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Rich

Oh come on. No one has said it was a botched robbery, only that it might have been. In contrast, all the sources say it was a murder.Anythingyouwant (talk) 07:49, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

@Anythingyouwant: But, Wikipedia has a policy of neutral wording WP:NPOV - which seems to mean edit towards less emotionally charged words. The media uses emotinally charged words (such as murder) to gain an audience on TV, in newspapers and so on. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 07:56, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

So think of a less emotionally charged synonym for murder, if there is one. The fact is that this definitely was a homicide. No one knows if it was a botched robbery, and so we shouldn't be saying it was a botched robbery. That's original research. See WP:OR. And how about telling the reader what DNC stands for?Anythingyouwant (talk) 08:12, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Feijoada, user 177.182.206.113

Hi, I'm user 177.182.206.113. As he tells in the book Food in History Brazil, or Indians or blacks were in the habit of mixing beans with meat. The preparation technique comes from further away: the Roman Empire. Since Antiquity, latin europeans (Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and others...) cooked mixtures of vegetables and meat. Each region of Roman influence adopted its variation: baked Portuguese, Spanish paella, northern Italian mixed bollito. The french cassoulet, created in the 14th century, is almost a copy of brazilian feijoada: made with white beans, sausage and pork. With the black beans, native grains of America that Europeans loved, turned the dish an attraction among the most wealthy Brazilians. The earliest citation left on feijoada shows well away from senzalas meal. The Daily Pernambuco of August 7, 1833, the elegant Hotel Théâtre of Recife, announces its new attraction Thursdays: "Brazilian Feijoada." - ref: page 107 Narloch, Leandro. Guia Politicamente Incorreto da História do Brasil. Leya, São Paulo, 2009.

An common error of brazilian feijoada origin, is the unanimous attribution to Brazil, brazilian culture, and brazilian culinary. This, de facto, was part of a propaganda-building process started in 1930s by the ditactorship of Getúlio Vargas. The brazilian feijoada never was more than a mere regional or local dish before the ditactorship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.182.206.113 (talk) 15:37, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

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Fiction sections in century etc articles

I'm not really happy about them, especially as they seem to duplicate other lists. See for instance Category:3rd century in fiction. Do you know if this is discussed anywhere? Or if there are guidelines? Thanks. Doug Weller talk 13:59, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Doug, hello, thanks for contacting me. I am not sure what this is in reference to. I am guessing it is in regards to editing an article, but I have edited so many lately I cannot recall which one.

Perhaps you can refresh my memory? Steve Quinn (talk) 05:28, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

This.[1] I'm just saying that as we have separate fiction lists, the ordinary century and millennia articles shouldn't have fiction. They tend to be a mess anyway the further back in time you go due to both pov editing and outdated material, so maybe I shouldn't worry about not very good lists having fiction as well. Life's too short. Doug Weller talk 07:30, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Re "Khan" and "Kahn"

"Khan", unless it is a form of "Kohan" is not a Jewish surname unless the person in question has either changed his or her surname or has Indian, Mongolian, or similar heritage. 100.16.232.171 (talk) 15:46, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.

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Murder of Seth Rich

The AfD has closed, so I will reply to your comments to me here. When asked whether the homicide was part of a robbery the police chief said "possibly." While that may be the theory that police are working on, they have not announced any conclusions. Of course that is the most likely possibility, but it would be poor police work to close other avenues. TFD (talk) 00:31, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Steve Quinn, do you think your comment was constructive? Politrukki (talk) 20:54, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

and for the explanation of the message. Without it I might have worried about having gotten too sarcastic - short fuse. Fortunately, Wikipedia editor is a very effective time-out tool. Gives me time to reconsider. Space4Time3Continuum2x (talk) 13:15, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

@Space4Time3Continuum2x: Please - Do not worry at all. That message was excellent and right on the money. I was laughing because it is all so true. Imagine that troll just sitting back and watching all the havoc. If this is so, then the joke really is on us! Steve Quinn (talk) 18:25, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Could have been a false flag attack from one of the active IDs in the thread. A suspicious cast of characters, many of them never previously involved in political topics and ignoring the central WP policies. SPECIFICO talk 18:38, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Re: The Returned

Dear Steve, thank you for your message.

I do believe that my edit to The Returned was constructive; please see if you can accept my case. The paragraph I have edited indicates that 10 episodes were ordered for the series. In fact I went to read that before starting to watch the series, and to me, it translated in that the 10 episodes would reach some form of conclusion; after all, 10 episodes were ordered and all of them are present... who would order an incomplete story?

Unfortunately after having watched them, I can confidently say that they do not reach a finale. I think that people interested in watching the series, like I was, would benefit from this information before embarking in watching the full 10 episodes. So this is why I had edited the sentence including the words "without reaching a finale", or something to that effect.

If after this explanation you still feel that my edit was not relevant, then I respect your experience, and I'll be happy to leave the entry as it is. Weirdomen (talk) 19:22, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

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