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Your opinion is requested. Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 23:29, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the trouble to consider my views on the B talk page, I haven't had the chance to air them for ages, your attention has been most helpful. I'm trying to finish Le Transloy and then I want to add something to the article rather than meander through the talk page. ;O)Keith-264 (talk) 16:05, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

No, the citation isn't for the entire sentence. It was added here[1] by a pov editor whose twice added[2] claiming two people are Moors who don't seem to be and uses quora.com as a source. I doubt they read the Cline article and it certainly isn't cited correctly. Doug Weller (talk) 18:08, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Sorry - forgot to say "strong evidence" is just pov/OR, although obviously if it were in an attributed quote we might use it - although 22 years is a long time ago in this age of genetic research. Doug Weller (talk) 18:09, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

The source is here[3] - I need to convert it to text to search it, but as I said, it's old. Doug Weller (talk) 18:13, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Didn't have to convert it. Having skimmed it, I think the editor must have read something someone else wrote. In any case, I'm not sure the point of the pdf is reflected in the statement that a group from Upper Egypt are related to people from that area. 18:26, 7 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller (talk • contribs)

Doug Weller, thanks for these. I skimmed through the paper, and indeed "strong evidence" was completely the editor's original synthesis. The paper does assert that the Naqada group is related to the succeeding Egyptian cultures and the surrounding Somalian, Nubian and South Asian (Indian subcontinental) groups. The researchers based their assessment almost entirely on osteological analysis, and not on genetic evidence; so the "22 years" you talked about is not even relevant to begin with. If the editor had simply summarized what the source actually says, then his contribution would've been suitable. (More). EyeTruth (talk) 22:47, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

(Cont'd). "Not fully understood" is a very vague phrase that conveys no useful information. Very few demographic histories, if any, are fully understood in the complete sense of the word "fully". The editor that added that line may have wanted to say "largely unknown" or "mostly not understood", which are both far more definite descriptions than "not fully understood" but carry different meanings. They are descriptions that, if they are indeed the case, can be verified in current literature. But I can't think for another editor. My suggestion is a rewrite to reflect what the researcher were actually trying to say, and also get rid of the phrase "not fully understood" unless there will be further explanation in that regards. EyeTruth (talk) 22:47, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

I've concluded that the whole sentence is misplaced in a short section simply defining the Predynastic. Other sections discuss in much more detail various studies on the population, including the one in question. So I deleted the sentence. Doug Weller (talk) 12:24, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

I see that another section already talks about Brace's paper, although it doesn't mention about the Naqada group. EyeTruth (talk) 19:13, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

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Too bad I missed the event. Lately, I've been very scarce on here. EyeTruth (talk) 06:12, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

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Greetings EyeTruth. There's been some editorial work going on at the Operation Barbarossa page that could stand another set of fresh eyes. I've been trying to clean up all the TV doc references and add academic substantiation where I can. Pretty soon, I will be less present on Wiki due to co-authoring part of a textbook and I've got a post-Grad research project requiring my attention for the next couple years (atop my full-time job). You've done the lion's share of the heavy lifting on the Barbarossa page and I've tried where possible to assist over the last year or so -- whenever the urge hits me or I read something noteworthy. There's a new Cambridge University Press book coming out soon that you'll want and which will likely prove eminently useful for this subject: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Army-Second-World-Armies/dp/1107020794/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482296028&sr=1-2&keywords=red+army Take advantage of purchasing it early as the cost will probably skyrocket soon. Nonetheless, it would be a good idea for you to take a look at the recent edits to the page and clean-up/delete/add where necessary. Mach's gut. --Obenritter (talk) 04:55, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

I haven't had much time these past few weeks. I couldn't even finish the FAC for Battle of Prokhorovka that I started in Nov. I'll see if I get the chance this coming holidays to take a close look at Barbarossa. You've done wonderful job with the article. In fact, I had taken my eyes off it for sometime now, knowing that you and others, who have been contributing a lot to it lately, have your eyes on it. EyeTruth (talk) 00:00, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

No worries - this is a team effort thankfully. What I have done lately is try to fill in gaps that existed in the chronology, atop getting rid of specious citations. Hopefully you'll get back to this article and the others (when life gives you a break otherwise). For your listening/concentrating pleasure when editing, try either of the following albums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrFED9hgsSI&list=PLg4XAY1NVwostWLO1nlOdJ8bUNsPRHU1x&index=6 OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyxSkRFUrL8&index=7&list=PLg4XAY1NVwostWLO1nlOdJ8bUNsPRHU1x Be well and have a Merry Christmas (Fröhliche Weihnachten) and a good "slide" into the new year (Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr).

EyeTruth. I'm hoping talking to you here will help. I've given up trying to provide the required information regarding that SS insignia. However, I wanted to draw your attention to the fact that the one book cited in the original article carries no references at all. There is no way of verifying the author's claim at all, and yet this seems to be acceptable. I have provided some references pointing in other directions for the origins of the insignia including the name of the individual who actually designed the insignia and yet this is not enough. Why is it acceptable to use a book that carries no references, and yet when someone provides more information pointing in other direction it's not accepted. My only point all along has been to change one word - from Armanen runes to Germanic runes.Ayon707 (talk) 14:28, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

None of the sources you provided that I checked (i.e. the screenshots and Rune Might which is available online) laid out any clear claims about the origin of the SS insignia. And that's the problem here. It seemed to have required some level of original synthesis to deduce that conclusion from those sources. (More). EyeTruth (talk) 17:33, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

(Cont'd). As for Yenne's work, if no one has challenged a work before, then of course it will continued to be used. And also, lack of references, in the general sense, is not enough grounds for challenging the reliability of a source, because there are reliable sources that are known to not typically cite references (either because they are often original research or primary sources), like news articles, news special reports, essays, archival documents, biographies, etc. There is no hard-and-fast WP guideline or policy that discourages using sources that lack references. But in the case of this book, I believe lack of references can be enough ground to question its reliability. But to do that, you'll have to take the case to WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard, where the case is expected to get more audience (but usually not). (More). EyeTruth (talk) 17:33, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

(Cont'd). But it's not only Yenne's work that says the SS insignia was based on List's runes. There is also Thomas Mees (going by what Diannaa posted). The problem is that you haven't provided any sources that support what you're claiming. And an email doesn't count as a reliable source because it is extremely hard to truly verify. EyeTruth (talk) 17:33, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Quick question: Where are you merging from on Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation? It is coming up as a copyright violation from a mail order bride website, which I find unlikely, but also need to check the source. Also, as an FYI, copying within Wikipedia requires attribution in an edit summary (Such as if I was merging into article Foo: Copied text from Article bar, please see edit history there for attribution.) TonyBallioni (talk) 01:43, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni: This article was merged into Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation. It was a poorly done merge, and it's still in poor shape with so much duplicate content. EyeTruth (talk) 04:39, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I've done the neccesary attribution via dummy edit. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:44, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni: Nothing was copied from the old article though. All the changes I made were just moving things around within the current article and completely deleting some duplicates. So no merging of articles was done. Just tried to clean up the shabby merge-work that was done 3 years ago. EyeTruth (talk) 05:01, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Sorry for misunderstanding. It should still be fine. I'll make another dummy edit clarifying to be safe. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:05, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

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Thanks. I've taken note. EyeTruth (talk) 16:01, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

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Hope you are well. Check out this character (Keith-264) and his unpleasant response here under the section SFN References: [4] The changes I corrected were to the Operation Barbarossa page. Any suggestions on how to handle this nonsense aside from just ignoring it? He's combative and insulting as you'll note. --Obenritter (talk) 23:56, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

@Obenritter: I once ran into him/her before at the Blitzkrieg article. Definitely a difficult person to work with. Combative for absolutely no reasons. And will object for the sake of objecting, only to end up implementing the same suggestions later. EyeTruth (talk) 08:51, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

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Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted an edit of mine to National debt of the United States. I actually made that edit deliberately per WP:NUMNOTES, as the number is at the beginning of a sentence, and should thus be written out. —DocWatson42 (talk) 07:46, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello DocWatson42. It's fixed. EyeTruth (talk) 18:14, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. ^_^ —DocWatson42 (talk) 04:17, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

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In regard to body water mean in the entire population of adults, the fraction of body water in males is 58% and in women it is 48%, in reference 6. These are sample means. The "mean of means" or grand mean is then the average of these two numbers (the mean of means) which is the same as the mean of all the samples IF ONLY THE NUMBER OF MEN AND WOMEN IS EQUAL. Which is close enough to the truth to say that the mean of the population of 51% women and 49% men will indeed be quite close to (58+48)/2 =53%. That's just WP:CALC based on ref 6, and if you want a reference, see grand mean but this is very elementary statistics. I had put in ~53% but some editor took that out and said that if it was based on reference 6, it was "terrible math." On the contrary, it was perfectly legitimate math, and I challenge anybody to refute me. I'm gunna post this on the talk page of the editor (that's you, user:EyeTruth) who put in the ^{[failed verification]} note. SBHarris 07:34, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

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Two years!

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