze ^{> talk} 10:06, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Ullswater Community College

"Over the last 3 years, the College has improved its results from 54% in 2009 to the current figure of 95.5%, which represents an improvement of 42%."

No it does not. That is 41.5 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

Alan Stopford alan@alanstopford.co.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.185.202.43 (talk) 22:35, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 December 2013

5.25.39.53 (talk) 10:46, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

• Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Empty request? Technical 13 (talk) 05:00, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 December 2013

219.64.178.225 (talk) 09:28, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Note: No request was made. --ElHef (Meep?) 16:06, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Designer of the Fender Lace pickups "system".

Greetings. My name is Larry Boydston, guitar and amp player/repair/modder. In the article concerning the Fender Lace Sensor pickup design, the credit for designing the pickup is given Don Lace. Actodyne is the company formed to market the design. There has been an in justice here, as the patent holder for the design of the pickup is William Villex(a.k.a. Villen Kahnagov). The patents can be viewed at www.google.com/patents/US5767431 and www.google.com/patents/US5831196. The name on the patents is Villen Kahnagov. I am a customer of Villen's company Electrovillex, and have become good friends during an email correspondence covering 4 months, and close to 50 email cycles. The designer was an Armenian refuge, who came to this country with wife, child, and $300.00 in his pocket. He worked at jobs far below the level of an electronics engineer, until being hired by Fender. He does not blame Fender for his not having made much financial gain from the Lace Sensor design. Lace was responsible for the contract, and being rather nieve as to how business works here in the U.S., Villen had no legal representation. He thought that Lace would treat him fairly. The contract signed had no minimum monthly payment clause in it, and therefore Villen has not been compensated as he originally thought he would be.The patents are due to run out in 2015. He is disappointed, not only in this, but in the way that Lace/Actodyne marketed the design. Check the patents. While I am trying to help Villen WITHOUT monetary compensation, to get more recognition of his current designs, this has not been easy. However, at least we can set the record straight on Wiki. also note that he probably would prefer to be mentioned by his adopted name : William Villex. Hios Electrovillex website is www.villex.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.210.246.199 (talk) 00:05, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Missing from list of naval personnel World WarII

Hello, On researching my uncle's war history I notice his nanme is not listed under the naval personnel World WarII page. Can his name be added?: Seaman First Class Leendert Westerduin (20601) (awarded the Medal of Honour - notification signed by S-Gravenhage The Minister for the Navy Glad glad1930@tpg.com.au — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.143.69 (talk) 23:24, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

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The last Glenbuck coal pit Grasshill closed in 1934.

The main exodus from the village was in the mid 1950s Recently the area has been excavated for opencast coal so that all signs of habitation have been eliminated.77.99.208.89 (talk) 17:04, 28 February 2014 (UTC) S.H.Purdie FEI

tommy gun

according the Robert Leckie's book 'Strong Man armed' Marines referred to M1928 A1 as Thompson Submachine Gun, and the M1 as Tommy Gun on page 147 in the book — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.165.190.126 (talk) 16:33, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Mehmed Passa Sokolovic

I just saw your article about Mehmed Passa Sokolovic.I was really surprised how it was wrote.In article stands that Mehmed Passa was borne in Bosnian Serb Family,but in very next sentence stands that he was borne in muslim family.Its very strange that man(or people}who wrote article made such mistake-Bosnian Serbs are just like any other Serbs-Orthodox Christians,Not only that,people who write such important things like Encyclopedia soposed to have some basic knowledge about subject.Im saying this couse I don't understand how they didn't knew that Mehmed Passas brother was Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox church.I just hope its just ignorance without political desires to represent Serbs from Bosnia as muslims,not as Orthodox Christians.Best regards Aleksandar Popov,Belgrade,Serbia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.148.82.139 (talk) 12:58, 19 March 2014 (UTC)