About myself:
First, I consider myself to be a user rather than an "editor" of Wikipedia. Second, I am not a musician - I can't read music, and play no instrument at all, even badly. My only "instruments" are a CD player and an antique turntable.
Rather I am attempting to catalog a fairly large collection of recordings, mostly of classical music, some of which are my own. Nearly all of my posts here are either questions or comments on talk pages, although I have made a very few corrections or other changes to existing articles. I have no institutional affiliation, am not competent at independent research, and I depend almost exclusively on what I can find here at Wikipedia, or in some cases at IMSLP [1]. I do have at hand a very few, and uniformly old, basic reference books such as a Schwann catalog, a Penguin Guide and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. And I'm very slowly and clumsily trying to find my way through Wikipedia's thicket of procedures, styles, and methods. My Wikipedia nom de plume is taken from my very first edits here, at the article Under Milk Wood.
As a user I hold a few strong beliefs concerning Wikipedia's organization, and have argued for them,
And I very much appreciate all the generous help I've always received here from more experienced editors, and musicians.
Milkunderwood ( talk) 20:48, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
(Also: User:Milkunderwood/sandbox Hovhaness; User:Milkunderwood/sandbox BSQ Recordings)
I want to add that I've gradually developed a philosophy of Wikipedia, which is that not everyone coming here looking for information is an expert in editors' various fields. More, and clearer, information is better than less. Don't assume that your terminology is universally comprehended. Don't make people have to struggle to find what they're looking for. Why make it hard for them? Here's a delicious bit of irony that I've stolen from a post by User:Ravpapa: Remember, the reader is the enemy. It's just something for each of us to think about. Milkunderwood ( talk) 07:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
About myself:
First, I consider myself to be a user rather than an "editor" of Wikipedia. Second, I am not a musician - I can't read music, and play no instrument at all, even badly. My only "instruments" are a CD player and an antique turntable.
Rather I am attempting to catalog a fairly large collection of recordings, mostly of classical music, some of which are my own. Nearly all of my posts here are either questions or comments on talk pages, although I have made a very few corrections or other changes to existing articles. I have no institutional affiliation, am not competent at independent research, and I depend almost exclusively on what I can find here at Wikipedia, or in some cases at IMSLP [1]. I do have at hand a very few, and uniformly old, basic reference books such as a Schwann catalog, a Penguin Guide and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. And I'm very slowly and clumsily trying to find my way through Wikipedia's thicket of procedures, styles, and methods. My Wikipedia nom de plume is taken from my very first edits here, at the article Under Milk Wood.
As a user I hold a few strong beliefs concerning Wikipedia's organization, and have argued for them,
And I very much appreciate all the generous help I've always received here from more experienced editors, and musicians.
Milkunderwood ( talk) 20:48, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
(Also: User:Milkunderwood/sandbox Hovhaness; User:Milkunderwood/sandbox BSQ Recordings)
I want to add that I've gradually developed a philosophy of Wikipedia, which is that not everyone coming here looking for information is an expert in editors' various fields. More, and clearer, information is better than less. Don't assume that your terminology is universally comprehended. Don't make people have to struggle to find what they're looking for. Why make it hard for them? Here's a delicious bit of irony that I've stolen from a post by User:Ravpapa: Remember, the reader is the enemy. It's just something for each of us to think about. Milkunderwood ( talk) 07:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)