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Please add new comments to the bottom of the page. I will most likely respond on your talk page.
Those are good suggestions. On my side I am more than happy to endorse them. - Kleinzach 20:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Well done! All your fine writing and meticulous documentation for Concerto delle donne paid off, and deservedly so. Let's get that puppy on the front page, and into WP:0.5 and WP:1.0. Peirigill 23:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Why was this reversed? I think it would be cool to see a list of all places that Gregorian Chant is currently practiced. Fair enough that the tidbit may belong in a different location, but I think it is irresponsible to just erase it. If you are going to change it, find a different place for it, but don't erase it. Start a list in an appropriate place or something. I'm not a Gregorian Chant expert, I'm just trying to contribute what I know in hopes that an expert can find a relevant place for it.
Many thanks for helping fend off the vandals while Gregorian chant was on the main page. I wasn't prepared for the level of vandalism. It's heartening to know how efficient and diligent you WP admins and editors are to revert it! (This is something of a form letter I'm sending to everyone who helped revert, but for you, I also have to add: thanks for the pep talk! I really appreciated it.) Peirigill 07:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
User:SCCC and I are having a fundamental disagreement over the lede to the Gregorian chant article. If you have a few minutes, could you please look over our discussion at Talk:Gregorian_chant#Alteration_of_lede and give your input? Thanks! Peirigill 21:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Let's see; the Fairy-Queen gets GA (Yes!), Trobairitz ditto (bravo), and concerto delle donne is now a featured article!! Let the Hallelujah Chorus commence!! Very well done! Was there anything else particularly important that I missed? Best, Moreschi 19:41, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure how to go about adding more viol composers. A great big list of 'em in the middle would really break up the cohesiveness of the article. Any suggestions besides an external link? DeineMutter 03:15, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I have replied to the comment you left on my talk page. TerminX 03:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Re Makemi's QUALIFICATIONS ----A CRITIQUE SORRY BUT THERE IS NO PLACE TO WRITE THIS PERSON DIRECTLY SO I AM FORCED TO SAY THIS HERE. OTHERWISE I WOULD WRITE THIS PERSON PERSONALLY AND PRIVATELY
THE PURPOSE OF WORDS IS TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY NOT TO CONFUSE.
THE PURPOSE OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS TO TEACH ONE TO THINK CRITICALLY. OBVIUOUSLY MAKEMI IS AN EMBARASSMENT TO THOSE WHO AWARDED A BACHELORS DEGREE TO HIM OR HER IN THIS DEPARTMENT. THIS PERSON WISHES TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD IGNORANCE ABOUT MUSIC WHICH AT TIMES SEEMS LIFTED RIGHT OUT OF AN OLD GROVES AND HAS ALLOWED IF THEY REALLY HAVE ONE THEIR BACHELORS DEGREE TO GO TO THIER HEAD MAKING THEM THINK THAT THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEY ARE. THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND THIS PERSON WHO CALLS THEMSELVES MAKEMI AND CERTAINLY NOT THE MUSICAL WORLD.
ALTHOUGH THIS PERSON CLAIMS ENGLISH IS THEIR NATIVE TOUNGUE THEY CERTAINLY DO NOT WRITE LIKE IT AND LEAVE THIS WRITER TO THINK THAT THEY ARE PERHAPS TRYING TO FOOL EVERYONE INTO THINKING THAT THEY ARE NOT WHAT THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE. THEIR FRENCH IS HORRIBLE LET ALONE OTHER SUCH LANGUAGES. MAKEMI'S LATIN IS EVEN WORSE.
ITEM: MAKEMI INSISTS ON INAPPROPRIATELY USING THE TERM WORD 'RECORDER' FOR THE BLOCKFLUTE OR FIPPLE FLUTE. THIS IS VERY BAD ENGLISH AND ALSO IS VERY VAGUE. A RECORDER IS (1)AN A LEGAL PERSON WHO REPORTS COURT EVENTS AND KEEPS COURT AND LEGAL RECORDS
(2) A SCIENTIFIC DEVICE EITHER MANUAL OR ELECTRONIC.
(3) A DEVICE FOR RECORDING SOUNDS AND USED SOMETIMES IN ORCHESTRAS TO PRESENT SOUNDS THAT COULD NOT BE PRESENT OTHERWISE---THERE IS A CONCERTO FOR RECORDER (NO THAT IS NOT THE BLOCKFLUTE) AND ORCHESTRA AMONG OTHER SUCH WORKS .
It is NOT a Woodwind instrument and in a music score does not go into the Flute section but in the miscellaneous section of a score near the percussion.
THE BLOCKFLUTE REMEMBERS NOTHING, PLAYS NOTHING ON ITS OWN, WRITES DOWN NOTHING TO CREATE A PERMANENT RECORD AND CERTAINLY DOES NOT PRACTICE ANYTHING--IF IT DID ---THE NAME WOULD BE JUSTIFIED. THE WORD RECORDER COMES FROM THE LATIN VERB 'RECORDARE' WHICH MEANS TO PRACTICE, TO REMEMBER,TO WRITE DOWN SOMETHING FOR POSTERITY. THUS THE WORD RECORDER IS AN INAPPROPRIATE NAME AND WORD FOR THE BLOCKFLUTE OR FIPPLE FLUTE.
YET MAKEMI SEEMS TO THINK THAT HE OR SHE CAN WRITE ENGLISH. NO THIS PERSON DOES NOT NOR WRITE CLEAR ENGLISH BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO GROUNDED IN SLANG. THIS PERSON NEEDS TO GO BACK AND LEARN PROPER ENGLISH AND PROPER WRITING ENGLISH TECHNIQUE. THEY ALSO NEED TO LEARN LATIN AND BE ABLE TO USE IT, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN AT MINIMUM. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE MAKEMI GOT HIS OR HER DEGREE---BUT IT MUST BE FROM A FAKE UNIVERSITY OR SCHOOL.
STOP PRETENDING WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW AND STOP LIFTING THE WORKS OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM COPYRIGHTED WORKS SUCH AS GROVES. I COMPARED WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN RE: "RECORDER' (sic)AND IT IS ALMOST THE SAME AS OLDER EDITIONS OF GROVES. TURNIT IN CAN VERIFY THIS ALSO.
W.J. ROWLAND,Phd (English),D.Mus.,M.Ed,B.Sc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ludwigvan beethoven ( talk • contribs)
Just started posting stuff, didn't think of lyrics as being copyrighted but I suppose they are. It's such a shame because there are so many great theme songs out there. Anyway, won't happen again. Out of curiosity, is it possible to ask the creator for permission to use a theme song? I was looking at the copyright rules on wikipedia but did not see anything of this nature. Jonk614 07:10, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Jon
Thank you for the welcome mate. I will aspire to your standards.
User:Clakre50 is, in all likelyhood, a new username for blocked user User:Ethan C. I have most(or all) of the pages the user tends to frequent in my VandalProof watchlist. I am very familiar with his particular modus operandi. He tends to be frightened off quite quickly.(in fact he has not be seen too much at all this month) But I can guarantee he will be back soon. His usernames are, for the most part, variations on the name "Ethan Clarke". Just thought you'd like a heads up on him. Cheers and take care! Anger22 02:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I am the first one to fess up when I've given out false or misleading info. Fvgvb is as far from Ethan Clarke as you can get. Nice catch on that one. Queen and KISS are frequent haunts. The Beatles(and the Beatle member articles), Elton John and Janis Joplin are also regular hits. If enough people know about him(and many do), perhaps he will get bored. Cheers and take care! Anger22 01:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
zOMG, that is hilarious... I'm listening to it right now. Maybe we need an article on the Football Madrigal School. (Oh-oh, that redlink will tempt an evildoer somewhere.) (At least I hope it will light up red and not blue.) I love the contrapuntal part on "go to hell."
Grad schools ... ah, yes, big topic. What part of the country do you want to be in, or do you want to go overseas? ;-) Antandrus (talk) 19:43, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
You know, if this were one of those public beatings for some alleged admin abuse, with torches and pitchforks provided, on AN/I, rather than a cry for help on over 800 vandalisms, we'd have 200 people helping rather than just three or four. Oh well. Thanks for your help though!! Antandrus (talk) 05:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi Mak! Thanks for your welcome to Wikipedia. The name is actually taken from an X-Files episode. Although I would describe my own views as conservative, I understand the NPOV rule. Reviewing my edits, I have not seen any instance where I removed an alternative opinion (even if I disagreed with it), unless it was phrased poorly or redundantly. For the most part, I'm just ensuring that some of the descriptions do not provide a one-sided liberal bias, as some of the articles in question did. If I cross the line on any particular edit, I'd welcome any advice on how to phrase it in a more NPOV fashion. Thanks again for the welcome! Purity Control 22:35, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
This one came back [1] but fortunately I was watching. He uploads a bad image, reverts it, and then sits back for a moment to re-revert to the bad ones all at once. Bleah.
Anyway, I started reading concerto delle donne; nice work. There's a bunch of stuff in the stack of books I just got from the library, but it looks like your sources are more recent. Antandrus (talk) 22:23, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Ok, listen here dude, first of all like it was told to you and to others, from the very beginning i never ment to "vanalize" anything, but you challenged me and called me vandal, so i had to take up the arms and fight... Then... I do, many times i include sources, but some things are known facts, i simply added word round, what is sixth by itself, 6th min?Sso, you know, do not expect a word for every word and do not attack me mr. vandal. You are also talking to music minor, I know a heck of a lot on classical music. And my no means am i editing under 1000 IP's -all come from one source and I told you not to drink before making comments, i make sure things are always correct, again, do not talk to me. So, stick to your classics.if u can, 4a change. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.99.3.52 ( talk • contribs) .
Mak, would you advise? As you have noticed, User:Giuliani Time appears to be a sockpuppet of User:Spring3100, based on the edit summary of this edit and the timestamp of this one. Interestingly, Spring3100 was quick to jump on Chifumbe for "impersonation" in this AfD; but I note that Giuliani took it to AfD and Spring3100 voted immediately after I did. So... where do I go from here? I would at least like the apparent double-voting called into question, whether or not the sockpuppetry is an issue otherwise. thanks, bikeable (talk) 05:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello Mak, thank you for your message. I hope I can be of use in the future... Thefritz5 06:02, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
OK, I won't mention it to them any more. Spring3100 06:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello! Thanks for moving the article to its proper place, I haven't figured out how that's done yet. :o) -- Rahelisdolentis 13:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
I know sweet FA about Charpentier. Would you mind filling up his annotation? I've done about 10 in the last half-hour, and my hands are getting tired from all the typing! If so , that would be great. Cheers, Moreschi 19:18, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
I saw your prod on this article, and I also noticed that the creator removed said prod. But, I am almost certain that this same content was speedied within the last 2 days or so. Is there a way to search and find that out? I recognize these articles, and I am certain they were deleted. --- Charles 03:24, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for that ... one of Wikipedia's most bizarre vandals (I think his original alias was User:Enlighter1). I honestly can't figure him out. Antandrus (talk) 01:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Could you please explain to me the difference between posting a valid link and spamming? I posted links of the same nature as the ones already posted. Is it spamming to add a link to an article on a ministry website? I am NOT linking to a commercial website. That I would agree is spamming, at least in many cases. God's Webmaster 21:09, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm Taros, you wrote on my page. I not trying to advertise anything, I'm just trying to tell the history of a game company just like Sony or Nintendo. I'm sorry for any offence and I only wanted to talk to someone, not spam them. Taros 14:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Makemi. I have big question about Wikipediholic Test. I usually notice that some user's introduction says my wikipediholic test score is .... What kinds of tests are called Wikipediholic Test? Just want to know about this. My purpose here is asking you about Wikipediholic Test. Anyways, Could you please explain to me what Wikipediholictest is? Please, reply in my talk page. Cheers!! Daniel's page ☎ 02:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, it's your "best friend" (cough) Taros. So, I guess it was you who deleted my page with your administrative access. Why? What did I do wrong? What have I ever done to you? Remember this, I work for the company as the game maker and it is not easy. All I wanted was for my hard work to be notified, not advertised. Taros 14:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello: I saw a brief (one sided...) discussion on Antandrus's page about your wanting to attend graduate school and wondering about suitable programs. Can I help or have you made a decision? -- Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 13:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I didn't enter into any major discussions of POV or selection criteria on that talk page because I had a sixth sense someone was playing with a deck of stacked cards. Weeks of futile discussion would have simply led to deletion of the article because the list wasn't broad enough to cover some contemporary composers (I think you know who I mean). Funny, if he/they hadn't harrassed me and started following me around asking for SOURCES??? on a few opera stubs I created to be filled in the next day then I never would have investigated he/them further. I think work on the NPOV issues with bona fide contributors will now be more productive. The major problem I see is the list is too "minimal" as it stands. Perhaps we did way too much chopping to cut it down to about thirty names. You can see I had some intuition about what might happen in the archived discussion about whether to cut Leoncavallo/Mascagni or not. Never mind, now I think we can make progress to getting something which might satisfy most reasonable people who come across the page. (Sorry I couldn't check your GA status article - August was a busy month). Cheers -- Folantin 19:20, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I've read both Wikipedia:Blocking#"Public" accounts and meta:Role account. Under French Law, an office is not a public space, so given that definition, I don't believe that this would have been seen legally as a public space on French soil. The idea of "Role account" does apply and I find it surprising that a PR Firm would be allowed to have such an account. It does seem that such users are generally blocked, but exceptions are made. It also seems as if this policy might also evolve. In any case, it would seem that a specific name attached to a pseudo would solve the problem. I can't guarantee, with cookies and the like, that somebody won't make an edit by mistake on my composer, since it's not that kind of an office. But this would only happen if I were sick or not able to come in, which is quite rare.... Jean-Thierry Boisseau 20:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I've read both Wikipedia:Blocking#"Public" accounts and meta:Role account. Under French Law, an office is not a public space, so given that definition, I don't believe that this would have been seen legally as a public space on French soil. The idea of "Role account" does apply and I find it surprising that a PR Firm would be allowed to have such an account. It does seem that such users are generally blocked, but exceptions are made. It also seems as if this policy might also evolve. In any case, it would seem that a specific name attached to a pseudo would solve the problem. I can't guarantee, with cookies and the like, that somebody won't make an edit by mistake on my composer, since it's not that kind of an office. But this would only happen if I were sick or not able to come in, which is quite rare.... Jean-Thierry Boisseau 20:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I find your request that I be more "cooperative" surprising given this exchange [5] in which Musikfabrik is refered to as "trollboy" "Ralph Wiggumpedia. Tchao, mon petit paon", etc for a simple request for sources and for neutral language, both of which are official Wikipedia policies. The article is now sourced, which is an improvement. The problem is that the essential decision-making process is flawed and must be reviewed. The fact that I'm taking so much time on a subject that has absolutely nothing to do with my business should be a strong message. I am first and foremost a scholar and I believe in what that means.
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I'm very confused by your bringing up French law, which has little to no bearing on Wikipedia policies. An account which is used by multiple people is considered a public account, and is not allowed except under very special circumstances. The policies on role accounts may be evolving, but as the matter stands currently role accounts are not permitted without very special permissions. There is an easy way to feel reasonably confident that your co-workers will not edit as you - first, don't edit at work, as you shouldn't be editing Wikipedia as part of you job, and second, if you do edit on breaks, etc. log out of your account. It's fairly simple. Mak (talk) 21:06, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Of course Paul Wehage was posting under Musikfabrik. That is what we said in the first place. However, after being called so many rude names "Trollboy" etc, I doubt that he'll ever be back here, which is definitely your loss... Jean-Thierry Boisseau 21:08, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I brought up French law because I'm French and that's all that I know. Under my understanding, in France, an office is not a public space. However, this is not important. I do what I want at work because I'm part owner of the company. Actually, I spend most of my time writing writing, because that's what I do. Generally, I edit here when I'm stuck for an idea. So, it's just simply not what you think it is. We really are musicians who do nothing but make, study, documennt and write about music all of the time. Jean-Thierry Boisseau 21:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Sounds interesting but how does it work, exactly? This is a new thing for me. The Wikipedia article says you have to have an invite, but then how do you set up your account - and make it Wiki-only? Cheers, Moreschi 10:38, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
I wanted to inform you that Paul Wehage has contacted the International Alliance of Women in music to bring the gender bias issues in "List of important opera composers" and other such selective lists to their attention. You may see individuals from this organisation editing on this site. This organisation is composed of hundreds of music professionals who work on the subject of Women in Music. Reducing gender bias is specifically one of their main priorities. These men and women are not in any way connected to us, other than as music professionals working towards better documentation and undertanding of women in music, so they should not be treated as "secret agents" of the great "Musikfabrik" cabal. Jean-Thierry Boisseau 20:37, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
You must have forgotten where you said this (on your friend Folatin's talk page...which I saw when I was replying to him), but you did say it. In any case, reactions by people to issues concerning gender bias has been clinically studied and your reaction that challenging it would be "dangerous" is the normal reaction by people in established male-dominated hierarchies because they are afraid of losing their position in the male-dominated structure. You probably aren't even aware of this reaction yourself, but it has been clinically proven. Your citation of "Don't be a dick" as a reaction to these gender bias issues was seen as particularly telling...
-- Folantin 11:51, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Jean-Thierry: if I may interject... in my previous dealings with Mak, I have seen nothing but good faith efforts to work collegially and positively with other editors. Mak has given you a number of good references above, including readings from Wikipedia's core policies which relate to working with other editors, and the article creation process, such as Wikipedia:Assume good faith, Wikipedia:Civility, and Wikipedia:No personal attacks, as well as others. I'd strongly recommend that you take some time to look at those, and then come back to this issue with a new spirit of trying to work together to find a solution that preserves the neutral point of view and meets the needs of our readership. If I may be of assistance please call on me. Hope that helps and happy editing. ++ Lar: t/ c 21:03, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Jean-Thierry, I'm afraid you're going to get yet another "peanut gallery" comment here. I too have been watching this exchange, with a certain amount of ... horror. Accusing Makemi of sexism, being a tool of the male-dominated establishment, and so forth, or whatever, is ... uh ... choosing my words carefully, misguided. Please consider the possibility you are reacting angrily because you were blocked under a different account for a policy violation: are you really arguing at this length, and spending this much time on this talk page, out of the best interests in improving our encyclopedia? Please ask yourself that.
I strongly suggest heading back over to your articles of interest, and working on making them NPOV, with kind consideration for the good motives of your fellow editors, editors you may be underestimating in important ways. Thank you, Antandrus (talk) 22:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
That's the first time I've ever seen anyone vandalising their own user page! LOL. Best wishes, -- RobertG ♬ talk 10:52, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Checkuser? What do you mean? Sug ar pin e t/ c 02:52, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Makemi - keep watch over ForestH2's IP address (maybe block it for a while) -
Special:Contributions/72.134.40.171. --
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02:26, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I do use it. Why do you ask? Velten 22:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
I've inserted the drum set material. Velten 23:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
What is the deal with ForestH2? Why was I accused of being a sockpuppet? Judging by Netholic's talk page, it seems that a lot of innocent users were blocked. Similiarly, did I add the interwiki link correctly on my talk page? Thank you very much. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 19:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I am opening an arbitration request about him, as he has returned to his past behaviour of trying to bully everyone in a project. Link to follow. Adam Cuerden talk 23:56, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I have asked for all of this to be put in arbitration here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#User:Jean-Thierry_Boisseau_.28formerly_User:Musikfabrik.29.2C_et_al.
It seemed for the best. Adam Cuerden talk 00:36, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I apologise foor my earlier rudeness towards him on the talk page, and have issued a public apology. Adam Cuerden talk 17:23, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
You've got mail. Cheers, Moreschi 18:22, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
What? It really is crap. Fredil Yupigo What has Wikipedia become? 19:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking 67.86.121.206. Lycaon 21:38, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Please tell me if I am wrong but isn't it obvious vandalism? User:Lucceius SpyDie 21:53, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
look at this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&diff=77424215&oldid=77423769
that's a personal attack, aint't it. you just called someone an idiot or so it seems. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucceius ( talk • contribs)
Thanks. Is that policy? I havent been able to find a specific reference for that. I've often wished or two buttons on that thing, one which makes you ask for an edit summary, and one that doesnt. Hornplease 22:06, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
This is getting really old. He seems to have developed a fixation on me. -- Jim Douglas 00:17, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Check the pic under your "Bachelor of Music" userbox... 68.39.174.238 00:30, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed that in the edit summaries for vandalism reversions that you and some others perfom, there's a statement that reads "(Reverted edits by 86.140.222.127 (talk) to last version by Werdna)". Do you have a template that does this, or do you type out the whole edit summary? Akradecki 02:19, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
In response ... they're not bad, but they also can be argued against under "to be avoided" number 6, since they require RealPlayer. I'd shoot them all if they were a money-making enterprise, but they do seem to provide something useful. Usually I let these kind stay. Antandrus (talk) 01:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
This is your last warning. The next time you write an edit summary that makes me laugh, I'm going to report you to the humor police. (Can't wait to see what you come up with for "Q".) Antandrus (talk) 03:42, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Funny you should mention it! You know, that actually is starting to annoy me. I'm tempted to put (in my user space) one of the articles I wrote from a single source (that'd be Grove, duh), with the same footnote after every single sentence. 1) Grove. 2) Grove. 3) Grove. 4) Grove. 5) ....
I've been noticing a change in Wikipedia culture, over the last few months, regarding having more rigorous referencing (good in my opinion) and more inline cites (sometimes good, depending on context) and tagging articles as unsourced/unreferenced for lacking inline cites (not good, unless the tagger is willing to be quite specific). There's even a current thread on AN/I about this. Antandrus (talk) 18:30, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Somebody unsalted and deleted the page and removed the Talk page with the hoax history. Since you-know-who's back, can we get those restored, pronto? Fan-1967 20:56, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
No objection whatsoever to music geekery on my talk-page! Love music, I do.
Would you believe my completely non-musical mother gets to see Billy Budd over in America? *sigh* so much jealousy for her. I'd love to see it. Ach, weel. Maybe I'll put a quiet word in a friend's ear about Britten and see what happens. Adam Cuerden talk 22:38, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jean-Thierry Boisseau. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jean-Thierry Boisseau/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jean-Thierry Boisseau/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Arbitration Clerk FloNight 22:08, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
I only reverted it since I'm unblocked; I didn't give you a vandalism warning. Please explain why you said that on my user talk... Aqua fish talk 01:34, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Oh sorry...would rv be better, or just a different edit summary not talking about revert? Aqua fish talk 01:42, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
O.K. Thanks for telling me. :) Aqua fish talk 02:00, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
...and had there been an entry in Grove for Quinciani, I could have decorated this fine site with a new article (or macrostub), but I don't have a good source in easy reach, and I'm far too lazy to go out again to the library tonight. Thanks and cheers! :-) Antandrus (talk) 02:28, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
"de-essification?" -- I usually use something like "minor gram" (and almost never use rollback). Yours was good.
Busy writing about burned 15th-century heretics, but I keep getting sidetracked. It continues to amaze me just how much is not covered yet by Wikipedia. :-) Antandrus (talk) 03:09, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey cool, I didn't realize the new-message notification thing worked for raw IPs too. And I never thought anyone would read the log message. Très sweet! 84.210.16.121 03:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Don't know how to work a lot of stuff on these pages yet, but learning by doing with your help... Am glad to have you as my mentor here! Will be putting some stuff up on my user page soon.
What thoughts are around / might you have on whether to keep onself anonymous or not?
losangelino 04:30, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I saw you edit summaries. User:Moe Epsilon was acting properly. Bill Gates' house had been deleted, so the redirects needed to be fixed. I only noticed the deletion as a result of Moe's fixing, and discovered that the copyvios weren't bad enough to warrant deletion. It's now undeleted, the copyvios are removed, and, thanks to you, the redirects are back in place. We're making progress, but sometimes it isn't always in a straight line. Cheers, - Will Beback 05:21, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
For old discussions please see
Please add new comments to the bottom of the page. I will most likely respond on your talk page.
Those are good suggestions. On my side I am more than happy to endorse them. - Kleinzach 20:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Well done! All your fine writing and meticulous documentation for Concerto delle donne paid off, and deservedly so. Let's get that puppy on the front page, and into WP:0.5 and WP:1.0. Peirigill 23:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Why was this reversed? I think it would be cool to see a list of all places that Gregorian Chant is currently practiced. Fair enough that the tidbit may belong in a different location, but I think it is irresponsible to just erase it. If you are going to change it, find a different place for it, but don't erase it. Start a list in an appropriate place or something. I'm not a Gregorian Chant expert, I'm just trying to contribute what I know in hopes that an expert can find a relevant place for it.
Many thanks for helping fend off the vandals while Gregorian chant was on the main page. I wasn't prepared for the level of vandalism. It's heartening to know how efficient and diligent you WP admins and editors are to revert it! (This is something of a form letter I'm sending to everyone who helped revert, but for you, I also have to add: thanks for the pep talk! I really appreciated it.) Peirigill 07:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
User:SCCC and I are having a fundamental disagreement over the lede to the Gregorian chant article. If you have a few minutes, could you please look over our discussion at Talk:Gregorian_chant#Alteration_of_lede and give your input? Thanks! Peirigill 21:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Let's see; the Fairy-Queen gets GA (Yes!), Trobairitz ditto (bravo), and concerto delle donne is now a featured article!! Let the Hallelujah Chorus commence!! Very well done! Was there anything else particularly important that I missed? Best, Moreschi 19:41, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure how to go about adding more viol composers. A great big list of 'em in the middle would really break up the cohesiveness of the article. Any suggestions besides an external link? DeineMutter 03:15, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I have replied to the comment you left on my talk page. TerminX 03:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Re Makemi's QUALIFICATIONS ----A CRITIQUE SORRY BUT THERE IS NO PLACE TO WRITE THIS PERSON DIRECTLY SO I AM FORCED TO SAY THIS HERE. OTHERWISE I WOULD WRITE THIS PERSON PERSONALLY AND PRIVATELY
THE PURPOSE OF WORDS IS TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY NOT TO CONFUSE.
THE PURPOSE OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS TO TEACH ONE TO THINK CRITICALLY. OBVIUOUSLY MAKEMI IS AN EMBARASSMENT TO THOSE WHO AWARDED A BACHELORS DEGREE TO HIM OR HER IN THIS DEPARTMENT. THIS PERSON WISHES TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD IGNORANCE ABOUT MUSIC WHICH AT TIMES SEEMS LIFTED RIGHT OUT OF AN OLD GROVES AND HAS ALLOWED IF THEY REALLY HAVE ONE THEIR BACHELORS DEGREE TO GO TO THIER HEAD MAKING THEM THINK THAT THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEY ARE. THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND THIS PERSON WHO CALLS THEMSELVES MAKEMI AND CERTAINLY NOT THE MUSICAL WORLD.
ALTHOUGH THIS PERSON CLAIMS ENGLISH IS THEIR NATIVE TOUNGUE THEY CERTAINLY DO NOT WRITE LIKE IT AND LEAVE THIS WRITER TO THINK THAT THEY ARE PERHAPS TRYING TO FOOL EVERYONE INTO THINKING THAT THEY ARE NOT WHAT THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE. THEIR FRENCH IS HORRIBLE LET ALONE OTHER SUCH LANGUAGES. MAKEMI'S LATIN IS EVEN WORSE.
ITEM: MAKEMI INSISTS ON INAPPROPRIATELY USING THE TERM WORD 'RECORDER' FOR THE BLOCKFLUTE OR FIPPLE FLUTE. THIS IS VERY BAD ENGLISH AND ALSO IS VERY VAGUE. A RECORDER IS (1)AN A LEGAL PERSON WHO REPORTS COURT EVENTS AND KEEPS COURT AND LEGAL RECORDS
(2) A SCIENTIFIC DEVICE EITHER MANUAL OR ELECTRONIC.
(3) A DEVICE FOR RECORDING SOUNDS AND USED SOMETIMES IN ORCHESTRAS TO PRESENT SOUNDS THAT COULD NOT BE PRESENT OTHERWISE---THERE IS A CONCERTO FOR RECORDER (NO THAT IS NOT THE BLOCKFLUTE) AND ORCHESTRA AMONG OTHER SUCH WORKS .
It is NOT a Woodwind instrument and in a music score does not go into the Flute section but in the miscellaneous section of a score near the percussion.
THE BLOCKFLUTE REMEMBERS NOTHING, PLAYS NOTHING ON ITS OWN, WRITES DOWN NOTHING TO CREATE A PERMANENT RECORD AND CERTAINLY DOES NOT PRACTICE ANYTHING--IF IT DID ---THE NAME WOULD BE JUSTIFIED. THE WORD RECORDER COMES FROM THE LATIN VERB 'RECORDARE' WHICH MEANS TO PRACTICE, TO REMEMBER,TO WRITE DOWN SOMETHING FOR POSTERITY. THUS THE WORD RECORDER IS AN INAPPROPRIATE NAME AND WORD FOR THE BLOCKFLUTE OR FIPPLE FLUTE.
YET MAKEMI SEEMS TO THINK THAT HE OR SHE CAN WRITE ENGLISH. NO THIS PERSON DOES NOT NOR WRITE CLEAR ENGLISH BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO GROUNDED IN SLANG. THIS PERSON NEEDS TO GO BACK AND LEARN PROPER ENGLISH AND PROPER WRITING ENGLISH TECHNIQUE. THEY ALSO NEED TO LEARN LATIN AND BE ABLE TO USE IT, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN AT MINIMUM. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE MAKEMI GOT HIS OR HER DEGREE---BUT IT MUST BE FROM A FAKE UNIVERSITY OR SCHOOL.
STOP PRETENDING WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW AND STOP LIFTING THE WORKS OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM COPYRIGHTED WORKS SUCH AS GROVES. I COMPARED WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN RE: "RECORDER' (sic)AND IT IS ALMOST THE SAME AS OLDER EDITIONS OF GROVES. TURNIT IN CAN VERIFY THIS ALSO.
W.J. ROWLAND,Phd (English),D.Mus.,M.Ed,B.Sc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ludwigvan beethoven ( talk • contribs)
Just started posting stuff, didn't think of lyrics as being copyrighted but I suppose they are. It's such a shame because there are so many great theme songs out there. Anyway, won't happen again. Out of curiosity, is it possible to ask the creator for permission to use a theme song? I was looking at the copyright rules on wikipedia but did not see anything of this nature. Jonk614 07:10, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Jon
Thank you for the welcome mate. I will aspire to your standards.
User:Clakre50 is, in all likelyhood, a new username for blocked user User:Ethan C. I have most(or all) of the pages the user tends to frequent in my VandalProof watchlist. I am very familiar with his particular modus operandi. He tends to be frightened off quite quickly.(in fact he has not be seen too much at all this month) But I can guarantee he will be back soon. His usernames are, for the most part, variations on the name "Ethan Clarke". Just thought you'd like a heads up on him. Cheers and take care! Anger22 02:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I am the first one to fess up when I've given out false or misleading info. Fvgvb is as far from Ethan Clarke as you can get. Nice catch on that one. Queen and KISS are frequent haunts. The Beatles(and the Beatle member articles), Elton John and Janis Joplin are also regular hits. If enough people know about him(and many do), perhaps he will get bored. Cheers and take care! Anger22 01:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
zOMG, that is hilarious... I'm listening to it right now. Maybe we need an article on the Football Madrigal School. (Oh-oh, that redlink will tempt an evildoer somewhere.) (At least I hope it will light up red and not blue.) I love the contrapuntal part on "go to hell."
Grad schools ... ah, yes, big topic. What part of the country do you want to be in, or do you want to go overseas? ;-) Antandrus (talk) 19:43, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
You know, if this were one of those public beatings for some alleged admin abuse, with torches and pitchforks provided, on AN/I, rather than a cry for help on over 800 vandalisms, we'd have 200 people helping rather than just three or four. Oh well. Thanks for your help though!! Antandrus (talk) 05:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi Mak! Thanks for your welcome to Wikipedia. The name is actually taken from an X-Files episode. Although I would describe my own views as conservative, I understand the NPOV rule. Reviewing my edits, I have not seen any instance where I removed an alternative opinion (even if I disagreed with it), unless it was phrased poorly or redundantly. For the most part, I'm just ensuring that some of the descriptions do not provide a one-sided liberal bias, as some of the articles in question did. If I cross the line on any particular edit, I'd welcome any advice on how to phrase it in a more NPOV fashion. Thanks again for the welcome! Purity Control 22:35, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
This one came back [1] but fortunately I was watching. He uploads a bad image, reverts it, and then sits back for a moment to re-revert to the bad ones all at once. Bleah.
Anyway, I started reading concerto delle donne; nice work. There's a bunch of stuff in the stack of books I just got from the library, but it looks like your sources are more recent. Antandrus (talk) 22:23, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Ok, listen here dude, first of all like it was told to you and to others, from the very beginning i never ment to "vanalize" anything, but you challenged me and called me vandal, so i had to take up the arms and fight... Then... I do, many times i include sources, but some things are known facts, i simply added word round, what is sixth by itself, 6th min?Sso, you know, do not expect a word for every word and do not attack me mr. vandal. You are also talking to music minor, I know a heck of a lot on classical music. And my no means am i editing under 1000 IP's -all come from one source and I told you not to drink before making comments, i make sure things are always correct, again, do not talk to me. So, stick to your classics.if u can, 4a change. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.99.3.52 ( talk • contribs) .
Mak, would you advise? As you have noticed, User:Giuliani Time appears to be a sockpuppet of User:Spring3100, based on the edit summary of this edit and the timestamp of this one. Interestingly, Spring3100 was quick to jump on Chifumbe for "impersonation" in this AfD; but I note that Giuliani took it to AfD and Spring3100 voted immediately after I did. So... where do I go from here? I would at least like the apparent double-voting called into question, whether or not the sockpuppetry is an issue otherwise. thanks, bikeable (talk) 05:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello Mak, thank you for your message. I hope I can be of use in the future... Thefritz5 06:02, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
OK, I won't mention it to them any more. Spring3100 06:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello! Thanks for moving the article to its proper place, I haven't figured out how that's done yet. :o) -- Rahelisdolentis 13:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
I know sweet FA about Charpentier. Would you mind filling up his annotation? I've done about 10 in the last half-hour, and my hands are getting tired from all the typing! If so , that would be great. Cheers, Moreschi 19:18, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
I saw your prod on this article, and I also noticed that the creator removed said prod. But, I am almost certain that this same content was speedied within the last 2 days or so. Is there a way to search and find that out? I recognize these articles, and I am certain they were deleted. --- Charles 03:24, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for that ... one of Wikipedia's most bizarre vandals (I think his original alias was User:Enlighter1). I honestly can't figure him out. Antandrus (talk) 01:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Could you please explain to me the difference between posting a valid link and spamming? I posted links of the same nature as the ones already posted. Is it spamming to add a link to an article on a ministry website? I am NOT linking to a commercial website. That I would agree is spamming, at least in many cases. God's Webmaster 21:09, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm Taros, you wrote on my page. I not trying to advertise anything, I'm just trying to tell the history of a game company just like Sony or Nintendo. I'm sorry for any offence and I only wanted to talk to someone, not spam them. Taros 14:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Makemi. I have big question about Wikipediholic Test. I usually notice that some user's introduction says my wikipediholic test score is .... What kinds of tests are called Wikipediholic Test? Just want to know about this. My purpose here is asking you about Wikipediholic Test. Anyways, Could you please explain to me what Wikipediholictest is? Please, reply in my talk page. Cheers!! Daniel's page ☎ 02:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, it's your "best friend" (cough) Taros. So, I guess it was you who deleted my page with your administrative access. Why? What did I do wrong? What have I ever done to you? Remember this, I work for the company as the game maker and it is not easy. All I wanted was for my hard work to be notified, not advertised. Taros 14:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello: I saw a brief (one sided...) discussion on Antandrus's page about your wanting to attend graduate school and wondering about suitable programs. Can I help or have you made a decision? -- Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 13:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I didn't enter into any major discussions of POV or selection criteria on that talk page because I had a sixth sense someone was playing with a deck of stacked cards. Weeks of futile discussion would have simply led to deletion of the article because the list wasn't broad enough to cover some contemporary composers (I think you know who I mean). Funny, if he/they hadn't harrassed me and started following me around asking for SOURCES??? on a few opera stubs I created to be filled in the next day then I never would have investigated he/them further. I think work on the NPOV issues with bona fide contributors will now be more productive. The major problem I see is the list is too "minimal" as it stands. Perhaps we did way too much chopping to cut it down to about thirty names. You can see I had some intuition about what might happen in the archived discussion about whether to cut Leoncavallo/Mascagni or not. Never mind, now I think we can make progress to getting something which might satisfy most reasonable people who come across the page. (Sorry I couldn't check your GA status article - August was a busy month). Cheers -- Folantin 19:20, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I've read both Wikipedia:Blocking#"Public" accounts and meta:Role account. Under French Law, an office is not a public space, so given that definition, I don't believe that this would have been seen legally as a public space on French soil. The idea of "Role account" does apply and I find it surprising that a PR Firm would be allowed to have such an account. It does seem that such users are generally blocked, but exceptions are made. It also seems as if this policy might also evolve. In any case, it would seem that a specific name attached to a pseudo would solve the problem. I can't guarantee, with cookies and the like, that somebody won't make an edit by mistake on my composer, since it's not that kind of an office. But this would only happen if I were sick or not able to come in, which is quite rare.... Jean-Thierry Boisseau 20:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I've read both Wikipedia:Blocking#"Public" accounts and meta:Role account. Under French Law, an office is not a public space, so given that definition, I don't believe that this would have been seen legally as a public space on French soil. The idea of "Role account" does apply and I find it surprising that a PR Firm would be allowed to have such an account. It does seem that such users are generally blocked, but exceptions are made. It also seems as if this policy might also evolve. In any case, it would seem that a specific name attached to a pseudo would solve the problem. I can't guarantee, with cookies and the like, that somebody won't make an edit by mistake on my composer, since it's not that kind of an office. But this would only happen if I were sick or not able to come in, which is quite rare.... Jean-Thierry Boisseau 20:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I find your request that I be more "cooperative" surprising given this exchange [5] in which Musikfabrik is refered to as "trollboy" "Ralph Wiggumpedia. Tchao, mon petit paon", etc for a simple request for sources and for neutral language, both of which are official Wikipedia policies. The article is now sourced, which is an improvement. The problem is that the essential decision-making process is flawed and must be reviewed. The fact that I'm taking so much time on a subject that has absolutely nothing to do with my business should be a strong message. I am first and foremost a scholar and I believe in what that means.
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I'm very confused by your bringing up French law, which has little to no bearing on Wikipedia policies. An account which is used by multiple people is considered a public account, and is not allowed except under very special circumstances. The policies on role accounts may be evolving, but as the matter stands currently role accounts are not permitted without very special permissions. There is an easy way to feel reasonably confident that your co-workers will not edit as you - first, don't edit at work, as you shouldn't be editing Wikipedia as part of you job, and second, if you do edit on breaks, etc. log out of your account. It's fairly simple. Mak (talk) 21:06, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Of course Paul Wehage was posting under Musikfabrik. That is what we said in the first place. However, after being called so many rude names "Trollboy" etc, I doubt that he'll ever be back here, which is definitely your loss... Jean-Thierry Boisseau 21:08, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I brought up French law because I'm French and that's all that I know. Under my understanding, in France, an office is not a public space. However, this is not important. I do what I want at work because I'm part owner of the company. Actually, I spend most of my time writing writing, because that's what I do. Generally, I edit here when I'm stuck for an idea. So, it's just simply not what you think it is. We really are musicians who do nothing but make, study, documennt and write about music all of the time. Jean-Thierry Boisseau 21:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Sounds interesting but how does it work, exactly? This is a new thing for me. The Wikipedia article says you have to have an invite, but then how do you set up your account - and make it Wiki-only? Cheers, Moreschi 10:38, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
I wanted to inform you that Paul Wehage has contacted the International Alliance of Women in music to bring the gender bias issues in "List of important opera composers" and other such selective lists to their attention. You may see individuals from this organisation editing on this site. This organisation is composed of hundreds of music professionals who work on the subject of Women in Music. Reducing gender bias is specifically one of their main priorities. These men and women are not in any way connected to us, other than as music professionals working towards better documentation and undertanding of women in music, so they should not be treated as "secret agents" of the great "Musikfabrik" cabal. Jean-Thierry Boisseau 20:37, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
You must have forgotten where you said this (on your friend Folatin's talk page...which I saw when I was replying to him), but you did say it. In any case, reactions by people to issues concerning gender bias has been clinically studied and your reaction that challenging it would be "dangerous" is the normal reaction by people in established male-dominated hierarchies because they are afraid of losing their position in the male-dominated structure. You probably aren't even aware of this reaction yourself, but it has been clinically proven. Your citation of "Don't be a dick" as a reaction to these gender bias issues was seen as particularly telling...
-- Folantin 11:51, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Jean-Thierry: if I may interject... in my previous dealings with Mak, I have seen nothing but good faith efforts to work collegially and positively with other editors. Mak has given you a number of good references above, including readings from Wikipedia's core policies which relate to working with other editors, and the article creation process, such as Wikipedia:Assume good faith, Wikipedia:Civility, and Wikipedia:No personal attacks, as well as others. I'd strongly recommend that you take some time to look at those, and then come back to this issue with a new spirit of trying to work together to find a solution that preserves the neutral point of view and meets the needs of our readership. If I may be of assistance please call on me. Hope that helps and happy editing. ++ Lar: t/ c 21:03, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Jean-Thierry, I'm afraid you're going to get yet another "peanut gallery" comment here. I too have been watching this exchange, with a certain amount of ... horror. Accusing Makemi of sexism, being a tool of the male-dominated establishment, and so forth, or whatever, is ... uh ... choosing my words carefully, misguided. Please consider the possibility you are reacting angrily because you were blocked under a different account for a policy violation: are you really arguing at this length, and spending this much time on this talk page, out of the best interests in improving our encyclopedia? Please ask yourself that.
I strongly suggest heading back over to your articles of interest, and working on making them NPOV, with kind consideration for the good motives of your fellow editors, editors you may be underestimating in important ways. Thank you, Antandrus (talk) 22:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
That's the first time I've ever seen anyone vandalising their own user page! LOL. Best wishes, -- RobertG ♬ talk 10:52, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Checkuser? What do you mean? Sug ar pin e t/ c 02:52, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Makemi - keep watch over ForestH2's IP address (maybe block it for a while) -
Special:Contributions/72.134.40.171. --
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02:26, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I do use it. Why do you ask? Velten 22:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
I've inserted the drum set material. Velten 23:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
What is the deal with ForestH2? Why was I accused of being a sockpuppet? Judging by Netholic's talk page, it seems that a lot of innocent users were blocked. Similiarly, did I add the interwiki link correctly on my talk page? Thank you very much. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 19:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I am opening an arbitration request about him, as he has returned to his past behaviour of trying to bully everyone in a project. Link to follow. Adam Cuerden talk 23:56, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I have asked for all of this to be put in arbitration here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#User:Jean-Thierry_Boisseau_.28formerly_User:Musikfabrik.29.2C_et_al.
It seemed for the best. Adam Cuerden talk 00:36, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I apologise foor my earlier rudeness towards him on the talk page, and have issued a public apology. Adam Cuerden talk 17:23, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
You've got mail. Cheers, Moreschi 18:22, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
What? It really is crap. Fredil Yupigo What has Wikipedia become? 19:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking 67.86.121.206. Lycaon 21:38, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Please tell me if I am wrong but isn't it obvious vandalism? User:Lucceius SpyDie 21:53, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
look at this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&diff=77424215&oldid=77423769
that's a personal attack, aint't it. you just called someone an idiot or so it seems. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucceius ( talk • contribs)
Thanks. Is that policy? I havent been able to find a specific reference for that. I've often wished or two buttons on that thing, one which makes you ask for an edit summary, and one that doesnt. Hornplease 22:06, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
This is getting really old. He seems to have developed a fixation on me. -- Jim Douglas 00:17, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Check the pic under your "Bachelor of Music" userbox... 68.39.174.238 00:30, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed that in the edit summaries for vandalism reversions that you and some others perfom, there's a statement that reads "(Reverted edits by 86.140.222.127 (talk) to last version by Werdna)". Do you have a template that does this, or do you type out the whole edit summary? Akradecki 02:19, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
In response ... they're not bad, but they also can be argued against under "to be avoided" number 6, since they require RealPlayer. I'd shoot them all if they were a money-making enterprise, but they do seem to provide something useful. Usually I let these kind stay. Antandrus (talk) 01:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
This is your last warning. The next time you write an edit summary that makes me laugh, I'm going to report you to the humor police. (Can't wait to see what you come up with for "Q".) Antandrus (talk) 03:42, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Funny you should mention it! You know, that actually is starting to annoy me. I'm tempted to put (in my user space) one of the articles I wrote from a single source (that'd be Grove, duh), with the same footnote after every single sentence. 1) Grove. 2) Grove. 3) Grove. 4) Grove. 5) ....
I've been noticing a change in Wikipedia culture, over the last few months, regarding having more rigorous referencing (good in my opinion) and more inline cites (sometimes good, depending on context) and tagging articles as unsourced/unreferenced for lacking inline cites (not good, unless the tagger is willing to be quite specific). There's even a current thread on AN/I about this. Antandrus (talk) 18:30, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Somebody unsalted and deleted the page and removed the Talk page with the hoax history. Since you-know-who's back, can we get those restored, pronto? Fan-1967 20:56, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
No objection whatsoever to music geekery on my talk-page! Love music, I do.
Would you believe my completely non-musical mother gets to see Billy Budd over in America? *sigh* so much jealousy for her. I'd love to see it. Ach, weel. Maybe I'll put a quiet word in a friend's ear about Britten and see what happens. Adam Cuerden talk 22:38, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jean-Thierry Boisseau. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jean-Thierry Boisseau/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jean-Thierry Boisseau/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Arbitration Clerk FloNight 22:08, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
I only reverted it since I'm unblocked; I didn't give you a vandalism warning. Please explain why you said that on my user talk... Aqua fish talk 01:34, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Oh sorry...would rv be better, or just a different edit summary not talking about revert? Aqua fish talk 01:42, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
O.K. Thanks for telling me. :) Aqua fish talk 02:00, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
...and had there been an entry in Grove for Quinciani, I could have decorated this fine site with a new article (or macrostub), but I don't have a good source in easy reach, and I'm far too lazy to go out again to the library tonight. Thanks and cheers! :-) Antandrus (talk) 02:28, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
"de-essification?" -- I usually use something like "minor gram" (and almost never use rollback). Yours was good.
Busy writing about burned 15th-century heretics, but I keep getting sidetracked. It continues to amaze me just how much is not covered yet by Wikipedia. :-) Antandrus (talk) 03:09, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey cool, I didn't realize the new-message notification thing worked for raw IPs too. And I never thought anyone would read the log message. Très sweet! 84.210.16.121 03:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Don't know how to work a lot of stuff on these pages yet, but learning by doing with your help... Am glad to have you as my mentor here! Will be putting some stuff up on my user page soon.
What thoughts are around / might you have on whether to keep onself anonymous or not?
losangelino 04:30, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I saw you edit summaries. User:Moe Epsilon was acting properly. Bill Gates' house had been deleted, so the redirects needed to be fixed. I only noticed the deletion as a result of Moe's fixing, and discovered that the copyvios weren't bad enough to warrant deletion. It's now undeleted, the copyvios are removed, and, thanks to you, the redirects are back in place. We're making progress, but sometimes it isn't always in a straight line. Cheers, - Will Beback 05:21, 6 October 2006 (UTC)