Wikipedia talk:Requested articles/Social sciences/Archive 1

Ignorant newbie help request

I determined that the request for Abalone Alliance ia almost covered by Abalone alliance but the capitalization of Alliance appears to be correct. any way to get either to work, so this can be removed? -wren- 23:45, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Sure, all it needed was a page move. Done! --Regebro 22:53, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Jacob Clampitt

Why is there no page about this very influencial environmentalist. His radical French views are so poignant that he deserves a page. This man was in the top five of the most powerful environmental extremists in Canada. Someone please make a page honoring this great man.

Removed...

Removed Jewish folklore, Jewish demonology. Already fully discussed in Demons.

What happened

What happened to the military operations list requested? I had put a lot of the operations there and now it's gone.216.19.236.170 14:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Do we need...?

My mother is from a town in Coahuila Mexico by the name of Zaragoza. I have not been able to find out any information about this town and request that an article be written about it. I believe it has in interesting history.

Request for Irving Crystal removed - the person is Irving Kristol, and an article already exists.

The unlinked list of words at the top? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.231.88.3 (talk • contribs) 22:51, 29 July 2004(UTC).

why is psychology removed from teh sections? I am very confused especially if this is where it is is upposed to be? --Asparkle1979 06:57, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Historic Church in Canton Bern, Switzerland

I am looking for articles in English on an historic church in Canton Bern, Thun, Switzerland. It is called Wurzbrunnen Church, and is just north of the village of Rothenbach, Switzerland. It is shown on the map of Switzerland (Hallwag International, 2000) and when we visited this area in October 2000, we were told that an historic movie was being made about it, and that there are many articles written about it.

Thank you. Martha Stover, marty910@yahoo.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.166.212.250 (talk • contribs) 20:27, 5 February 2005(UTC).

Hobbesian Choice

Removed the topic "Hobbesian Choice" [1] [2] [3] CCooke 13:16, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

United States Comstock Laws

There is already an article Comstock Law which covers this topic. Do we really need another article, or is there some other Comstock Laws that should be covered separately? --Leighkimmel 04:52, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Religovirus etc.

Removed the following, as they appear to be neologisms with a sole source [4] and therefore original research.

• Unchecked Presumption Flaw -UPF
• Peccofication
• Thoughtware
• Datavirology
• Human Logic Deficiency Virus - HLDV
• Memelator
• Acquired Logic Deficiency Syndrome - ALDS
• Religovirus

CCooke 21:02, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Isomorphism (sociology)

Removed the request for this article, now added to the other uses of this term. That page is getting in need being split up, and a disambiguation page being created. Philip Cross 12:53, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Enargeia (philosophy)

should we read "energeia" instead? if so, it's another way of requesting an entry on Potential and actual in Aristotle (energeia=actuality); otherwise I can't see what it should mean (enargeia = Greek for "clarity, intelligible style, self-evidency")... --zuben

Mount Washington x 26? (geography)

I noticed an addition of a second Mount Washington entry and thought I'd better advise of a third I know of, Mount Washington on Vancouver Island, British Columbia in Canada - a major ski area no less, and also one of the highest-precipitation spots on the Northwest Coast. There are, of course, lots of Mount Washingtons in the US...I just consult www.topozone.com - there are 26. What are the parameters to determine when geographic entries are worth entering or not? i.e. in cases like this where there are so many of the same kind of item with the same name. One big disambiguation page with them all listed, ultimately? Or some kind of limit based on significance of height or ????

Skookum1 08:13, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Moral epistemology - Done!

Removed Moral epistemology from the list (under Philosophy). Is now a redirect to Virtue epistemology. AdelaMae 04:53, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Psychology

Removed Conditioned Taste Aversion from Psychology list as I redirected it to Conditioned taste aversion. Xenobea 21:59, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Arachnobutyrophobia previously had this note: "fear of peanut butter, really." Although this is not attributed it appears on a few different web pages, and appears to contradict some other web pages. I have searched numerous scholarly databases, Psycinfo, Pubmed, Meditext, etc., and psychological encyclopedias/dictionaries. and found no reference to it anywhere. Suggest it be deleted. Xenobea 11:09, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

I have done a google search on "Edifice Complex" and it appears to be used perhaps originally as a play on words, but now has its own meaning as a ruler making buildings to glorify him or herself. It is covered in a book called "The Edifice Complex" by Deyan Sudic, which refers to Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair, etc. Consequently am going to remove the comment and think about making a page. Xenobea 23:54, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

"Annihilation ECS" appears to refer to Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), especially as related to Robert M. Pirsig and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I'm not sure if it needs its own article or just a redirect? Xenobea 07:32, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Slovakland

There is a request under geographical places for Austria-Hungary - Slovakland.

This never existed as such as a province. The area of modern-day Slovakia was treated as part of Hungary proper, unlike Croatia-Slavonia for example which had a recognised status within the Hungarian half of the empire.

Therefore suggest delete, and redirect to 'Austria-Hungary - The Lands of Empire - Governmental Structure' or simply to 'Slovakia - History'. Jameswilson 02:46, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Please note that Slovakland was the referance used in the late 19th and early 20th century by US Immigration at Ellis Island as well as US Census takers to refer to those originating from a specific part of Europe who may or may not have been of Slovak ethnic decent. Specifically, census forms of the day asked for ethnicity, language spoken/written, and place of origin. While most of those claiming Slovakland as their place of origin were ethnic Slovaks, not all ethnic Slovaks and Slovak speakers originated from Slovakland.

While Slovakland may have been an incorrect usage a the time (the region of Slovkia was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire prior to 1918, part of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1993), it did accurately describe a specific region of Central Europe during an era of military campaigns fluid borders. [John Ruby, December 2005] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.17.75.200 (talk • contribs) 08:23, 20 December 2005(UTC).

Treaty of Medina del Campo (1489)

Added an article on the Treaty of Medina del Campo (1489). Removed the request. --DSYoungEsq 04:48, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Treaty/Agreement Section

I added a Treaty/Agreement section because I found no logical place to put requests for an article on treaties or agreements anywhere else. In this section I added a request for the Gaza-Jericho Agreement, an agreement between the Palestinians and Israel. I am by no means knowalagable in this area, or politics in general, I just thought it might be a good idea to have a new section and maybe something on the agreement.

If I made an error, I sincerely appologize, this is my first time doing a major edit on Wikipedia, however I have read most of the rules and formats and such. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.1.79.107 (talk • contribs) 23:51, 21 January 2006(UTC).

US County Seats

Links for list of US County Seats are now on the County seat article. I did the list for Idaho to get it started. --Faustus37 21:26, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Cartoon war

Now that embassies and consulates are being burnt because of a few drawings I think this phenomenon deserves an item. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.100.81.105 (talk • contribs) 14:47, 6 February 2006(UTC).

'which language has the most words?'

I'm new to this part of WP and I'm wondering if it's okay to remove a requested article from the list if it is something that doesn't make sense. The one I'm referring to here is 'Most Words: which language has the most words?' in the 'Languages' section. The question in the title is meaningless because: the notion 'word' is very hard to define (usually done by language, and even then there are often several different types of 'word'); and, because every language has, essentially, an infinite number of words. Note here I'm assuming 'language' to mean a complete, natural human language which is (or was) someone's first language. Dougg 09:27, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've removed 'Most Words: which language has the most words?' for the above reasons. Dougg 01:31, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I think it should be re-instated. This is a question that is very commonly asked. the answer should then be something like what Dougg wrote, but expanded a bit. Kdammers 00:53, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

I came to this page after searching for "which language has the most words." I believe the reasoning for removing the article doesn't make sense - "every language has, essentially, an infinite number of words" that sounds deep, but I doubt it's true. The article on the number of words in the English language chose to state the number of words in the Oxford dictionary - about 500,000, a number that is far short of infinite. I suspect that every language has a finite number of words, and though it probably can't be calculated with precision, it would not be difficult to choose a method for estimating that number. SteveKaram 21:32, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Josh Altesman

There is a (year old) request for an article on Josh Altesman. I've been trying to find infomation on him, but the on Josh Altesman I can find is one of 10 authors of "A Survey of New Yorkers After the Sept. 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks" (http://www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/160/4/780). In itself that isn't notable (and I'm not even sure this is the same person - the one here is listed in the "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender" section and this paper does not appear to match that subject matter.)

Unless someone has further infomation I'm going to delete the request for this article. (See User:Nloth/Non Notable Article Requests for more on this) Nloth 06:26, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the request Nloth 00:18, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Strike-Throughs

Why are all the red entries struck through?Kdammers 00:57, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Waxing Philosophical

Isn't that just a combination of two ordinary words, "waxing" and "philosophical"? Is there some meaning of the expression that is out of keeping with similar turns of phrase such as "waxing lyrical"? Delete? Dweller 13:16, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

If there is to be an article created about this, then it should be titled 'waxing philosophic'. You cannot wax philosophical. -Sam 23:38, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I came to this asking the same question..... should there be an article about the phrase 'waxing philosophic'?

Who are the U.S. Politicans that are Dual Citizens ?

I hope there's interest in this topic. The reason is obvious to me, as they can not properly repesent the United States. If I am worng please state why.--Pelican Resques Baby 14:02, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Many times a person holds dual citizenship because the original country of citizenship does not allow citizenship to be waived. This may not make a lot of sense, but it is something to bear in mind. The article is a good idea nonetheless. Aristotle2600 21:50, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Spratley Is.

Someone requested Spartley Is. Is there such a group of islands, or did they misspell spratley? Russian F 23:47, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Toki Pona dictionary

Someone has requested an article on Toki Pona dictionary. Is there any reason why the little to be said on this topic can't be said in the main Toki Pona article? --Jim Henry 15:02, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

RA formatting standard

Please see: Wikipedia_talk:Requested_articles#Bullets_or_no_bullets.2C_dense_vs._sparse. Dragons flight 18:34, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

cleanup

I removed 'Being-in-the-world' - now redirects to Heideggerian terminology, 'joi-de-vivre' - has its own stub now, 'Hylemorphism' - Hylomorphism exists, and 'Ken Wilbur' - as Ken Wilber already exists. I dont think that hylemorphism is a common alternative spelling, however, Wilber I thought warranted a re-direct page so now Ken Wilbur redirects to it.

In addition, there was some extraneous advertisment above the list in the philosophy section that had been questioned by another user august 25 - since it had not been defended and was clearly a personal ad, I deleted it as well. Feel free to revert if I stepped on anyone's toes; if so, I apologize in advance. Sam 02:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Also removed Linda Hutcheon (and added philo-stub to that page), noted that Martin Rowlands has a page, but it is about soccer player so it may warrant a disambiguation if an article is to be written. New Sincerity has a page now, (added philo-stub to page), so it has been removed. Moved 'Epistemological difference between science and management' from the bottom to "E" section, removed request for 'wittenstein' (see Wittgenstein) and Wikiality since they both exist. Further moved a request for 'R. Sorabji' into the Philosophy Section and formatted request for 'David Abram' and 'Round Square Copola' to confrom to the list. Looks like that could be it for now... Sam 03:15, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Alternative Bookshop?

Seems to be a very strange subject for an article to me. If somebody knows what is meant, could the add a short description after the request? --Regebro 22:46, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Cleaned up some list requests.

I hope I'm doing this right. ;) "List of Communist States" is already covered in the Communist state article. "List of electoral systems" is covered in Voting system and in Table of voting systems by nation. --Regebro 22:58, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

we were vandalized - removal of many topics, 9 August 2006

Check out this edit, which was never restored. A lot was taken out, whole categories, and that was back in August. I'm putting back the vandalized stuff now. — coelacan talk — 01:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand.

Could someone else please do this for me.

I request a article about "City cults" for example in antique Greece. Specifically the religion of a city's patron god or goddess.

Could someone request for me?

An explaination of the concept "Ludian love".

zootherapy

as in this link, a particular case of zootherapy is hippotherapy or Therapeutic horseback riding or other therapying disabled children with cats, dogs, donkeys etc., see also in polish pl:Zooterapia pwjb 14:41, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Two religion sections?

Why are there two sections entitled "Religion"? Can we combine these? delldot | talk 22:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Probably a mistake. Done – Qxz 19:31, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Hodjali Massacre

Hello, I want to write a new article about Hodjali Massacre and I need your help. The massacre occured on 25-26 February 1992 and 613 people were killed. Among them 239 of them were children, women and elderly. Thanks in advance... Micrain 19:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC) Sorry, I didn't know it was also called as Khojaly Massacre and it exists in Wikipedia. Micrain 20:08, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Removed

Forty winks, it has a decent page. ~ thesublime514 • talk • sign 17:30, April 9, 2007 (UTC)

Cryptamnesia

Whoever it was that wanted an article on cryptamnesia, I just finished it. It's just a stub, though, so if anyone knows more about it, their input would be very helpful. FoxDiamond 22:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC)