Morfydd Llwyn Owen

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Hi - just wanted to explain the reason I took the reference to the "Portrait of a Lost Icon" CD out of the list at the bottom of "Discography" and covered it in more detail above. It's because the CD is not a compilation, but the first ever devoted to the works of Morfydd Llwyn Owen exclusively. It also includes a mixture of vocal and instrumental works, not just songs. To me, having it in the list is confusing unless we also change the introductory sentence to something else (which would be a shame as it does fit the description of all the other recordings on the list):

"Owen continues to be a revered figure of Welsh musical tradition, and many of her works have been recorded in compilations of Welsh songs and music. These include:"

Thanks Sfjohna (talk) 17:20, 6 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Sfjohna Hi. Restructure and rewording now in place taking account of your comments and useful additions to the article. Almanacer (talk) 14:11, 7 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

Arthur Horner

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Thanks for your work on the Arthur Horner, but Wikipedia depends on references. If you are unsure how to reference, tell me the book, author, publisher, date, ISBN and the page where the date is mentioned, I'll reference it myself. Cheers' FruitMonkey (talk) 21:36, 9 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Sounds good to me. The Welsh Encyclopedia does hold errors, I've found several myself. Look forward to your correct updates. Thanks FruitMonkey (talk) 20:09, 22 July 2009 (UTC)Reply
That makes sense, keep up the good work. FruitMonkey (talk) 00:45, 27 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

Bipedalism and the wading hypothesis

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Regards this edit, the point is not that it's supported with reliable sources. We can get reliable sources that support nearly any point. The issue is that it's undue weight. The aquatic ape hypothesis is a fringe theory in the first place - no serious anthropologist sees it as a contender for explaning bipedalism (or naked skin, nose shape, skeletal changes, etc. for that matter). The wading hypothesis is itself a fringe theory within the aquatic ape hypothesis - a fringe of a fringe. It gets two hits on google scholar - neither of which is a peer-reviewed publication. As wikipedia is meant to be built on secondary sources (which would be review articles and scholarly books summarizing thoughts regarding bipedalism in this case - as a scholarly subject the guidelines and definitions regarding medical articles are more appropriate) rather than cherry-picked primary sources. The point is to demonstrate the appropriate debate within the scholarly field to a degree which represents how the field actually thinks. In the case of bipedalism, there appears to be a tiny, probably negligible (in my opinion I would guess less than ten scholars) who think that wading had any impact on the evolution of bipedalism in human ancestors. AlgisKuliukas is one of the few, and appears intent on promoting his theory on wikipedia (a WP:SOAP problem) in such a way that whether he considers the theory convincing is the determining factor rather than on what the scholarly community thinks.

The only reason the AAH appears on the page at all is because it has considerable popular appeal. The "wading hypothesis" lacks even that, but it does have a vocal proponent attempting to push his theory onto wikipedia, the reason we don't give COI accounts much weight here.

I would prefer to remove the statement again, despite the sources, for presenting an unbalanced impression of debate or credibility when there is none. Please let me know what you think, WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 13:21, 21 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

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There's a reply for you on my talk page. Also note that per the talk page guidelines, if you're starting a new section it goes at the bottom of the page - the blue + tab at the top of the page does this automatically, or you can edit the last section and add a new heading. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 15:47, 21 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hola, note and note. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 19:30, 17 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

The sentence + reference you keep trying to add cannot be added - the reference does NOT support the claim of the sentence. I can send you the PDF and point you too exactly the line that contradicts it. Mokele (talk) 21:28, 21 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

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I'm sorry but your latest edit does not accurately reflect the modern balance of opinion about the trial and your ref does not support the text in your latest edit. I have given good references at the Ernest Jones talk page for a balanced view being far less favorable to Jones. You are giving Maddox's bio of Jones' as the source (reference 3) for the following "he pursued his research interests in childhood sexuality during interviews with four children with a line of questioning that resulted in him facing trial over allegations of improper conduct." As the book Susan Isaacs: a life freeing the minds of children page 67 makes clear Maddox does not support that text, quite the opposite in fact, as Maddox is cited for the opposite view: "the details of his trial suggest that he might have been very lucky to escape conviction (Maddox, 2006)". Overagainst (talk) 18:52, 17 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

note 2 follows the Maddox account in referring to the possibility of Jones's loss of self control and his own inaccurate account of the episode. But there is no consensus on this. Maddox's account is based on the Kuhn account in Studies in Gender and Sexuality 2002 v3 but the same journal carries Makari's refutation of Kuhn's arguments.  (Makari is the most recent historian of psychoanalysis qv Revolution in the Mind 2008). Given the episode occurred before Jones had met Freud and fully committed himself to psychoanalysis I don't see it as significantly relevant to an overall assessment of his life and career. BTW Maddox points out Jones went on to publish his research findings derived from his interviews with children. Almanacer (talk) 10:08, 31 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Sigmund Freud

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Mention of the shape of the skies, in the skies

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Thank you for being the first person after nearly 15 hours, to actually give a valid reason on why the edit to the article shouldn't have been added. Jim1138 and FreeKnowledgeCreator continued to revert my edits, claiming that my edit was against WP:DENY, which wouldn't apply in this situation. Once again, wanted to thank you for being the one voice of reason in this argument. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chevvin (talkcontribs) 01:34, 13 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Hello. I have created a new section on the talk page of Anna Freud re the suicide of her partner's daughter and alcoholism of her partner's son. I regard the reference I provided as reliable - an interview with Dorothy Burlington's grandson on a BBC documentary made by Adam Curtis. I could rephrase the section to make it clear that it cannot be proved that Anna Frank's methods contributed to the suicide or alcoholism. These are significant facts, I don't think they should be omitted.DH987 (talk) 20:59, 9 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Replaceable fair use File:Ernest Jones.jpg

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Annoying pinging

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I keep getting pinged as a result of whatever you're doing in your sandbox (which looks dodgy). Please do not ping me again without good reason. Alexbrn (talk) 15:50, 10 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Alexbrn (talk Sorry purely accidental pinging in trying to deal with annoying bot Almanacer (talk) 17:35, 10 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

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Your reminder of the discretionary sanctions

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This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in pseudoscience and fringe science. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

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Aquatic ape hypothesis

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Can you please explain how this was non-constructive? It is not whether it is fringe science and/or fringe theory, but I thought that such links could still be useful.

Science Focus says that "Westenhöfer interpreted an aquatic ancestry for humans within his 'initial bipedalism' hypothesis. According to this idea, humans are the most structurally primitive of primates and the ancestors of all other primate groups. This work is generally regarded as 'fringe' science today." The lead says: "The hypothesis is highly controversial, and has been criticized by many as a pseudoscience. The hypothesis is thought to be more popular with the lay public than with scientists; in the scientific literature, it is generally ignored by anthropologists." The body also says: "The AAH is not accepted as empirically supported by the scholarly community, and has been met with significant skepticism. The Nature editor and paleontologist Henry Gee has argued that the hypothesis has equivalent merit to creationism, and should be similarly dismissed."

Considering that many laymen seem to see fringe as crazy rather than "an idea or a viewpoint which differs from the accepted scholarship of the time within its respective fields", I think it was exactly the opposite of non-constructive, and I would like to clarify what was the main issue—that they are not relevant (I think the body begs to differ), that it is not fringe science and/or fringe theory? But a 'See also' link is not like a 'Category', and I thought that they fit MOS:SEEALSO in being relevant to the topic. Perhaps the issue is that it is, in fact, ignored and thus does not fit the aforementioned fringe academic definition? Thank you for your time. Davide King (talk) 16:43, 29 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Davide King. My position re your edits to See Also is simply that because the article topic is a contribution to evolutionary theory it’s best to confine links to those topics which are likewise in that domain. This follows the MOS guideline: “Articles linked should be related to the topic of the article”. I appreciate that this is also a matter of editorial judgement but my view is that to broaden the range beyond the topic of the article itself is unconstructive – do we include feminism for instance (mentioned in the body) or “umbrella hypotheses” along with your suggestions? Where to stop? Almanacer (talk) 12:23, 30 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
That is a sound response, thank you. Davide King (talk) 12:25, 30 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

February 2022

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Sigmund Freud considered conversion

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Endless sources including his wifes own words and Jones biography on him say he seriously considered conversion to protestantism to avoid the jewish ceremony. Its a fact that belongs right where it is about his jewish wedding and of course i state he didnt end up converting. You seem to be wanting to exclude something that would offend your own pov or religion.Foorgood (talk) 18:19, 11 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

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