Wikipedia:Drawing board
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Welcome to Wikipedia: Drawing board. There are many new articles that are being created that appeal to a wide audience. Likewise, there are many people with good ideas for new articles that might interest other people but they want to discuss it with others first.
The drawing board is for discussing ideas you have about articles. If your idea is directly related to one specific article that already exists it would probably be better to discuss it on that article's talk page, or you may be able to discuss it at a relevant WikiProject.
This is a middle ground between requesting an article by name (without discussing it) and creating one yourself. It also allows you to plan something out before jumping in and creating an article.
[edit] Current discussions
[edit] IDMR (Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research)
Recently I have had discussions with associates of this religious group. Some would call this group a religion, others might consider it a cult. I have found the following pages in relation to this group:
- IDMR Official Website
- The Gospel of the Kingdom of Yahweh Elohim Yahshua
- Let Us Reason Ministries article on IDMR, which classifies it as a cult.
- Evangelize America Ministries article on IDMR, which also classifies it as a cult.
I was surprised not to find an already existing article on this group, but perhaps their following is very small.
[edit] Destined Apostle
This is a band from Chicago that are causing a lot of buzz around here. I dont know how to make an article, but they are worth it if you have the time. They have a female vocalist who has a very deep growl. Deeper than a lot of men, even. It sounds like she has demons coming out of her throat. And the guitar players are heavily influenced by Lamb of God and Black Dahlia Murder and it makes them sound insane! And the drummer is fantastic. He is really talented. If you go to google and type them in a lot of sites pop up. And you can go here http://www.myspace.com/destinedapostleband
[edit] The Sims Life Stories
So, yeah, this is this new game coming out by Maxis/EA Games...it's NOT an expansion pack for The Sims 2 (or especially The Sims 1)...and I don't know how to actually make a new article. So...here is a link with all this info about it. http://thesims2.ea.com/about/sims_stories/index.php
[edit] Matthew Hanson
My son is the leader of a new spiritual guidance center in Minnesota people have been asking me for months now what he does. I am looking to have someone here help me set up a article about him and his practice. I'm not sure how to go about creating a new article but I did come accross this page. If there is anyone who can help me with this please let me know. I can provide you with all the information neccesary to start it and i can also have him look it over to make any neccesary changes. His name is Matthew Hanson and his self help group is run out of his home right now. The groups meet every night now because it has become so popular here. His groups are titled "Honkay guidance techniques I, and II". Again I am not sure if im going about this the right way but I am looking for some where to direct my friends and relatves too so they can see what he does. Contact me if there are any questions.
Ya, I have a question...I am from the greater twin cities area in Minnesota and have never ever heard of this gem. why not, he seems like the next great deity.
Well we are up in the northern part outside Bemidji in Blackduck. If you are ever in the area stop in the Conoco up there he has a sign posted with times and directions to his place.
[edit] 43drills.com
Successful "Sacred Hoops" Announces Partnership with Indiana-Based “43 Drills”
Indianapolis, Indiana November 20, 2006 – Two basketball Websites today announced a joint business parternship to help further the advancement of the growing sport.
“Sacred Hoops,” a successful basketball website has partnered with “43 Drills,” a site started by former U.S. college basketball player Eric Pangburn. “Sacred Hoops”(www.sacredhoops.com) offers a variety of youth basketball drills, basketball information, and so much more.
“43 Drills” is an interactive new Website for coaches, players and fans to offer tips, ideas and video clips for improving their game through the best basketball drills.
“I wanted to create a site where people with a love of basketball can come together and share, be inspired and improve in some way,” explained Pangburn, a graduate of Kentucky Christian Unversity and a resident of Greenfield, Ind.
“While our partnership is new, we have some exciting ideas and deals for the public that we expect to announce in the very near future,” added "Sacred Hoops".
Please visit both websites at the following:
[edit] Faros Cigarettes
There should be an article on this brand of rice paper, filterless Mexican cigarette. They are sold 15 packs to a paper carton, 16 cigarettes to a paper pack. No cardboard involved for the Faros brand. They are made by Cigatam, a Mexican company affiliated with Phillip Morris. In general there are many international cigarettes that could be featured. Mexico also has a filtered cigarette called the Delicado. Every city in China seems to have it's own brand of cigarette.
[edit] Christmas Parties
In many countries, businesses, schools, and communities have Christmas parties. Christmas parties may include a retelling of the story of the birth of Christ, Christmas games, Christmas gift exchange, or other Christmas theme party ideas. Christmas parties may even plan to go Christmas caroling, volunteer work, or hold fundraising drives for charities.
[edit] Nintendo-Punk
Nintendo-Punk is a new punk sub-genre inspired by the music which accompanies 8-bit video games, most notably those on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is characterized by the intensity of punk music joined with keyboard parts that sound similar to 8-bit video game music.
Nintendo-Punk doesn't follow a set of rules, but, like punk, you know it when you hear it. Two bands created this genre independently of one another in 2000. Maniac Mansion, aka Manchild and 14 Year Old Girls. Their styles are very different, but both are undeniably Nintendo-Punk. Maniac Mansion describe their sound as influenced by 80s hardcore punk particularly bands associated with L.A. They were listening to Double Dragon long before they ever heard RKL or the Adolescents, but the dominace of these two influences shaped their sound more than anything else.
In combining two simple genres, 3-chord punk and 8-bit Nintendo soundtracks, Nintendo-Punk has created an entirely new and exciting sound.
[edit] Thiede, Germany
Thiede (THEE-dee) is a small town in the Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) region of Germany. Thiede has a population of 10,645. The town is near the city of Salzgitter, 92 miles SE of Bremen, 126 miles WSW of Berlin, 163 miles NNE of Frankfurt, 283 miles NNW of Münich, and 96 miles S of Hamburg. http://thiede.de/ Go to http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr to translate the page.
[edit] Easytown Radio
Underground NY-based podcast co-produced by Tim Easy and Mike Sin. This groundbreaking radio program is a delightful mixture of improvisation, excellent music, and original comedy. While not recommended for listeners under the age of 18, the show is notable for it's refreshing nature, and daring leaps of experimentation. Radio is an old game, and there isn't much left that hasn't already been done, but Easytown Radio was built on a foundation of pioneering spirit, and there are surprises at every turn. Listener mail is read aloud during each program, and responded to accordingly. There's plenty of canned laughter and fun audience reactions. The episodes are approximately 25 to 30 minutes in length. Each episode features one artist, or album, exclusively. The episodes feature recurring "characters" who appear and reappear in an ongoing series of vignettes (for example, Don Uts stars in the recurring series "Dollars To DonUts", and Ted Kennedy appears in the recurring series "Ted Kennedy: Drunk Detective". Don Uts and Ted Kennedy have also appeared together in the "Drinks On A Plane" sketch. Don Uts has also appeared as an in-studio guest on the show, chatting it up with the host, Tim Easy).
- What evidence is there for notability? And in any case, if you are going to write something, it can't be this promo-ish. - Jmabel | Talk 01:08, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Elise Boulding
Elise M. Boulding is a Quaker sociologist, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and author credited as a major contributor to creating the academic discipline of Peace and Conflict Studies. Her holistic, multidimensional approach to peace research sets her apart as an important scholar and activist in multiple fields. Her written works span several decades and range from discussion of family as a foundation for peace, to Quaker spirituality to reinventing the international “global culture.” Particularly of note is her emphasis on women and family in the peace process.
She is considered to be one of the most influential peace researchers and activists of the 20th century.
I am part of a group of students who came up with a possible article for Boulding based on class research, the early incarnation of which was rejected on the open proposal page. I still think some type of entry on Boulding would be beneficial to Wikipedia.
- Sure. What help are you seeking here on the "drawing board" rather than just starting the article? - Jmabel | Talk 01:10, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
The original article was not picked up through the basic submission process. I am new to wikipedia and am not familiar with all of the procedures. I figured it couldn't have been Boulding's lack of noteriety that killed the article, but perhaps more that it was too long or something. Not sure whether to just let it go or try again...
- I don't know what you mean by "the basic submission process". There has never been an article at Elise M. Boulding or Elise Boulding. The normal way to submit an article is to write it. - Jmabel | Talk 04:49, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dog Day Sunrise
The harsh, aggressive, metallic tone of Dog Day Sunrise's music is emblematic of the band's honest and independent attitude. A musical recipe of 2 decades of life and pain, combined with their individual influences in many genres of music to create a tasty dish that is addictive for many of today's heavy music fans. This must see band, combines intelligent lyrics, heavy melodic guitar, and a massive rhythm backbone to achieve a ground breaking sound that proves to hold it's own in the industry today.
Dog Day Sunrise was originally formed as a power-trio in 1996. A year later, 1997 saw the first glimpse of what this group had to offer in the form of their first studio recorded "Demo", a cassette comprised of 3 of their original songs. 1,000 copies of this "Demo" had been pressed, and within two weeks of its release, every copy had been sold. From 1997 to 2000 Dog Day Sunrise concentrated on live performances over the North East as well as new material for their first full-length release entitled "Chemical Carnival" (Currently there are over 12,000 copies of the record independently distributed in the US). With their music and reputation spreading rapidly, Dog Day Sunrise was becoming a household name for heavy music fans.
In Dec. of 2002 Dog Day Sunrise hit the studio with legendary recording producer Alex Perialas (Metallica, Anthrax, Testament, Violence, and many others), at Pyramid Studios in New York to record their second full-length release Seasons That Suffer. Currently the band is supporting the record with live performances, online exposure, and radio play covering many of the North-Eastern US states.
Dog Day Sunrise has toured extensively in about 10 states and has shared the stage with such national acts as Fuel, Dope, Dog Fashion Disco, Raging Slab, LA Guns, Bang Tango, Joan Jett, Jackyl, Blue Oyster Cult, Survivor, Eddy Money, along with many others. 2003 promises to add to this growing list of national exposure.
Dog Day Sunrise has gathered an enormous fan base over the years with an online street team of over 8,000 members and proves to be growing daily. The band plans to continue touring the north east this year and will begin working on showcasing to labels at the beginning of summer 2003. With their newest singles 'Outtayermind', 'Loneliest Day', and 'Wrench' climbing the local and regional charts, D.D.S is ready to graduate from regional performances to the national scene.
- Given "will begin working on showcasing to labels at the beginning of summer 2003" I take it that this is copied (possibly violating copyright) from something at least 3 years old. They sound like they may barely make the cut for Wikipedia:Notability (music), which you should probably read. In any case, if you are going to write this as an article, remember to (1) write it in your own words, (2) write in a style for an encyclopedia, not a press release, and (3) cite your sources. - Jmabel | Talk 04:54, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Syndicate
Being a big fan of online gaming and the MMO community (massively multiplayer online game), or MMORPG, there is a phenomena occurring with this one specific guild which I find exceedingly interesting and would like more information on.
The Syndicate (www.LLTS.org) is an online gaming guild of players that are becoming an icon in the gaming community. They have Trademarked their guild name as "The Syndicate®", and to my knowledge, are the only gaming guild to have ever done so. They are extremely old for a gaming guild, their site says over 10 years now, and most that I know of barely make it a year it seems. They have a guildmaster named Dragons, and apparently have a number of their over 500 world-wide members who have been with them for many years.
They are credited on the cover of one of the gaming industries most popular strategy guide companies "Prima Games" latest books as being testers or strategy contributers? (not sure which) They are also a dominant base of players in many of the fantasy and (FPS) First-person Shooter games beta tests.
Apparently they have worldwide annual conferences where members meet representatives from gaming companies who talk about their latest products or games in development. More specifically I believe the conferences have thus far been held in the United States a number of times, but recently in Canada, and that their members come from around the globe to attend.
Beyond the fact that they play actively in one of my old time favorite MMO's Ultima Online and are also active in World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment's latest MMO offering) which touts millions of players worldwide, I know relatively little about them beyond their web site.
A Wiki article with information on this organization would be great as a reference.
Rekoj Nori, 11 October 2006.
[edit] Léon Duguit
Just saw that in the English version of Wikipedia we do not have any article or stub about Léon Duguit. Duguit was one of the most important philosopher in "Droit"/Rights area and well known by his theories. Especially the transition of the main concepts of "solidarity"(archieved by sociologists like Durkheim, Marx, etc) and its transition to Rights concerns.
Main representant of the Bordeaux "School" of Rights, many informations about him can be found in hundreds of books as well as internet souces... or probably, even in the French version of wikipedia.
Léon Duguit is one of the most importants philosophers of Rights ever. I think it is very disturbing that we have pages and more pages about some fictional characters and not even a stub about Duguit.
I can´t write the article or the stub myself because I can´t write in english properly(english is not my main language... and i am a student only). Also, I can´t understand wikipedia properly enough to write a "article request". Actually i am quite afraid of this "edit" I am doing now(it was suposed to be placed on top...botton?).
I hope the comunity forgive my ignorance(stupidity?) in english, in wikipedia resources, and help me to create at least a stub or an article request about this greatly important person who was Léon Duguit, and his major contributions to Rights theory.
Again sorry for any mistake or edit problem...
Ivan Cavallazzi, 09 october 2006
- Looks like your English is good enough to do a first draft. Why don't you do that and then drop a note on my user talk page to help clean it up? It will be simplest if you just translate the existing French article, because then I can look at the original French if your English is ambiguous. - Jmabel | Talk 19:07, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sally Silverstone
hello i am a relative of sally silverstone one of the original biosphere 2 crew and am wondering about wirting a article about her.
- Does she have notability aside from Biosphere 2? If not, I suggest just adding a section about her in the Biosphere 2 article and adding a redirect from Sally Silverstone to Biosphere 2. If she does, then absolutely. But please read Wikipedia:Autobiography first: this isn't literally autobiography, but it's close. You still need to stick to citable, verifiable sources and to keep in mind that this is an encyclopedia, not a personal website.
- By the way, if you have family photos that include her, it would be great if you can release one under GFDL. Just make sure that is OK with the person who actually snapped the photo, or their legal heir. - Jmabel | Talk 19:12, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Restricted Clubs
I've just seen an episode of a TV show where a character is shown as "evil" because she belongs to a "restricted" club. There are references to such clubs in the West Wing (a club forbidden to Black people) and Auntie Mame (an area with no Jews). I wonder, do "restricted clubs" really still exist? Where do they come from? Why restrict a club against Jews? Or even, as it used to be so common, against women? Isn't it illegal, even for a private club, to restrict against minorities? I'm very curious about that. --Eje211 14:03, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
- As for why restrict a club against Jews, presumably you have heard of anti-Semitism; if not, I recommend you read the article.
- At the present time, in the U.S., it is legal under federal law for certain types of private clubs (as long as they receive no federal funds) to discriminate on the basis of religion sex, or race, though local laws can supersede that. Clubs cannot discriminate as employers, but as I understand it, they can for membership, as long as they are not enough of an economic or political factor in their respective communities that being excluded from the group constitutes economic hardship or political disadvantage. In some cases, I think most of us would say this is reasonable (a church sodality, a women's bowling league). Historically, of course, many institutions of enormous economic and political importance accepted only white males, often only white males of a particular religion, a practice that few would defend today.
- There have been several suits involving this with reference to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks who are, to a significant extent, a business networking group. Some Elks lodges are still lily-white. [1] - Jmabel | Talk 00:51, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- No one's picked up on this; I think it would be a good topic; the title presumably should be restricted club. - Jmabel | Talk 04:56, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tokyo Disney Sea Tower of Terror
I have heard of the general article The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, which encompasses WDW, DCA, and Euro Disneyland versions. However, there is one other tower that I feel needs a page: the Tokyo DisneySea version. This one has no direct link to the previous Hollywood Tower Hotel TTZ versions as DisneySea isn't directly owned by The Disney Company, which therefore would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to get copyright access to the Disney/CBS deal and the rights to use The Twilight Zone. Their solution: create their own storyline. I am a huge ToT fanatic, and feel that this version should have its own seperate page.
[edit] European Monarchies
I feel an article on this is required detailing the rise and fall of European Monarchies (Tribal, Roman, Dark Ages, MIddle Ages, Renaissance, Modern, Fall post 1914). It should detail the rise of the interlinked clan of European Monarchies explaining how their fates were link and should explain how Industrialisation and WW1 hastened their downfall. I was looking for information on this topic when I discovered there was no article so would be grateful if others could start it, though I wanted to explain my ideas for the article (as opposed to a simple request).
- Good thought. We have articles on the individual dynasties, which could be mined to start this. - Jmabel | Talk 05:36, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- That sounds like a great idea as long as the article is careful to avoid original research. --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 08:17, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] First Global Community College of Nong Khai, Thailand
This is a small school in northeastern THailand, but it has an ambitious and noteworthy goal of educating the poor in the northeast. It is located in Nong Khai, not far from Udon Thani. While it may be small and remote it is part of a very important reform to the education of this up and coming Southeast Asian Economy. There is already a website for the school with much of the pertinent information www.fgcc.ac.th however I just thought that it might be of interest in Wikipedia due to the large number of British and American Faculty and Volunteers. I am new to Wikipedia but fully willing to assist if the school warrants a page here.
[edit] Hank Marvin
Surely one of the greatest guitarists of all time. I was amazed to find no Wiki page about him. Lead guitarist for Cliff Richard and the Shadows for decades, now living (in retirement, I imagine) in Perth, Australia. I would be happy to contribute but others have a greater knowledge. Since I'm a Wiki newbie, I make this entry and hope others will start it off, point the way or some such. When I think more about it, I see Shadows affiliate John Farrar has a page but, for example, equally-talented Alan Tarney does not. Hank's right-hand man in the Shadows, Bruce Welch, does have a page. And, funny, Bruce's entry includes a Wiki link to "Hank Marvin" that goes nowhere. Early bassist for the Shadows, Jet Harris, early drummer Tony Meehan later drummer Brian Bennett and the "king" himself, Sir Cliff Richard all have pages so it is a complete mystery how Hank missed out. The Shadows as a group has an entry but surely Hank deserves a page of his own. User:DavidFarmbrough, where are you? Get in touch if you want collaboration. loloveweb@hotmail.com
- Umm, Hank Marvin was created on 15 June 2004. violet/riga (t) 15:12, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Upper Playground
An "independent" retail company that features various artists' products, mostly consisting of clothing and excessories, but also books, music, and movies. They also has an art gallery with frequent shows. There are many similar companies and an associated subculture. Very interesting and diverse work. It may be more appropriate to organize an article under a non-business heading, but I don't know what artistic heading to use (contempory stuff).
Company websites are useful sources.
This is my first submission, and I'm not a member; I apologize for any fox passes ;)
- Sounds a lot like advertising. Did anyone else than they themselves write about them? Where did they do art gallery shows? Any well known places? - Mgm|(talk) 04:52, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mike Wise (computer progammer)
There is somebody on the wikipedia with this name, but this Mike Wise was accredited with creating the first PC, the Sphere I. I don't know what to title it, or really what to write, but I have found several interesting websites for whomever could write it: Byte Magazine article Mike Wise Bio First Decade of Early Computing
Additional info added By Scott Adams (see my info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams_%28game_designer%29 ) I saw the original ad for the Sphere in radio electronics. (June I think it was) After borrowing some funds from my sisters and brothers I ordered the kit. It did not come for many long months later. I found out later I was the very first order the company received.
When the kit came I assembled it and powered it up. No joy it was DOA. I had a friend who was a EE and worked at the radar station in Antigua where I currently was. We spent some time with an oscilloscope and probes and eventually found 2 dead chips. These got replaced and joy oh joy it booted up!
I went on to design and build a b&w graphics card for the system. I then wrote a Tank War game and and designed 2 sets of controllers for it. It was an arcade style game for 2 people to driver their tanks around and shoot at each other. Each controller had to levers that moved forward and back and a fire button on the top of one of the levers. I submitted this with a home movie of the game in action to Sphere and won their first (and only) annual "What do I use my Sphere computer for" contest.
I had my sphere for many years and finally sold it working to a collector in Longwood Florida. I don't remember his name and have no idea what ever happened to it. Mine was some what unique as I mounted the chassis and cards to the top of the CRT unit so I can easily get into it and change things.
Here is a company that has a reference about Mike Wise. http://www.a-systems.net/company.htm
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[edit] Phone-in incidents
Phone-in incidents on both television and radio could make an interesting article. It could be made wider to include all phone-related incidents, such as controversial phone polls. violet/riga (t) 11:54, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
When I wrote the article In Dreams (2005 album) and the related DYK item, I was surprised there wasn't an article on the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra yet. Can I entice someone to write it? There's WikiMoney and a barnstar in it for whoever can write a reasonable entry. - Mgm|(talk) 10:01, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Medical advertising
Carrying on with the idea of product advertising, I think it would be good to cover medical advertising, but have no sources. Anyone got any and want to start this article? violet/riga (t) 13:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] List of biggest opening weekends
A list of all films that grossed $40 million or more during their first weekend on release, as well as another section for films that once held the record.
- I'm surprised that this doesn't exist already - perhaps Wikipedia:WikiProject Films could get onto it. I've asked them to take a look here. violet/riga (t) 21:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- The $40M cut-off point sounds arbitrary. Any other cut-off would likewise be arbitrary. What, after all, is special about $40M, or any other figure? Another problem is copyright -- the figures for any given movie are public information, but a list of figures may well be compilation-copyrighted information belonging to the source. A way to make Wikipedia a means of finding the information would be to have a page ("Film Box Office Records" perhaps) that names the top one film in a few major categories, then links a source (such as [4]) for more detailed and current statistics. Steve Schonberger 11:39, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- How about such lists with British pounds and Euros as the main currency? - 131.211.210.11 07:53, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Plant Death or Death By Plant
I am interested in creating an article about "Plant Death" or "Death By Plant". Basically, it relates to the common belief that one may die as a result of leaving a plant in their room overnight. The rational behind this is that the plant, through the process of photosynthesis and/or respiration (Respiration (physiology)), will remove the oxygen in the room and convert it into carbon dioxide, thus killing anyone within.
Any suggestions on how to proceed, and/or what sources to site? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.71.13.210 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 13 August 2006.
- Never heard of that one before! Perhaps you could look at creating an article that is a little broader, such as plant-related death (cf. toilet-related injury) that looks at other ways of being killed by a plant as well. I don't think that leaving a plant in the room that removes all the oxygen overnight is a particularly common belief though! violet/riga (t) 08:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- When plants photosynthesize, they take carbon dioxide from the air and convert it to oxygen -- not the other way around. So, if someone died with a plant in their room, they'd probably have died anyway. Sorry to sink this one. Connor Gilbert 00:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- I feel so stupid for not realising that silliness! violet/riga (t) 07:32, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- In daylight plants photosynthesize and use carbon dioxide, but without light, like in night, they use oxygen and convert it into carbon dioxide. There is opinion that it is bad to keep a plant in your bedroom. .Toms. (t) 16:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- However, air with adequate oxygen but an absence of carbon dioxide can cause breathing difficulties, because the body's breathing reflex is triggered by carbon dioxide. Medical oxygen normally has a trace of carbon dioxide added, just as normal air has a trace of oxygen. However, I can't imagine that one plant -- or even an entire greenhouse full of them on a sunny day -- could suck up so much of the available carbon dioxide that a human would be endangered by having insufficient carbon dioxide to trigger the breathing reflex, because the human's own breathing would supply some of it in the human's immediate vicinity. Steve Schonberger 11:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Right, that's called hypocapnia. Thanks for mentioning that, Steve--I never heard of it before.
As I was going through lots of books on various aspects of cancer, I read that it was once common practice for nurses to remove plants from patients' hospital rooms at night, because the plants were believed to suck up oxygen in the absence of sunlight. Of course there is a grain of truth to this. But I agree with Steve, nobody ever suffocated just by being in a forest at night or anything like that! I think this is a fascinating example of a medical myth that at one time was commonly held to be true by medical practitioners. (Actually "medical myths" might be a good general topic for an article. I wish I could remember the book though, sorry about that.) Neoprote 22:19, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- I expect a lack of carbon dioxide or oxygen would kill the plants before it killed people. NeonMerlin 18:20, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Internet Personalities
I believe that there should be a page that tells of the numerous amounts of internet personalitys floating about the internet. A page where all the internet personalitys could be represented could bring unity to the internet, and all its memes. People would know about remarkable websites, and other sorts of web projects, and would generally have a better time finding existing content, that has a subtle, superior quality about it.
CMCAdvanced 15:54, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Chinstopher Moncree
- If you could give a few examples it might help to do some research into how this article could be started. violet/riga (t) 17:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- I like this idea as there are plenty of people who have helped develop the Internet be it technically or culturally both on a national and international scene. If you could expand on this, and maybe break it into seperate headings, biography's, contribution type etc. If you do a general Internet Search with the term "who contributed to the development of the Internet", Wikipedia doesn't appear highly with a central article on this with biography links then it could be a brilliant resource for present and future researchers. An example Tim Berners Lee.
--The pen is mightier than the sword! Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-73) | Bush wins with the Pen of a Judge! Alex Gogan (1968- gulp!) 18:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Organizations for mothers
I'm interested in writing an article on organizations for mothers, most of which support mothers who are home with their children during the day full or part time (school age or not). Most of the statistics on size, etc, come from the websites of the organizations. This would be my first article. Any help would be appreciated. Is this appropriate for Wikipedia, even? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Momof3 (talk • contribs) 11 September 2006.
- Yes, it would be an appropriate topic. - Jmabel | Talk 05:32, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Go for it! Let us know the name of the article and I'll pop along and try and help. violet/riga (t) 16:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC): Thanks for the positive feedback. I'll get started, and let you know the name when I can. --Momof3 19:10, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Riverbelle Casino
Is there any information on riverbelle.com, I have tried to start one however it keeps beeing rejected as spam.
- I don't really think that it's notable enough for it's own article. Unless you can explain why it is I don't think an article will remain on Wikipedia. violet/riga (t) 16:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Online Bible
Maybe an online bible including the most popular books (genesis, etc). It would be a useful resource for people all over the world.
- I'm sure that must be provided somewhere. More of a thing for WikiBooks than here anyway. violet/riga (t) 16:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- The text of the Bible is already available at Wikisource. --Metropolitan90 23:12, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Fully searchable online bibles are available at:
- http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/
- http://bible.crosswalk.com/ParallelBible/
- http://www.blueletterbible.org/search.html#verse
- http://search.americanbible.org/
- http://etext.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html
Matthew 1130 13:28, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
See also Bible#Others for other online bibles. Matthew 1130 13:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Geohistory (geo-history)
This is already an established field in French social sciences, interpreting history (and historical events) through geography. Certainly American geography does not include a broad enough definition to accept geohistory as a subtopic, while British geography might (I don't know enough about British geographical fields of study to comment here). Perhaps this should start in a French / Swiss context and then migrate over to the English language Wikipedia?
[edit] OBSAI
This stands for Open Base Station Architecture Initiative. With a variety of Technologies in the pipeline waiting to redefine Wireless Communications, OBSAI promises make life easy for Service Providers wanting interoperability and sharing of resources. This should have links to Wireless Communication categories and BTS.61.246.30.195 21:01, 30 September 2006 (UTC)Raj
[edit] List of asthma triggers
I feel it is important for a number of reasons that a page be created with a list or lists of what can trigger asthma attacks in those not insusseptable (i.e. Astmatics). It is the triggers that should be seen as the problem, not the asthmatics.
See the Asthma page, which has several triggers listed in the first paragraph and under the Differential Diagnosis section. Perhaps it would be worthwhile adding a separate Triggers section on that page. Matthew 1130 11:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] String (or Violin) Pedagogy
I keep wanting to look up something about Violin or Viola pedagogy, and I wish there was an article about the different schools of Violin techniques, the major teachers, etc. Once I thought of a violin pedagogy article, I wondered if a broader String pedagogy article would be better? J Lorraine 12:15, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] List of actors who have played God
Was looking for a list of actors who have played God (or god) in one or more films. Couldn't find it.
Off of the top of my head:
-George Burns -Morgan Freeman -Whoopie Goldberg -Alanis Morriset
(AM)
[edit] SpeechEasy (anti-stuttering devices)
There are several of these devices that use auditory feedback to help stutterers be able to speak normally. It's like a hearing aid, but it uses the "chorus effect" to stop stuttering. The idea stems from the fact that stutterers could speak normally in a group, like when singing or saying the pledge of allegience. The SpeechEasy is probably the most well known and used of these devices, so I would propose an entry about this.
Currently, there is no entry for SpeechEasy. The only place it shows up is under the entry for East Carolina University, under the Research/University Facts section (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Carolina_University#Research.2FUniversity_Facts). It is the 11th item listed here out of 17 items. The line says: "ECU researchers have developed the "SpeechEasy" device which effectively stops stuttering in almost 90 percent of cases." You can click on "SpeechEasy" and it takes you to a page to create a new entry. I tried to do this, but it wasn't accepted, so I wanted to turn to this forum.
An extensive page on stuttering already exists, with a section on anti-stuttering devices (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutter#Anti-stuttering_devices). There is another link here to a separate page on anti-stuttering devices, which takes you to a page that is found in Wikibooks (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Speech-Language_Pathology/Stuttering/Anti-Stuttering_Devices). In this section, there are some general topics listed first, followed by links to specific devices, including the SpeechEasy (listed 9 out of 10, although it is alphabetical). The entry, found at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Speech-Language_Pathology/Stuttering/SpeechEasy, includes some of the details of the device, but it very technical in nature, including a lot of the study results. It has links to the studies and the company Web site. While some of this could possibly be used in a general entry for SpeechEasy, I don't think it is user-friendly or complete enough to stand on its own.
I would be willing to write up this entry in a format acceptable to Wikipedia, but wanted to put the idea out there and see if it was something that would be accepted, now knowing more about it.
[edit] Tomattoes
I was surprised to find that there are no Wiki pages for the fruit/vegetable Tomattoe! Why is this? They are well known, arent they? Make a page on Tomattoes! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JubileeRadio (talk • contribs) 17:49, December 13, 2006.
It's spelled "tomato", plural "tomatoes". --Calton | Talk 12:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Older/completed discussions
Older discussions will be archived.
[edit] British children's television
I came across this redlink when I wrote an article a while ago. I tried every possible title to get a blue link (including History of British children's television) but no luck. I'd like ideas on how to format it and what to include. - Mgm|(talk) 09:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm amazed that such a thing doesn't exist. My first thoughts are that it should be a chronological look at the development of kids television, but it could alternatively be done by style of programme. Hmm, I'll have a think about this one. violet/riga (t) 10:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
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- There's Children's television series and List of children's television series by country, but they're rather small. I think that focusing on British children's TV would make for a better article than the more general Children's television series could be. violet/riga (t) 10:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Plenty of articles contain "British children's television" [5]. violet/riga (t) 11:08, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- There's Children's television series and List of children's television series by country, but they're rather small. I think that focusing on British children's TV would make for a better article than the more general Children's television series could be. violet/riga (t) 10:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- And google has a lot of outside sources too. I'll start a page on User:MacGyverMagic/In Progress/History of British children's television as soon as I can. Please drop by and help out. Don't forget to cite your all important sources. :) - Mgm|(talk) 09:38, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Animal attacks
I've just created animals attacking humans which is to be about the common attacks of animals against humans. It's very simple so far, but I think it has potential. It could even become quite fun by detailing some of the more unusual attacks.
My questions are:
- Is there scope for this and a broader animal attacks (animals attacking each other) article?
- Is there a better name for the article?
violet/riga (t) 00:43, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
- This is a very good idea. A sub category of it could be what typically is called man and animal conflict, which arises out of attack on human beings by wild animals. The attack is observed most where people live in a close vicinity of the wild animal population, and there is less of food or shelter for the animal. Mkyadava 19:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fast food advertising
Along with tobacco advertising and alcohol advertising (and a few others) I think an article detailing the advertising of fast food (fast food advertising?) could be quite interesting. For example, McDonald's are currently desperate to change their image and promote healthy eating and being active. violet/riga (t) 00:43, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fed Shreds
While the government makes millions of dollars a day, they also destroy millions of dollars a day. The destroyed shreds, they give away. These packages of shreded money are called "Fed Shreds".
I'm not good at making whole articles, so can sombody help me with this? Avatarfan6666 21:06, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- There is certainly something that could be written about this. I reckon that a more global "what we do with old money" article might be better, looking at all the ways of destroying old cash. Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics might be able to help with this. I've asked them to take a look here. violet/riga (t) 21:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Reply made on User talk:Avatarfan6666. Thnx for the heads up, violetriga :) Joe I 10:40, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Made today by User:Kitia. violet/riga (t) 23:49, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
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- I agree that a global article would be better. In Hungary, old banknotes are shredded and compressed into Briquettes and brought home by workers as solid fuel.Timur lenk 22:27, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Peppercorn
We have peppercorn rent but it would be nice to have an article about purchasing a company for a nominal sum. Examples include Chelsea F.C., MG Rover Group, and Barings Bank. Some good details can be found at this BBC News article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5262616.stm. violet/riga (t) 12:24, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
- Heh; I just finished writing an article on the peppercorn legal concept (it's at Peppercorn (legal). I'll have to update it to include this source. Kickaha Ota 00:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Okay, the article has now been updated. Thanks! Kickaha Ota 00:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moving a building
An article about moving a building might be interesting. Many buildings have been moved for preservation reasons, and there have been several hoaxes about buildings (such as bridges) being sold to rich idiots. Possible source: Moved Buildings for Museums. violet/riga (t) 21:34, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- A better name: Building relocation. violet/riga (t) 22:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Big Buck Hunter
Why is there no article on one of the greatest pop culture bar arcade games? I see there is an article on Golden Tee. Both are made by Incredible Technologies (there isn't even an article on Incredible Technologies). Who can honestly say they've never played Big Buck Hunter? I would write it, but I'm too busy playing Big Buck Hunter (and I'm lazy). Git-R-Done --12.1.48.108 18:48, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- You mean Big Buck Hunter which was, incidentally, made yesterday? violet/riga (t) 19:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lyngbakr
This mythological creature was mentioned in Orvar-Odds (sp.) Saga; could someone with a knowledge of Icelandic/Old Norse or a translated copy of said saga create an article on this creature.Kraken of the Depths 01:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hafgufa
See lyngbakr (Above).Kraken of the Depths 01:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Open Aqua Desktop Environemt
New desktop enviroment based on Mac OS X Aqua Theme
[edit] Carnivores Games
For those of you who don't know, the Carnivores games are a series of three games developed by Action Forms Ltd. and published by WizardWorks (purchased by Atari). I would create the relevant page myself, but I don't want to register here at this time (if for whatever reason I need contacted, visit the XeNTaX WIKI and search for Dinoguy1000). I know a great deal about this particular series of games, and would be interested in pursuing the completion of an article on them.
- I went ahead and started the Carnivores games article, under the username User:Dinoguy1000. 66.116.36.238 21:55, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
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- Wikipedia:Articles for creation
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[edit] Feedback systems
An article about feedback systems would be nice to have: a market economy is a feedback system - that's, if you think about it, the reason behind it's success: it allows one to put each part to its correct best place in the system. Also the natural evolution's competition is statistically a feedback system. Objective thinking with a holistic view, honesty and justice mean giving each thing feedback according to what it is like. So they too should be valued if one values the market economy's success. An article about this subject would bring the world toward good. Htervola