Thanks for posting the link to this video. Although I'm a big fan of his, I hadn't seen that one yet. The ‘cheating’ he explains at 6:45 reminds me of Gödel's first incompleteness theorem. ◅ Sebastian 11:34, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You wrote The OP was asking explicitly for literature about need for closure about tasks, not for "random opinions" that is exactly right. Thank you! (it was discussed in the Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities starting from the 2nd of Feb 2022) --Pier4r (talk) 17:33, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Here you deleted my answer and replaced it with your own. Why? --Jayron32 13:40, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings @ Lambiam,
Many times I had requested for info @ reference desk humanities. Other than few curiosity driven queries most are for later referencing or research. Me being busy in multiple topics there is a time lag from my side in utilizing previous discussion. Though present archiving provides search facility still it is not structured enough to go back in more than few months old discussion.
Is there any bot which can help me in providing list of archived discussions I participated or some other way around which you may be aware of?
Many thanks for all the effort you always put in while providing information.
Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 06:57, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Okay I got the idea you are suggesting, I will try to work out some system of my own like saving section headings by adopting suggestion given by you. Many thanks and warm regards
Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 11:45, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I searched Google and the ones I found were... the Great Chicago fire 1871, Hurricane Katrina 2005, San Francisco earthquake 1906, the sack of Rome, the 2011 Joplin tornado, the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens and the attack on Pearl Harbor. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#Tragedies_and_Disasters) 81.152.221.235 (talk) 21:06, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
People in their 50s dying of old age
William Hartnell was about 55 years old when he played the original incarnationofthe DoctorinDoctor Who and maybe 58 in his final story. While Richard Hurndall was about 72 or 73 when he played him in the 20th anniversary story The Five Doctors and David Bradley was 75 in the 12th Doctor's (Peter Capaldi) two final episodes The Doctor Falls and Twice Upon a Time. Here are images of 55 year old actors, 58, 72-73 and 75. And the cause of the First Doctor's regeneration was old age. 86.130.4.167 (talk) 18:39, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Can people die if they've become old, weak and worn out in their 50s? And did the original Doctor look about mid-50s, 60s or 70s? 86.130.4.167 (talk) 19:28, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again for finding that source. Duonaut (talk | contribs) 05:32, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
i remembered more details and answered your questions, any thoughts? 2600:1700:9758:7D90:F1DF:BDC9:ECB4:8F4A (talk) 00:30, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2022_July_29#Recent_book_by_a_biologist - thanks for answers. Vyacheslav84 (talk) 18:31, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#legal_system_clarity. Grotesquetruth (talk) 16:45, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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thanks for the unwavering quality information and being able to comprehend questions correctly. Grotesquetruth (talk) 20:12, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply] |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#Governance_structure
Thank you very much for taking the time to clear up my confusion. Grotesquetruth (talk) 20:58, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, Lambiam. I don't mean to insult or belittle you, but in that reference desk thread, you accused me of "building my questions on false premises."[1] I don't see how I was intentionally doing so, I was merely going by what you had said in a separate thread. It was you who originally put forward the idea that there was no explosion and that this non-explosion ("fireball," as you described it) was only present on the north side of the building where the plane entered, away from the South Tower.[2] Your words, not mine. If my question was indeed built on false premises, they were certainly not false premises I had come up with; they were invented by you, and I was merely seeking clarification on whether or not your claims were true. Hmm1994 (talk) 08:05, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
References
One cannot meaningfully answer a question built on false premises. Instead, we need to provide clarification and seek further information as to what the question asker wants to know." I was puzzled, because I could not detect any false premises. I apologized, but (as I also stated in my last post in the thread) I still do not understand what was wrong with the question and am as puzzled as you are. I hope this clarifies the issue. --Lambiam 10:31, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi @Lambiam. I'm just wondering if you are the author/photographer of the image of the sculpture
that is being discussed in the Good Article Nomination of the sculptures sculptor at Talk:Gürdal Duyar/GA1?Gazozlu (talk) 17:42, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Lambiam, as I appreciate your answers and your analyze (effectively I am French and I think you are turkish living in Istambul area), I will ask you a private science question. In this extract of Graeme Bartlett answer "...Or you could look at the energy in one cycle of the emission. But that last one will still depend on the frequency and bandwidth...". More precisely, if you look at "E=hv", isn't there something that surprises you in this answer ? I am interested in corresponding with you for a publication that I'm about to write, may be at 4 hand with you if you are interested.
Thanks Malypaet (talk) 12:59, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Concept | What is measured | Its source | Formula |
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Planck's law | spectral densityof electromagnetic radiation |
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Planck relation | energy | carried by a single photon |
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if you could clarify your response statement made previously. here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#gaps_in_government_legislation/policy Grotesquetruth (talk) 10:24, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Please, can you search if Friedrich Fromm, Günther Korten, Heinz Brandt, Rudolf Schmundt, Walther Buhle, Ernst John von Freyend, Henning von Thadden, Heinz Buchholz, and Leonhard von Moellendorff were devoted nazists (inscripted to the Nazi Party) or even them in contrary to the Nazi regime? In Operation Valkirye (film 2008), who were the captain and the sergeant of Reich centraline during that operation? Are there information about Sergeant Kolbe's life, the guard of Wolf's Liar in July 1944? Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.244.136.124 (talk) 10:32, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#government,_market,_balance? would like to have your view. Grotesquetruth (talk) 16:59, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
whether you'd be able to give your view of understanding? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grotesquetruth (talk • contribs) 10:19, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
What is the most effective way to promote social justice in a democracy governed by the rule of law? can we say that market-based approaches, such as economic development and job creation, are the most effective way to lift people out of poverty and promote social mobility? Or that more direct interventions, such as redistributive policies or social welfare programs, are necessary to address deep-seated inequalities and ensure that all members of society have a fair chance to succeed? how can we strike a balance between market-based and more direct interventions in order to achieve the greatest benefit for all members of society? Grotesquetruth (talk) 15:57, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Obviously, this answer assumes that the person asking the question is an activist asking for advice what they themselves can do. --Lambiam 16:44, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
I don't think this edit accomplished what you intended to accomplish. General Ization Talk 00:55, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Another barnstar for your dedication to the mathematics reference desk over many years! cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 07:28, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply] |
2008 source: [1], the "Impacting the world..." article. And one more 2009:[2]. Per "This is a list of some well-documented cases where Wikipedia has been the source." IMO that's not clear enough here. It seems likely Will Smith was the source, this is not a Julius Pringles situation. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:48, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, could you please check out the Outer Manchuria discussion at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#Outer_Manchuria one more time for any further input you might have? It's absolutely wild. I don't think anyone can really trust one or two users; I need to see if anyone else can come to the same conclusions. Unless you or Double sharp reach out and contact me, I plan to avoid the Outer Manchuria topic on Wikipedia for a while and just research related topics on Wiktionary; I'm afraid that I couldn't hold my own against some of these editors, who may have deep beliefs and opinions. Geographyinitiative (talk) 22:13, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings. Your advice was, of course, absolutely correct. However, I sometimes indulge editors with radical ideas. It allows me to gently explain what Wikipedia is and some policies, while letting them have their say. Sometimes, I can turn them around and they become contributors. Usually, they just go quiet. Sometimes, I just have to abandon the effort. As far as I know, it has never reached the point where an admin had to take action. Cheers. Constant314 (talk) 21:08, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Last night, i noticed that you had written a reply, and i started answering, but was held up before i could save it. My answer was partly expressing thanks for your change of tone, and partly on the original topic. When i went back to the computer this morning and wanted to save it, my browser instead showed the edit page for another section, as if i had just selected the edit button, with all of the text i had entered gone. Then i realized that the conversation was archived by a bot. This is strange on two sides: For one, a bot shouldn't archive an ongoing conversation, and then my browser seems to have dealt with that badly. (I hadn't experienced this before; it seems a bug introduced by the new feature that on entering a reply you continuously see a real time preview.) But it may be just as well. Should we do something about it or just let it be? ◅ Sebastian 04:07, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for answering my dicerolling probability question on the Mathematics Reference Desk! --Aabicus (talk) 06:44, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply] |
I'd like to have your view over whether charitable trusts constitute a business specifically under GST framework in India. Grotesquetruth (talk) 05:35, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank You for the link to the article on Kevin Annett. I guess it makes no sense to feature him on Wikipedia and also would be counterproductive to the interests of First Nation people, I guess.--Ralfdetlef (talk) 04:46, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks, Lambian, for sharing your expert knowledge and managing to convey complex, technical information for a layman (me). Absolutely fantastic, cheers! Serial 10:30, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply] |
If I could bother you for a moment, I'm copyediting Square pyramid for the November GOCE drive, and I wanted to make sure I didn't introduce any errors to the small technical properties section. If you feel like it, a brisk double-check would put my mind at ease. :)
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Thank you for the modification. Maybe I would have also mentioned Mike Pence in the vote for unfaithful voter Bill Greene for Vice President, but if you decided otherwise that's okay. Andreoto (talk) 13:08, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for the help on the reference desk helping with my question about Cochrane. There was a discussion several years ago about removing the reference desk and I was adamantly against it because while I don't use it much when I do use it, it is times like this where my normal sources don't provide an answer and it can really be a great help. I noticed you answered some of my previous questions there as well. Thanks for all your help, it is people like you who make Wikipedia something I point to as an example of how the Internet can live up to the idealistic goals that the original designers of it had in mind and not just be a home for flame wars on social media. Have a great holiday!!! MadScientistX11 (talk) 13:29, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply] |
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Hi@Lambiam: You gave me some help last year to translate some German passages and quotes in English for Red Orchestra (espionage). The work was excellent and I'm just wondering if your still translation work. I'm currently getting this illustration redrawn: File:Barnimstrasse women's prison cell layout.jpg at the moment. It is part of the Barnimstrasse women's prison article. I've managed to translate several of the German entries but several others are acronyms and I have no clue what they mean. I wonder if you could take a look. I've put the list of entries I've already done in User:Scope creep/Sandbox B22. scope_creepTalk 14:20, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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any sources that say parties can raise new issues during WTO Compliance proceedings?
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