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You are questioning the link at [3]. I've looked at it twice today since it has been in question. Possibly I am able to view it so easily because I am registered at this site. If I am, it certainly didn't cost anything or take much to register because I don't do paid memberships for wikipedia sourcing. I am guessing it is a cookie stored somewhere in my browser. Now to your request to fill out wiki source format. I explain in my user page, I resist doing that. Its an awkward, time consuming process, but more particularly, it serves no purpose. You ask "What?" but that is not solved with the format. What we want here is verifiability. I provided that with the source, albeit a weak message board link in this case. It is there for you and anyone else to read (as I said, perhaps requiring you to do a free registration). Filling out the wikiformat does not make it any more or less verifiable. It doesn't capture or repeat the text. It does nothing. You are welcome to run reflinks if you think it is necessary. Trackinfo ( talk) 22:25, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
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Wishing you a Happy New Year, (They Long to Be) Close to You! Hafspajen ( talk) 09:26, 29 December 2015 (UTC) |
Martinevans123,
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Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 10:46, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
There was a real life incident like this (sort of) in 2008. [4]-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:54, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
thumbnail. Hafspajen ( talk) 22:39, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
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The Welsh
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:04, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
Am saying nothing. Satan Vermin 321 ( talk) 16:27, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
Not encyclopaedic? Are you aware of what the Greek words that are the source of the word mean? en kuklos paideuein , to educate in the round, something like that. Eliot has been consulted by the investigators, but not good enough for 'martin evans123'. ugh. ugh ugh. little things please little minds, enjoy your revert power 'martinevans123'. 92.3.17.204 ( talk) 00:05, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
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-- Ipigott ( talk) 16:23, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Martin. I see that standards are slipping: at least one British bookseller is clearly not familiar with the works of either H. Rider Haggard or John Mortimer or he’d know all about She who must be obeyed! JezGrove ( talk) 23:02, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
[8]. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:56, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi there. Let us known when you're done on this. I've got a couple of sources to clear up the "citations needed". Reminds me to get on with Llanfrechfa - really should have an article. Diolch. Robevans123 ( talk) 15:29, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
To Sam, Here In Towne Tavern:
A Winner Motto Tars Even He! Neonates Vow, Threaten Mr. I! Hart Tires Eman, One Vet Won. Signed, Team Won That Elk! vitrify 20:08, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
You might want to take a look at WP:ITN/C . Mjroots ( talk) 21:58, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
Like when I wrote "When Rudy was through talking to Crystal, he walked into the nearby elephant." The word I meant to write was elevator. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 19:39, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martinevans123. I thought it would be more appropriate to reply to your question "privately" rather than extend the discussion at AN/I.
When I nominated Malcolm X for FA, I was surprised when another editor expressed copyright concerns about File:Shabazz Gravesite.jpg, an image I had uploaded to Commons. See WP:Featured article candidates/Malcolm X, about two-thirds of the way down the page (under the heading "Significant image concerns") -- concerns I addressed by removing the image from the article.
The issue is whether the gravestone is just text or whether it's a "work of art" that incorporates creativity, so whether there is a copyright issue depends on the specific gravestone (as well as its age, of course). — MShabazz Talk/ Stalk 23:32, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing— James Last —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Maestroso simplo ( talk) 22:59, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
Just a note to thank you for your work on this article, which deserves some good effort. I like your additions, which complement my own. Cheers, Easchiff ( talk) 02:10, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
for weighing in at Money (That's What I Want). Feel free to undo the last edit and add my comments about the British Invasion versions back, I have been warned that I will be blocked if I do it, though the admin who issued the warning seems to have backed off, agreeing that my edit is okay. However the chap that I had the initial disagreement with does not seem to be under the same constraint. Oh yes, I was slow getting here because I was waylaid by the quiz on your user page. it seemed to cover rather well everything that is going on at this article. And so it goes. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 20:03, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
And there I was thinking Wet Wet Wet were Scottish… JezGrove ( talk) 20:10, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello Martin, Many thanks for all your help regarding vandalism on my Talk page. Due to a few problems at home, I do not have all the time I would like on Wikipedia and your intervention is much appreciated. Best regards, David, David J Johnson ( talk) 22:29, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
User talk:89.240.135.116 has cleared your warning off of the IP talk page. Just a heads up. Krj373 ( talk) 22:33, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
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We need an updated Intro & Outro that youngsters would be familiar with. Keeping with the original themes, we could have Richard Griffiths on guitar, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on triangle, Katie Hopkins on vibes, Bill Oddie on duck call, Joe Satriani on tin whistle, what a team, Jose Mourinho and Alex Ferguson on percussion, Saddam Hussein on weapons of mass destruction, and a big thanks from all of us here, Trevor McDonald on bongs. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:40, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
[9] E Eng 18:37, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
Nearly forgot to send you a cerdyn. BTW, I see our friend the Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den bit off more than he could chew… allegedly. JezGrove ( talk) 22:11, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
One can dream ... [10] ... great song, but she has those typical American teeth that I find a bit off-putting. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard| — 15:41, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
I have added to all of their Wikipedia pages to give a more detailed description of their places of birth only to have them taken down by you. I have given reasons for the edit which you seem to have ignored please tell me why? Hackinghobb ( talk) 23:32, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
A small WP:TROUT for Talk:Cliff_Richard#Someone_please_correct_the_opening - if you want to tell another editor why they're behaving inappropriately, do it on their talk page, don't force the rest of us to sit through the back-and-forth. -- McGeddon ( talk) 10:18, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind the further revision I made to your Canada edit today. I was trying to make it more objective (after I thought about it more, as the other guy said), more accurate with the periods, but also less specific with the hits because it is the article summary. Regardless of all this, the Canada topic probably should have been addressed more specifically in the article body itself (by whoever originally added it) before it was even added to the summary. Shortage of time for me is an issue at the moment though. Regards, AusChartMan ( talk) 17:44, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
The 'Bonnie Brae' is oblong, smooth, thin-skinned, and seedless — | Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard| — 10:44, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, it appears that there is a growing number of Flat-Earthers - most of them the citizens of one particular country, of course. No wonder Trump is doing so well! (But then such stupidity goes back to the country's origins: after all these are the people who despite declaring that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" then elected a slave-owner as their first President….) JezGrove ( talk) 12:32, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi, please forgive my ignorance of the correct procedures/rules etc when it comes to resolving a dispute or disagreement on Wikipedia. As you know, I have included the 'Former denomination - Roman Catholic' information in a number of Wiki entries in the sincere belief that it is highly likely to be relevant, useful, interesting and informative to many readers, providing valuable context, perspective and clarity on the history of many important religious buildings. I should also add that, as an atheist, I have no interest whatsoever in elevating or promoting the role of the Roman Catholic church, historical or otherwise, within the pages of Wikipedia. Clearly, however, the inclusion of the 'previous denomination' has 'ruffled a few feathers' but that in itself does not sufficientIy persuade me that this information is 'superfluous' or in any other way lacking in merit for inclusion. Please advise as I would really appreciate your insights and expertise in helping to resolve this matter. I am more than happy for this to go through any kind of wider-community dispute resolution process so it can be settled once and for all. I feel that the editors who have reverted my edits (as well as myself) really need some final clarification on this issue. Many thanks. ( Woodseats44 ( talk) 13:05, 29 January 2016 (UTC))
Hi girls, sorry to interrupt your frankly embarrassing 'love-in' but I think you will find that ( Woodseats44 was not engaging in 'vandalism' as you put it but was, as you will no doubt eventually see for yourselves, actually trying to address a glaring historical oversight in reference to Wikipedia's information on churches built in Pre-Reformation Britain. By systematically reverting all of the edits made by ( Woodseats44 and then trying to silence them for all time by applying a permanent block, you have simply served to reveal yourselves as people who happily support and collude with each other in abusing their editorial privileges, censoring key facts whenever they conflict with their own agenda. One is led to believe that editors on Wikipedia are as impartial in their judgment as possible but this is self-evidently not true for all of them. Rest assured, this is by no means the end of the matter. (Oh and the casual use of homophobic statements and thinly-disguised insults like 't@sser' does nothing for your credibility either.) I personally think Wikipedia is a fantastic project but, as this whole episode seems to indicate, it is, one fears, in great danger of being hijacked by a bunch of hysterical, self-aggrandising, self-important social inadequates with nothing better to do all day than misuse their pathetic 'power' in between j@cking off to Cliff Richard videos. Truly heartbreaking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.120.89.44 ( talk) 12:01, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
On 31 January 2016, In the news was updated with a recent sad death – Terry Wogan. Thanks for your efforts in making this article presentable. Andrew D. ( talk) 07:24, 1 February 2016 (UTC) |
As I have opined at Template:Did you know nominations/Chuffer Dandridge, I feel this is an appropriate tribute to run at whenever Wogan's funeral is; I'm sure he would have wanted us to remember him corpsing at Chuffer talking about his old chum Gants Hill or enthusing about the new musical genre of Vicar & Sidecar. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:56, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Good to see my old mucker "Bunny" has selected my namesake for the Ireland game on Sunday. I stupidly arranged to be elsewhere before I'd checked this year's 6 Nations fixture list. Robevans123 ( talk) 16:34, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
Umm... that was not actually the common capitalisation, or even anything like the common spelling. It will likely soon be reverted to its previous title. Also note conventions such as WP:NCCAPS to assist with deciding upper/lowercase wordings. Dl2000 ( talk) 04:53, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
Way to go!!! Sing it Eric!! Groovetastic. Martinevans123 ( talk) 11:10, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
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Sorry I suffered a temporary humour bypass, your correction made me giggle. -- BOD -- 15:53, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Martin, do you reckon he tried the "I saw what my big brother was doing to vulnerable people so I thought it was OK" excuse? JezGrove ( talk) 13:17, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
As per this. But then you should come around here. My kids dont like the video.... Murry1975 ( talk) 15:20, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
I invite you to RM discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:12, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
Thank goodness, Corbyn wasn't born in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland ;) GoodDay ( talk) 20:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
You've mentioned the topic of constituent country. That's potentially a very volatile topic in itself. I found that out years ago, when I attempted to implement it into the intros of England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland. Safe to say, I won't be trying it again. GoodDay ( talk) 17:26, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Why did you took out "seven grand pianos" to Ludwig Wittgenstein ? Is something bad with seven? They removed seven mice to. I put seven mice, Thomas removes seven mice, at comma article. Put back as it was. Somebody puts back seven mice again. Or is no reason? But I know how to sing pages now. Talk pages. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 23:52, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
>>| This is very long and very funny page. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 23:59, 19 February 2016 (UTC) Can you tell me how make them blue, the words? I tried. No success. And now things look different. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 00:02, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
You mean Pied Piper of Hamelin! Very funny. And you talk. Nobody talks to me, just others. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 00:07, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
You are funny man. Listen, I can not make the word empiricism normal. It is too black. Can you help at Ludwig Wittgenstein? It is like when on article I am in the front of text, here I am behind. The blue works if copied. I copied word "Western philosophy" so that is blue, it is nice. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 00:24, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Somebody removed logical empiricism. But is no factual errors! No, it is a well known fact. Not incorrect. Not false at all. The Vienna Circle were the circle of philosophers who introduced
logical empiricism in Western philosophy. and the base was exactly Tractates. Read
logical empiricism. It is a very well known fact.
This is from article: "In this theory of knowledge, only statements verifiable either logically or empirically would be cognitively meaningful. Efforts to convert philosophy to this new scientific philosophy were intended to prevent confusion rooted in unclear language and unverifiable claims.[1] The Berlin Circle and the Vienna Circle propounded logical positivism starting in the late 1920s."
You must read about it and you notice it's true, because it is true. This is one very important thing. Exactly WHY Wittgenstein is so important in philosophy. Not piano or brothers suicide, but the develop of logical empirism. The scientific mind!
Here, read very careful . This is very important things, very very complicated, OK:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logical-empiricism/
http://www.westga.edu/~rlane/analytic/lecture10_witt1.pdf
http://www.thatmarcusfamily.org/philosophy/Course_Websites/Language_F11/Notes/13-14-Logical_Empiricism.pdf
https://philosophynow.org/issues/103/WittgensteinTolstoy_and_the_Folly_of_Logical_Positivism
Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich (
talk) 04:28, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Exactly. Edit source. Thank you. It was nice meeting you. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 00:52, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
I said:"The ideas in the Tractates were an important influence on logical empiricism," and it was the Wienna Circle supported ideas. This what I said. Exactly this. Never said he was member of Wienna Circle. Like One many think, or others. No I cannot speak English very good, true. I learn now. But I can think. That is different thing. It was nice meeting you.
Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich (
talk) 16:45, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
Greetings!
The exact quotation from the 1879 Annual Register is: “Although the country inhabited by the Bulgarians extends far to the south of the Balkans, the Berlin Congress decided, chiefly in consequence of the firm attitude maintained on the point by the British plenipotentiaries, that the Balkans should form the southern frontier of the Bulgarian principality, and that the remainder of the Bulgarian territory should be constituted a province of the Turkish Empire under the name of Easter Roumelia, with an autonomous administration under a Turkish governor.”
A much more recent publication – Salisbury, Victorian Titan by Andrew Roberts (1999) – states that: “On 17th June the Congress got down to the meat of the Bulgarian question, with Salisbury proposing that Bulgaria be split into an autonomous principality north of the Balkan mountain range, whilst the territory south of it would be called the province of Eastern Roumelia and left under the military and political control of the Sultan...”.
It will take a special kind of talent to hold that the best thing to do in order “to maintain peace in the Balkans” (as this is what I am contesting) is to divide a nation into two different neighbouring states. The inevitable consequence of this brilliant diplomatic solution was their unification just seven years later – in 1885, after a rather peaceful revolution. As this event is a historical fact I do not think that quoting a particular publication is necessary, but at the same book Mr. Roberts describes the complete chaos that followed (pages 352 to 356) and, amusingly, the new development that since in the meanwhile Bulgaria became anti-Russian, now Salisbury favoured big Bulgaria.
What followed from the 1885 unification, which followed the decision at the 1878 Berlin Congress to split the nation in two autonomous states, was the Serbo-Bulgarian war from November 1885. The official casus belli was the violation of the Berlin Congress. That was a rather brief war, that lasted a couple of weeks, but due to the surprising Bulgarian victory, it ended with the acknowledgement of the unification of Bulgaria. Nonetheless it deeply divided the two Balkan nations and that would have implications later, during the First (1912-1913) and Second (1913) Balkan wars, when Bulgaria fought first, along with the other Balkan states against Turkey for liberating the remaining provinces populated by Christians and then against its former allies for dividing the spoils of war.
To wrap up – my argument is that: 1) you cannot state that there was piece in a region (the Balkans) when a war broke out just seven years after the Berlin Congress (followed by further conflicts few decades later) and 2) this turn of events is directly influenced by Disraeli’s government that demanded the separation of one of the Balkan countries (Bulgaria), that ultimately led to that war. I hope that this would suffice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.199.196.106 ( talk) 01:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I always thought Kalamazoo sounded a funny place, but not now. Though if he’d been a black cab driver instead of an Uber one I dare say the cops would have shot him first… JezGrove ( talk) 20:16, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Rod Hull was a bit miffed that I didn't recognise him, but still made me a nice cup of tea – in the house Charles Dickens’ Miss Hamilton 'lived' in!
The evidence is very circumstantial, but the story is true. My mum – a Dickens obsessive since childhood and who was eventually elected (joint) Honorary General Secretary of the Dickens Fellowship – was for many years the Branch Secretary of the Fellowship's branch in Rochester, Kent. As such, she was actively involved in all the Dickens-related activities in Rochester, and so in the mid-'80s met the new owners of Restoration House, who happened to be Rod Hull and his second wife Cheryle. On discovering that Cheryle was a professional portrait painter mum duly commissioned a joint portrait of myself and my sister. (Without asking us first - we weren't best pleased and in the event, for complicated travel reasons, were never actually in the studio at the same time.) Anyway, as a result, early one morning I found myself knocking on the door to the house but didn’t immediately realise who was letting me in because 1) I was nervous and apprehensive about the whole damn thing, 2) even though I knew he lived there I hadn't actually considered the possibility of Rod opening the door to the mansion himself, and 3) I’d never seen him without Emu on his arm! Anyway, despite his obvious disappointment at my failure to look suitably starstruck he was very sweet, made me a cup of tea and then led me along the labyrinthine route through the house to the attic where his wife had her studio. JezGrove ( talk) 17:39, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi, you reverted the pic in Viola Beach. It's tricky since the pic is from the last venue they played at in Norrköping (Where's the Music?) so it really belong in the previous section "Deaths", but the only way to place it there would mean "sandwiching" the text and that is a no-no according to MOS, hence my placing it a bit below. Suggestions? Thoughts? Cheers, w.carter -Talk 23:13, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello. As advised, I seek dispute resolution regarding Disraeli’s assessment, available here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard and you are invited to provide your summary. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.16.1.254 ( talk) 17:37, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
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RIP Frank. Shaken but never stirred. Martinevans123 ( talk) 13:47, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
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This edit is quite inappropriate- [17] the plane did not blow up on the ground. Legacypac ( talk) 17:29, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
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You are a great example for all of us. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:29, 3 March 2016 (UTC) |
Thank you for the contribution towards clearing up the Alley Oop issue in the Herb Alpert article. I appreciate your effort! THX1136 ( talk) 17:18, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Apparently Two Out of Three Ain't Bad – but shamefully I only achieve a score of one. Before you ask, I'm scoring against 'Young, Welsh and Pretty Skint' rather than the alternative mentioned in the source… I'll leave that particular score to your imagination! JezGrove ( talk) 22:38, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, your source at Dylan Thomas#Early life looks more specific/detailed than the one I used - I guess his age at the time of his victory should be changed in the article to 14? (I'm in no position to make judgments about the reliability of the City and County of Swansea, of course!) JezGrove ( talk) 19:17, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
File:The Most Dangerous Man in America.jpg
I can't comment at the article talk page since the image I have found will mislead and confuse since it is about someone else and the "joke" gets lost but the file name fits exactly (and is not a joke). Buster Seven Talk 12:35, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for removing the hidden "Why, if he was Jewish?" buried away in a comment when it is explained that Emeric's grave bears the only Star of David in that Church of England churchyard -- SteveCrook ( talk) 03:11, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
" latyer"... - 2001:558:1400:10:207B:B05B:7A16:DA9F ( talk) 21:53, 11 March 2016 (UTC) User who appreciates your work on cleaning up Keith's bio, but is banned by Jimmy Wales from helping out.
Any chance of moving the article on Keith Emerson's old band The V.I.P.'s in order to lose that horrible apostrophe - it doesn't appear in the band's name in the lead paragraph? JezGrove ( talk) 23:32, 11 March 2016 (UTC) JezGrove ( talk) 23:32, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks to you too for helping to fix up Keith's article. I wasn't a huge prog fan backintheday but I happened to see ELP at HV in 2010 and was impressed despite myself (and despite some of their olden fans saying it wasn't a very good show). Just letting you know I found a few more cites for the Instrumentation section and am trying to fix that up with some better refs and general tighten up this morning. Cheers, TheBlinkster ( talk) 16:05, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Many thanks for your help and moral support on getting the Keith Emerson article into shape for its RD posting. Kind regards,
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Hi Martin, Thanks for chipping in on the Senghenydd article. It passed today as a GA, and I've put it up for PR. Should you have any thoughts that would help it get to FA, I'd be delighted to hear them. Cheers – SchroCat ( talk) 14:16, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
Never mind, there’s always Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll… (My apologies for the truly terrible pun in the section heading!) JezGrove ( talk) 10:59, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Another note here. Sca ( talk) 13:09, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Please take a look at the article about Frans Jeppsson Wall. I always appreciate your work:) BabbaQ ( talk) 19:22, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
It's just been pointed out to me that the plot of The Simpsons episode " Bart to the Future", set 30 years in the future, included Lisa becoming President of the United States of America and trying to sort out the economic mess left by her predecessor in the Oval Office, Donald Trump! JezGrove ( talk) 16:43, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
Enjoy your break. Is it rugby related? Should be a good day, but won't be able to match last year's final day. Robevans123 ( talk) 13:12, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, since you apparently have Colin Welland on your watch list, could you please keep your eyes out for drive-by editors that change the birthplace from Liverpool (correct) to Leigh (incorrect)? I'm not always on-wiki to catch that (was off for four or five days recently), so the article needs more eyes. Thanks, and anyone reading this, could you please also assist by watching the article? (The main reason the drive-bys try to change it is that all of Welland's obits got the birthplace wrong (see article talk page and the footnote in the article itself.) Thanks! Softlavender ( talk) 00:52, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
I used to drink with Larkin on jazz night (Tuesdays?) in the Haworth. He wasn't a big drinker - I guess unaccepted oesophageal cancer will do that - but I always made a point of buying him a pint. "Very kind of you", he'd say. "Think nothing of it", I replied, "I'm going to dine out with impressionable young English students for years on this story". The old lecher smiled. Andy Dingley ( talk) 21:40, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin. In the section "Song versions" seen here [25], would you be interested in sharing your thoughts? I'm personally done with talking to that editor who opened the thread. Maybe you could help by sharing your input? Caden cool 23:38, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Martin thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. It is appreciated. Caden cool 07:34, 27 March 2016 (UTC) |
Hi Martin if you have the time could you please go to this [27] RFC and share your opinion? I know you are a long time music editor so I thought you could add to the discussion. Thanks. Caden cool 19:52, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
I was recently experimenting with the clever gadgets on my user page, when I stumbled upon the view history tab. Inflamed with curiosity, I pressed it and was intrigued by a number of watchers tab. In my folly I pressed it. Imagine my horror as I discovered I only had sixty one! In my grief and shame I rushed to my bedchamber, where I suffered a complete Mental breakdown. It may have been days or weeks, but I awoke clutching my poster of arguably the greatest Briton who ever lived. The days have become an unending nightmare. How can I increase this miserable total? Should I start an RfA? Should I start an Infobox war? Is the answer to include the word fuck in all postings? Only you can help. Irondome ( talk) 20:47, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for your thank-you. Sca ( talk) 01:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Do you g-know what GNU stands for? a g-nother g-nome 10:42, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for linking to " vowel functions" and "anal GPS". 89.8.239.64 ( talk) 13:17, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Could you treat the request here ? Regards. -- Panam2014 ( talk) 18:38, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Sorry for my comment at inappropriate place, but i write only because of tagging my name at here. this clumsily behaviors such as send notifications to all of admins [29], [30], [31], [32] or launching mayhem and controversy not only isn't effective but also similar to an example of a criminal act! Wikepedia is not a WP:BATTLEGROUND and Dishonest and gaming behaviors oughtn't be place in that. when seen to the his contributions log we faced with massive amounts of these behaviors after approval restrictions! i hope admins including EdJohnston be following up these issues.
Thanks. K!lluminati ( talk) 23:03, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Thank you, Martinevans. I was unable to see more than one page of the book you linked to (the page mentioning Dupree's song). Feel free to revert my edit, but I think it would be appropriate to link to your source for substantiation. I am pretty new to editing Wikipedia articles, but I was a book editor for 30-some years. I may have been overly bold with this particular edit. I appreciate hearing from you. Best wishes from Jim Wicklatz Jwicklatz ( talk) 20:09, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
I always thought the Troubadours were indirect pioneers of rap. I saw a programme with that python travelling in southern France a few years ago. Two guys performed a troubadour piece and it was bloody rap. I nearly dropped my Horlicks. Irondome ( talk) 21:19, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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And editor except the article creator (i.e. I) can end the speedy-deletion nonsense by simply removing the template. Might I suggest you do that? It's amazing that someone can be active on WP for that many years and still be that confused about the meaning of notability or even, for that matter, the meaning of the various speedy deletion modes. E Eng 20:35, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
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-- BabbaQ ( talk) 00:12, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
A great palindrome but also a tax-efficient scheme, apparently… I just love the way that the BBC reports "Mossack Fonseca says it has operated beyond reproach for 40 years and never been accused or charged with criminal wrong-doing". Err, yes, well that'll be because for 40 years no one had proof of what they were up to, and now they do, they've been reproached! JezGrove ( talk) 21:08, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Check long johns for silver? E Eng 21:58, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
I was proud (but mystified) to find I'd been promoted to extended confirmed user status, as have many other respected editors (including yourself and Gerda). What dizzying heights had I reached? What wondrous vistas of editing awaited me? And what had I done to deserve such riches? - 30 days tenure, 300 edits, and the ability to edit in some contentious areas... I feel like I've just received my cycling badge after driving about 500,000 miles over 40 years, and can now join Guy Martin on his Wall of death - doing something I don't want to do with someone I don't want to meet. Harrumph over. Diolch. Taxi for Rob? Robevans123 ( talk) 13:37, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
I invite you to discuss the ongoing RM discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 03:59, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martinevans123
I am new to Wikipedia and have difficulty negotiating my way round any type of communications and editing on here. I am concerned that the birthplace of Colin Welland is indicated as Liverpool. He was actually born in Leigh, Lancashire, (Milton Street to be precise), before moving to the Kensington area of Liverpool as a toddler. Colin is one of a few famous people born in Leigh. Along with Georgie Fame, Thomas Burke and James Hilton. If you would kindly rectify this for me, I would be grateful.
Harvey Blear — Preceding unsigned comment added by HarveyLeighBlear ( talk • contribs) 13:39, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
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[35] MartinEvans? And here I was thinking the name was Martine Vans. But seriously, I get the whole humor thing, but when you have an editor who is clearly taking it the wrong way, please don't escalate the situation. I'm not suggesting a humorless existence, just don't direct it at an individual you know isn't going to take it the right way. NE Ent 15:03, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
People are far less likely to be annoyed at jokes that are funny. Just saying. HighInBC 16:19, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
I know i'm a few days late, but all the edits involving the DOD seem like sockpuppetry/meatpuppetry. The source for the death currently in place makes me skeptical. I'd like your opinion on this matter since you also reverted some edits of this nature. -- Saltedcake ( talk) 13:32, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
I saw your note on Dr. B's talkpage. Thanks for checking the Welsh names and also for a few minor fixes that I see you made to the article's text. Anyway, I've sent it to FAC now with fingers firmly crossed. Brianboulton ( talk) 19:40, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Martin I just wanted to let you know that I mentioned you here [37] and wanted you to know this. My stalker will just not quit. Rather creepy if you ask me. Caden cool 19:16, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
It's interesting the things people said behind my back. Martinevans123, if you are interested in getting involved, then you should know the background. The articles involved were ones that I looked at at the start of the discussion at WT:SONG, there is no stalking, those were just the articles under discussion. Caden however refused to participate in the discussion, when I had specifically asked him to participate in all the edit summaries as well as repeated direct requests on his talk page. While the discussion was still undergoing, Caden continued to engage in edit warring, not just with me, but with others as well, just some of his edits here - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. If he had continued to edit warring after I had filed the edit warring report on him, he would have received an extended block, given that he already had a block and a topic band for edit warrning - here and here. I'm sure you had not intended it to be so, but your contribution at WT:SONG was used as an excuse for him to continue edit warring while refusing to address the issue. It should be noted that where there is a dispute, per WP:BRD, the ones involved in the dispute should discuss the issues involved rather than delegating it to someone else. I appreciate your contribution, and hope you can continue to engage as a neutral editor, but I hope you can also understand that not participating in discussion while aggressively reverting (and making various odd accusations) as Caden did is not acceptable behaviour, and should not be encouraged. Hzh ( talk) 18:25, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Please accept my apology. I'm sorry he dragged you into this.I should of known better. Caden cool 19:11, 29 April 2016 (UTC) |
[38] PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 08:05, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
He left me no choice. I had to defend myself and I had to tell the truth. Caden cool 17:10, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello Martinevans123, Helikopter Service Flight 451 was a stub that I have added quite a lot of information to. I would appreciate it if you took the time for a peer review since you are also active on 2016 Turøy helicopter crash. Both for proper english since it is not my first language and other things I most likely have done wrong since I am quite new to Wikipedia. Cheers :-) Treehugger76 ( talk) 22:24, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
I have removed your addition to the above article, as it appears to have been copied from http://www.stmaryhighamferrers.org/music, a copyright web page. All content you add to Wikipedia must be written in your own words. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you think I may have made a mistake. — Diannaa ( talk) 21:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, no need to send thanks for our generosity with our washed-up politicos - you're very welcome! (But some cash in a brown envelope would be appreciated...) Or you could just blame your compatriots and their reckless voting behaviour. JezGrove ( talk) 19:19, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
Mr Hamilton, in this picture, brings you to the George Hamilton IV page. 173.72.63.96 ( talk) 02:03, 15 October 2016 (UTC)ImageMeOnTheMaginotLine
Interesting article - but profoundly disturbing when something from the time of your youth is now the subject of a museum exhibition and is being proposed as a heritage site... Robevans123 ( talk) 12:54, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
As always I respect your opinion. Any thoughts on this [42] that you might want to share? Caden cool 18:10, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Are you going to join in at: Wikipedia:WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge. I'd particularly appreciate your help with getting the right things included in the core articles & missing articles lists at this stage as we are still preparing for the contest.— Rod talk 20:28, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
Good to see that after bubbling under the top 500 you're straight in at number... 500, with some great riffs on the themes of comedy, tragedy, romance, and all-embracing ecumenicalism. Is that a great mix? Not Arf! Still got some work to do to catch up with the great Welsh tenor! Robevans123 ( talk) 06:31, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
Like cider on a hot day, I find your constant links to subjects from discussions most refreshing. You're either very well travelled, or you sit on Google, constantly. I really don't know how you do it, but bravo, nonetheless! Cassianto Talk 12:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, I know we can't all be as gorgeous as Leanne, but for some reason the WP article Body Gossip has been put forward for deletion. I've expanded the page a little but if you get a chance perhaps you could take a look and see what you think? Personally, unless it's a blatant case of self-promotion I'd rather see a rubbish stub ready to be improved than no article at all, and I've certainly seen articles that I consider to be more worthy candidates for deletion. JezGrove ( talk) 22:56, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
She remains covered by BLP as a recently dead person. We can't use tabloid sources to back up anything on this article. Try to find better sources. If you can, add them to the article. If you can't, that's a good indicator that it is garbage that never belonged on Wikipedia in the first place. -- John ( talk) 21:49, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Please see footage of opening of snack bar at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQWGasWzew8
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See Collective_noun#Metonymic_merging_of_grammatical_number -- "None" may take a plural or a singular verb, depending on the context. In this case the subject "none" is referring to "cases of individuals" which would take the plural verb "have", i.e., "cases... have", not "cases... has". (Note: "But none of them have..." is the same as "But none have...") Does this make sense? Sparkie82 ( t• c) 23:21, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
I think, nuff said, thanks -- BOD -- 22:23, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
I say, quack, quack! Just goes to show that crossover is cool! Robevans123 ( talk) 10:12, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
I'm going to have to go with "C" or "100%".
If you pick either "A" or "D", at "25%", then it's because there's a 1/4 chance that you're correct, and therefore, your answer is correct.
However, if you go with "B" at "50%", then it's because 1/2 of those answers were "25%", which would both be correct, and therefore, your answer is correct.
Finally, if you go with "C" at "100%", then it's because any of those answers were correct, and all of those answers imply the previous answers to be correct, and therefore, your answer is correct.
"C". I choose "C". 100%.
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Martin. Mom lived a long (93 years) adventurous life, I would write and article about her if I could, but I can't. I already did on pseudo article about Dad and that's pushing it. But it was nice to hear from you, Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 21:27, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi, The number of survivors are shown in many (if not all) other accident articles (Eg. Adam Air Flight 574, Metrojet Flight 9268). I understand that readers are not idiots, but since other article follow this convention regardless of whether there are any survivors or not, I don't see a reason not to include it.
Guysayshi ( talk) 11:45, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Guysayshi
Thanks for the reply. In the example given in Template:Infobox aircraft occurrence on Pam Am Flight 103, number of survivor(s) (zero) is/are shown despite the deaths of all people on board the plane. It seems strange that number of people missing (zero) is also shown. As of EgyptAir MS 804, I would keep the survivors field blank, I guess. This aside, I really wish there were survivors...
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Martin, bite, also irony doesn't transfer well on-line unless you know the person. Hence our early protracted wars. Ceoil ( talk) 12:38, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
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I think the detail about the inspection is not important. The inspection would have been performed before the Continental even took off and lost its strip, leaving it essentially worthless in this case. -- 143.85.169.19 ( talk) 22:29, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
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But the overlord of prog organ is on Wikipedia...... Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:40, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
Hope that helps. -- RexxS ( talk) 00:46, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
I had a feeling you'd like that birthday bit. Happy belated! InedibleHulk (talk) 07:56, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
Please be careful with Reflinks, it's changing other links as in your edit here. Mlpearc ( open channel) 22:33, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
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You deserve it for keeping the sometimes intricate debate on Talk:Death of Jo Cox on a steady course with a cool and clear head. I always enjoy good debates and exchange of ideas, you learn a lot from them if they include civilized people just wanting to do what is best for the article. You are definitely such a person. Cheers! w.carter -Talk 20:43, 19 June 2016 (UTC) |
If only Hafs was still around... emotional Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:15, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
"Those teardrop tattoos are now tears of joy". So unlucky Croatia. Gutted. Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:41, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
I'll probably regret making this early prediction, but I'm taking off my bra and relaxing (metaphorically, you understand). Forget Brexit, it looks like we'll get Bralaxtit. Of course, we'll soon find out if I lacked support - in which case it will be down to Nige's voters crawling over broken glass (sounds like he must drink in a REALLY classy pub...) JezGrove ( talk) 22:37, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
I was reminded of a story my grandfather used to tell, recounted to me by my father, of someone he knew who was once driving his old Morris van, at night time, on the A479. Descending the steep hill on that road, between Talgarth and Builth, he found his brakes had failed and he careered through the hedge and turned the van upside down. As he sat there, trapped in his van, he began to hear the sound of petrol dripping into the interior from the upturned petrol tank. Searching frantically in his pockets, he was relieved to find his pen-knife. He reportedly would later say: "I was so lucky because I knew if the van caught fire at least I'd be able to cut my throat!" Lucky indeed, but he survived his ordeal. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:06, 25 June 2016 (UTC) p.s. how much will it cost to change all of these back to that nice blue colour?
Must confess I wasn't sure what do do here, but it makes more sense not to have it. This is Paul ( talk) 16:35, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Yes, as you might have guessed, I found a Camel LP lurking at the back of the cupboard, and cleaned it up and gave it a spin. Meanwhile, shouldn't this read "Bee Gee"? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:17, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Now there's a surprise – England's lacklustre millionaire footballers beaten by a country that doesn't even have a single professional team, and which has only one resident who plays the game for money... Still, now that Roy Hodgson has resigned perhaps we could have a job share? It looks like Corbyn could be out of work soon and looking to exploit his experience of motivating left wingers, and though Cameron's attempts to play on the outside-right have clearly failed, he will soon be available to offer his skills (?) as a defensive midfielder. BTW, good luck against Belgium! JezGrove ( talk) 22:36, 27 June 2016 (UTC) Oops! I meant to say "and which has only one resident who plays the game for money in the (English – and Welsh, well sort of) Premier League". Still, perhaps my total ignorance of the game will see me leading the English team to oblivion in 2020? Though not before I’ve got my tax affairs in order, obviously … (I’d brand myself as incurably delusional, but Jeremy 'Hunt' is thinking of running for PM – we need that 'Brexit bonus' invested in mental health services, and fast!) JezGrove ( talk) 22:55, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
I see Mr Corbyn has finally decided to put up a passionate fight for 'Remain' at last – a shame it's just when nearly everyone else appears to want him to support 'Leave'…. JezGrove ( talk) 20:58, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
I've no idea what this tells us about the next leader of the UK, but one anagram of the Tory party leadership contenders' surnames - Crabb, Fox, Gove, Leadsom, May - is 'Foxglove Academy mobs bar'. Presumably it doesn't bode too well for former Education Secretary Gove? One thing I AM sure of is how glad I am that there's no 'r' in 'Gove', so I'm definitely NOT related (insert your own 'r's hole joke here…) JezGrove ( talk) 22:31, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Would you be interested in reviewing or commenting at this FAC nomination for Agharta (album)? More input would be appreciate, as it appears one reviewer has become inactive there. Dan56 ( talk) 04:27, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
I think that your recent addition to Church Stoke#Methodist church is too close to the text in your cited source. This is shown by this tool. Close paraphrasing violates the Wikipedia:Plagiarism policy. Please reword this section to summarise the cited source. Thanks, Verbcatcher ( talk) 16:48, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
"One of the finest performances in the history of British football" - Gary Lineker ( talk) 20:53, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
Portugal 2 - Wales 0. Two good goals. Wales, you still played really very well and deserved something on the scoreboard. Da iawn, tîm! Rydych chi wedi gwneud i ni ymfalchïo. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:56, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Feel free to remove it if you think it's not important. After all, like you say he's not a well known journalist. This is Paul ( talk) 15:40, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
A Gaelic Blessing for you, deep peace, DYK? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:22, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
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It took only 300 years to restore her good name. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:08, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Request unblock of Martinevans123. Thank you. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:03, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
outside Hi, I'm contacting you (and @ Ritchie333:) because I saw the ANI report and because I have the similar case as you.
Apparently, some experienced editors have found a nice loophole on how to ban any editor they wish.
Your ISP uses a certain range of ip addresses. For instance mine uses several ranges, one being 89.164.xxx.xxx. Apparently, the only thing that is needed to block a person is to accuse him of being a sock of someone who uses the same ISP. Then they both will have the same ip prefix and appear they are the same person.
I still haven't figured out the way they find ip behind a username. However, requesting cu until a suitable candidate is found can work, especially if a suitable candidate had used several isps.
I come from Croatia where User:Asdisis is that candidate. There are only a few isps in Croatia so it's not hard to ban a lot of people as socks.
Here's how to ban someone. The discussion [53]. The user that you want to ban [54]. The repeated cu requests outside spi [55].
Other cases that I had caught [56]-> [57]
My case: I'm being forbidden to post sources: [58] 89.164.143.178 ( talk) 15:14, 31 July 2016 (UTC) In fact, I know one way to get someone's ip. Cu editors can see it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.164.143.178 ( talk) 15:33, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
It's been a bit boring here without you around. Hope we'll see you around in a few days and that you've enjoyed your wikibreak! If you didn't catch the David Bowie BBC Prom - watch on the iPlayer - well worth it. Have you made it up to Abergavenny for the eistedfodd? Watching the crowning of the bard as I write. Whenever I see all those bardic robes I think it's going to break out into some Dennis Wheatley inspired ritual involving blood, altars and virgins, but you just get the dance of the wood nymphs... Robevans123 ( talk) 16:24, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
As you know, I haven't been around here for a while, so I was very sorry to come back and see you'd been blocked. Haven't a clue as to why - way above my Wikipedia paygrade to understand all that Admin stuff - but very sorry nonetheless. However, the block seems almost to be over, so I hope you have enjoyed your break and to see you around soon. All the best. KJP1 ( talk) 07:13, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, I can see from my notifications that you have sent me an email but I can't find it in my inbox. This may be due to the reported problems with Wikipedia email not working at the moment. If you could resend it to alt.jl-4oqxa0hbyopmail.com that would be great.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 19:07, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Cripes, it does seem ewer a little hard done by. — Lady Gargoyle ( talk) 19:12, 6 August 2016 (UTC) [60]
Stop, Listen and Learn with Noddy. Croeso Nol. Robevans123 ( talk) 18:29, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
Croeso'n ôl Martin, welcome back. Missed you. Daicaregos ( talk)
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Can you look over Talk:Patent_leather#GA.3F for anything you see that would prevent qualification for GA? I'll do the review myself, but I'd like a preliminary opinion first. E Eng 03:23, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
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Great addition to the jukebox. Unfortunaly my 70s glitter balls are a bit tarnished and don't get used so much as they used to . Ah well, back to the hockey (although lacrosse has better memories from the seventies for me...). Now, where did I leave the brasso? Robevans123 ( talk) 21:02, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
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Glad to see you're back. On the matter of links for the above, neither 26 or 27 are working. Are they essential? Link 12 is fabulous. That altar painting is dirtier now (April '16) than when I was singing Venite Adoramus there as a school boy and I had no idea what it actually depicted. Best regards. KJP1 ( talk) 13:18, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
So, farewell cowboy. Martinevans123 ( talk) 12:15, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
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For consistency sake, yes, I guess this was indeed better! Thanx for noticing. OXYGENE 7-13 (TALKPAGE) 11:12, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
I saw my username in the edit summary. If you're in the mode of agreeing with me, I'd appreciate your removing the box at the top of the page, or at least the reference to Fram in it, as uncollegial and unhelpful. Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 09:11, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Crouch Touch Pause Engage - World's largest scrum at Llanrumney. By my reckoning that'll be four props and a few hundred hookers.
Good to see our Nige getting his GCSE results as well. Robevans123 ( talk) 21:13, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
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you are really starting to bore me and showing up in multiple chats I am involved in -I look forward to when that stops Govindaharihari ( talk) 22:28, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm User:Robevans123. An edit that you recently made at Wikipedia:Miscellany for enshrining/User:EEng seems to include a recursive navbox. May I remind you that recursive navboxes are particularly dangerous for new and inexperienced editors. I'm currently stuck at level 7. Could you throw down a rope? Thanks. Robevans123 ( talk) 16:41, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
I'd like to explore your statement that the OTRS process is 'open to wholesale abuse". Per Wp:beans, Please send me an email if you think explaining it online would further potential for abuse.
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Since I've just asserted that it's a good idea to plaster cucumbers all over Wikipedia in a vain attempt to get them inserted into the MOS (oo-er), we might as well start here Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:40, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
Why? Sca ( talk) 00:09, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
Wasn't it just? Enjoyed the Verdi Requiem on Friday. Thought the youth choir was brilliant, and always good to see the Cimbasso getting an outing. Robevans123 ( talk) 17:11, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
I sort of see your point; we use "church" interchangeably to refer to both the organized group and the buildings (I think we have had some CfD discussions about that). I think I'll change it to "congregation" or perhaps, in this case, "parish". Daniel Case ( talk) 19:17, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
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[73] Ceoil ( talk) 21:07, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
Surely you meant "the udder nite" (groan)? Robevans123 ( talk) 21:17, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
Not quite. Maybe you'd like to induce my retirement from the project for the rest of the year? Cassianto Talk 20:18, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
Please review WP:BRD and WP:BURDEN. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary sources. Please review the talk page thread. If you wish to post on the RS noticeboard, perhaps you will find editors who agree with you and you will be able to establish some basis for this claim. There's the additional problem that your citation of those lists as references about themselves, the lists, is a WP:PRIMARY source and does not establish that the lists themselves are noteworthy. If you can find a secondary source that refers to those as significant or meaningful rankings, you will have a valid argument for inclusion. BTW look at this ranking to understand hwo many other pianists are ranked among the "greatest" [75] Were you aware of those other names? Finally, I need to ask you: Do you have any personal, professional, or other relationship with Mr. Brendel? Just asking to get that out of the way. Thanks. SPECIFICO talk 23:04, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
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For all my own help in identifyng
three kinds lemmings, rushing
out of the shadows, to enjoy a series of
harsh retorts, before diving over the
cliff edge. Keep up the good work! Martinevans123 ( talk) 12:37, 22 September 2016 (UTC) |
Richly deserved but somewhat
self-aggrandizing to self-abuse-award. Making
extraordinary claims may require an
extraordinary exit strategy to avoid an
extraordinary witch-hunt. A least you've got an
extraordinary cliff to start you off on the long swim to
Saesland.
Quite Extraordinary!
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My notifications says that you sent me an email, but I don't seem to have it. Perhaps resend?-- Jimbo Wales ( talk) 05:43, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
Apparently you don't know when to let it rest either, apparently because you think you're hilarious. [76] That's great. So, your buddy reopened a thread that was last commented on days ago. Three days ago I went to his page not to reopen the thread, but to remind him that he doesn't have the basis to lecture me on policy. He saw it fit to kick me off his page, which is quite typical when you have no clue what you're talking about. Do you know how many admins would love to tell me I'm full of shit? Meh. Clueless. If you'd like to join "us" on my page for a wee policy discussion, please do. Otherwise: your opinion is utterly useless to me. Doc talk 14:03, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
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Martin, you are a "very naughty boy" to make that nomination, and I wholeheartedly thank you for it. I feel very honoured that my contributions are being noticed. I sit quietly in my "shed", enjoying myself doing what I do, my wife does not understand it, but as well as pleasing myself, I hope I am leaving behind something for present and future readers of WP. In the nomination you mentioned my work on churches. I am sorry to say that I became a bit bored with churches and have moved on to listed buildings, producing lists for each parish and unparished area, where that had not been done before. Up to now I have ensured that there are lists for all these areas in Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire, and I am now working through Cumbria. It's fascinating, and one discovers and learns so much as the work proceeds. It's so pleasurable, that honours are not really necessary, but when they come, wow, that IS a bonus. Keep up your good work, too. Cheers. -- Peter I. Vardy ( talk) 20:07, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
For your delectation, delight, and distraction I give you Cab Calloway performing Minnie the Moocher (animated version with Betty Boop). The forerunner of MTV videos? Robevans123 ( talk) 17:10, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
Was you a fan? I know you have an interest in this era. I forgot how wonderful this series was, if a little dated. Cassianto Talk 20:09, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, long time no see (as it were) – I hope you're well. According to our beloved WP, cocaine can cause loss of contact with reality and a persistent runny nose – but that certainly wasn't the cause of Trump's sniffles in the TV debate. After all, only a delusional demagogic hater would be fuelled by opiates… JezGrove ( talk) 10:15, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
Hmmm, a cure for all diseases – now where did Zuckerberg get THAT idea, I wonder? (With all due credit to everyone who shared this before it came my way, of course – and my apologies if it has come your way already!) JezGrove ( talk) 22:56, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
In honor of your Talkpage TOC being the coolest thing I've seen on Wikipedia in almost ten years of editing, I decided to take the test on your user page.
Thanks, LaughingVulcan Grok Page! 13:01, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
So now Sooty is the latest BBC children's entertainer to be outed for his behaviour in the 1970s - the catchphrase "Izzy wizzy, let's get busy!" will never be the same again. JezGrove ( talk) 13:38, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
This sucks. I dont think even Leonard Cohen felt as sorry in his darkest days. Bleak links pls..Hillybilly also if you are watching. Hit me. I'll start with [80]. Ceoil ( talk) 08:34, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
Noticing the incoming weather in south Wales, I was looking at Emergency planning in Wales and it's good to see you're in good hands. The most useful advice I could find there was on colouring in and 2.5D modelling, but this is the best advice... Robevans123 ( talk) 10:42, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
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Today was the concert at the Beethovenfest (a rough start of an article) of the Bells for Dafydd Llywelyn, without me, we had dress rehearsal for Elijah, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:44, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Next Welsh colleague Robert W. Jones, - can't believe that he has a German article, but not English! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:53, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
Back to Beethoven: celebrate! - An average of 7k readers see the composer's infobox a day, and no one has complained. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:33, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
Today we celebrate Carolin Emcke who won a peace prize, for writing "mute force" and "how we desire" among others, and moderates "streitraum". -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
The last thing I'd have expected from UKIP – piss up in brewery officially cancelled! JezGrove ( talk) 22:52, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
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I thought you might appreciate this one. The Miami Dolphins' season seemingly goes "tits down" as two of their granny cheerleaders take off their bras.
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 22:46, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
Just realised I've stomped all over your edits. FIGHT!!!. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 12:47, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
This is a simple mirror of the article before your recent edits; it even credits the original article. The site scrapes random images from the Internet, usually 100% copyright violations, to decorate. This is simple content scraper to serve ads. Please revert. Kuru (talk) 12:48, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
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Do you reckon that Thailand's sadly missed air chief marshal was still a trainee fighter pilot? Oops, that's 15 years in jail for me then.... JezGrove ( talk) 19:16, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
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Loved the remark from an EU diplomat quoted on Radio 4's PM earlier (if they said who exactly I missed it, and I'm paraphrasing a little, but you get the gist): "When the UK was in the EU, it only wanted to negotiate opt-outs. Now it's leaving the EU, it only wants to talk about opt-ins!" JezGrove ( talk) 21:29, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
Forget the Montreux Casino, now we know what Smoke on the Water was all about! "Black smoker" hydrothermal vents, obviously... JezGrove ( talk) 22:48, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
S. O. Davies is on the main page (with a link to a link to Aberfan disaster). It's also linked in "On this day...". Just reverted one silly edit. I'm sure there'll be more... Robevans123 ( talk) 08:40, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Could we please sort out Jimmy Perry's article, in relation to his apparent death? There is only one source to this right now, and BLP states that information that can't be confirmed should be removed.
Since there is no confirmation from any news source that Perry is actually dead, I propose we remove it, as I'd already attempted to do.
If this turns out to be a hoax, it will be an egg on the face job for WP.
Thoughts?
Sunil The Mongoose ( talk) 16:48, 23 October 2016 (UTC) Sunil The Mongoose ( talk) 16:48, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
By all means be bold and move articles to the titles that you think they should have (checking whether there's previous discussion and basing your choice of title on WP:AT of course), or raise an RM, but not both at once. That just wastes time.
If you find you can't move an article but think it's uncontroversial, put in a technical request at WP:RM. But please don't move an article to a placeholder. That just complicates things. TIA Andrewa ( talk) 05:20, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
PS Love your talk page headers! Andrewa ( talk) 18:00, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
I checked on Isaac's Wiki page but now also on ODNB. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20059?docPos=1. Here's the first few lines if you don't have access: "Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), natural philosopher and mathematician, was born on 25 December 1642 in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, near Colsterworth, about 7 miles south of Grantham, Lincolnshire, the only and posthumous son of Isaac Newton (1606–1642), yeoman farmer, and his wife, Hannah (c. 1610–1679), daughter of James Ayscough, gentleman, of Market Overton, Rutland." Cheers, Brian Bmcln1 ( talk) 22:39, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the Stainland edit - much appreciated. You might want to know that the pre-existing para on the Stainland Cross in that article is in part a copyvio (not your doing, I know) from the book which I've reffed in the William Swinden Barber article (A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax, in the County of York (1836), by John Crabtree, p.498: "Stainland Cross") which is in Google Books. Storye book ( talk) 15:10, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
@ Ghmyrtle: Martin, I wonder if you, and perhaps Ghmyrtle whom I've tried to ping, would be interested in seeing if we could take Monnow Bridge to FA? As the only bridge of its type in Britain, it more than merits it. I think there's plenty of material, although there'll be a temptation to rely too heavily on Rowlands. And it would be a nice contribution to Monmouth and Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediA. Let me know what you think? Happy to try it alone, but thought it could be a fun collaboration. Best regards. KJP1 ( talk) 07:01, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
User:Hchc2009 would be a great peer reviewer, and would probably do it if asked. Looking forward to it. KJP1 ( talk) 19:37, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
Glad to see it was a comment, and not an exhortation to get on with it! Diolch Robevans123 ( talk) 23:18, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
I was thinking of going to Anglesey next time I holiday in Wales but the strap line to a trailer for this program on BBC Wales read "Anglesey: Nurseries, night watchmen and bananas in back passages" put me off the idea... I suspect a sub-editor on the website is having a bit of a giggle. Robevans123 ( talk) 23:18, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
Thanks very much for assisting me with improving that page :) I must say, though, that I wouldn't have introduced quotation marks to the text being put in the blockquote - unless they're in the material being quoted, which I assume is liner notes from the ELO II CD. Or do I have the wrong idea? Please come back to me on that. Harfarhs ( talk) 22:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
There should be just one infobox. The Prince infobox is unnecessary unless a dedicated fan of Prince sees the necessity of it? It pushes down another infobox and is already clunky as is. No need to tell readers about less notable songs from Prince album in the infobox. Also, key facts should be summarized, not supplemented, per WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Facts about the Prince recording are not "key facts". Prince is already credited as the writer of the song, so that is "key" enough, right? And Chaka Khan's version is "key" enough, right? -- George Ho ( talk) 12:06, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi again, Martin. After seeing growing votes at Talk:Video Killed the Radio Star#RfC: Retaining an infobox favoring preservation of two infoboxes, allow me to reinsert the Prince infobox? I don't want to fight with others over the infoboxes yet... unless the issue escalates without me responsible? George Ho ( talk) 02:04, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
I don't know whether to remove the infobox or not. I don't know whether to change it either. While Cohen was the prominent figure (may he rest in peace), especially to the song, his recording never hit the music chart. I made additions of dates, making one of recordings more likely to be the lead image. I'm not concerned whether that would make the article interesting. I want to be certain about prominence of one of recordings. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:16, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
Was reading the Talk:Donald Trump page and came across your post and thought there's a fellow I haven't seen in a long while. I know you and I have had our disagreements in the past but I've always admired your cool disposition. Anyho.. Happy editing! g@rycompugeek talk 15:58, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
Per MOS:TIME, either "8:18 am" or "8:18 a.m." is acceptable. Arbitrarily changing from one acceptable form to the other should be avoided. Dragons flight ( talk) 19:20, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
Twinkle is well-explained (including screenshots) at Wikipedia:Twinkle/doc. General Ization Talk 21:03, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
You live in the wrong country. You do not live in the land of the free and the brave, where it is a self-evident truth that all white, heterosexual, Christian men are created equal. [1]
References
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Did you mean picklock or Padlocked? — Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh | Buzzard | 09:44, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Martin. Sorry to contact you 'out of the blue'. There seems to be dispute on the above talk page regarding what is included in the section regarding Downey's body being identified. I have Ann West's book, For the Love of Lesley. If you need references to settle the disputes regarding any information you'd like reinserted, I can provide them (or many of them). From what I recall, Alan wanted to identify her, but as he wasn't a blood relative, his request was rebuffed. They wouldn't let her kiss her daughter, and her request for a lock of her hair as a memento was denied. She vomited on seeing her daughter's body and the trinkets she wore and was given some whiskey to steel her nerves afterwards. Regards.-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 22:52, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
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You have got confused on this article: there are sources given in the lead for his death in 2011. You edited an update to that effect. EddieHugh ( talk) 21:57, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
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"Like Polyphemus blinded, Anthea Hamilton's Brobdingnagian buttocks appear defeated, rendered eyeless and helpless. Forever frozen in a functionless limbo – one immediately recalls Hirst's shark – this 'derrière contraire' arouses not our passions, but our pity. Yet in a world given over to verbal diarrhoea and emotional encopresis, perhaps its reticence, its restraint, its inherent retentiveness should be lauded, as indeed should the artist – I mean, it's not every day one gets to see a twenty-five foot goatse in a gallery, is it?" . micro.dot.cotton ( talk)
On 9 December 2016, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Greg Lake, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Mjroots ( talk) 07:13, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Martinevans123, I was wondering if you could tell me which newspapers are to be avoided for this article. The Sun is clearly out; it appears that the Telegraph is in. What about the Mirror or the Daily Mail? I've also found this interview, but I'm not sure how reliable blog interviews are considered. BlueMoonset ( talk) 18:16, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Martinevans123, which I agree not every person who suffered from mental illness should be in this category, Gurney's illness was a part of his notability. His illness predated his war service, and his length of confinement and death in an asylum are key distinguishing features of his career (vis-a-vis other WWI poets) -- without this category, I'm afraid this key aspect of his career will be missed. Clevelander96 ( talk) 18:01, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
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I don't know enough to stop my page being deleted. I am doing this for someone but getting data as I am writing it. Andiwindsoruk ( talk) 23:57, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
I assure you my knowledge isn't based on his wording ( see here and here - I can add more). They are traits hardly atypical of children who've sadly endured all forms of abuse and neglect. They develop these kinds of disorders. I'll leave it to you to reinsert or morph it into the text. In fact, these links I've provided would be better than yet another page from Sounes's book, IMO....-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 23:37, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
Yes, Oversight is practically Martin's middle name. I still think my suggestions re splitting the victim/crime details to a separate article, and either combining Rose and Fred, or not combining them and moving Rose-only material to her article, are still pertinent. After that I think what most needs reduction is the minute-by-minute account of the searches and warrants and suspicions and digging and ... E Eng 23:28, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
My sister says she would definitely have choked to death at lunch at work one day, had not the sole cow-orker in the room noticed her distress and applied the Heimlich. I'd have posted this in any case, since it was obviously notable, and I was surprised it wasn't up for my support. μηδείς ( talk) 02:21, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
You contributed to Talk:Exile on Main St two years ago. I invite you to the RM discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
I closed the RM and then started another one: Talk:Exile on Main St.#Requested move 20 December 2016. George Ho ( talk) 11:40, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
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I think I may have to give up on Fred West. It's just too impenetrable. Maybe I'll come back to it later. E Eng 05:56, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
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Just for general, tireless, objective diligence and an uncanny ability to (with a perfect blend of humour and professionalism), maintain other editors' morale. Seasons Greetings, too.-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 23:45, 23 December 2016 (UTC) |
Merry Chrismukkah Martinevans123!!
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Hi Martinevans123, only once in a lifetime do Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same day. This is the year you will experience that blessed occasion in your life. I pray that yours is filled with light, love, and a buttload of gifts. Thoughts and prayers,
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'ello 'ello 'ello Martinevans123,
PC White 'ere, informing you that the
season of drunken indulgence is upon us,
and because
my sauces tell me you might've been a bit slack in that regard recently,
you are hereby ordered to eat that last mince pie and enjoy it!
PC White |
The station
Merry Chipmunks to you too! . Mjroots ( talk) 12:34, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Christmas tree worms live under the sea...they hide in their shells when they see me, |
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 19:52, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Put some Piledriver on the turntable to ring in Christmas in memory of ol' Rick. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:52, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Martin, many thanks and all best wishes to you and yours. KJP1 ( talk) 06:53, 25 December 2016 (UTC) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In your heart there's a trace. Of someone before. Peaked only at No 45, but a masterpiece surely. Andy Hamilton on sax. Martinevans123 ( talk) 23:51, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
Blimey, Carrie Fisher, Richard Adams... I thought 'More or Less was tempting fate doing its analysis of whether there had been an increase in celebrity deaths in 2016 in mid-December but this is getting ridiculous :0( JezGrove ( talk) 18:20, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
What does the comment on my page mean? -- 37.191.205.193 ( talk) 12:41, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
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You are questioning the link at [3]. I've looked at it twice today since it has been in question. Possibly I am able to view it so easily because I am registered at this site. If I am, it certainly didn't cost anything or take much to register because I don't do paid memberships for wikipedia sourcing. I am guessing it is a cookie stored somewhere in my browser. Now to your request to fill out wiki source format. I explain in my user page, I resist doing that. Its an awkward, time consuming process, but more particularly, it serves no purpose. You ask "What?" but that is not solved with the format. What we want here is verifiability. I provided that with the source, albeit a weak message board link in this case. It is there for you and anyone else to read (as I said, perhaps requiring you to do a free registration). Filling out the wikiformat does not make it any more or less verifiable. It doesn't capture or repeat the text. It does nothing. You are welcome to run reflinks if you think it is necessary. Trackinfo ( talk) 22:25, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
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Martinevans123,
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There was a real life incident like this (sort of) in 2008. [4]-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:54, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
thumbnail. Hafspajen ( talk) 22:39, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
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Am saying nothing. Satan Vermin 321 ( talk) 16:27, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
Not encyclopaedic? Are you aware of what the Greek words that are the source of the word mean? en kuklos paideuein , to educate in the round, something like that. Eliot has been consulted by the investigators, but not good enough for 'martin evans123'. ugh. ugh ugh. little things please little minds, enjoy your revert power 'martinevans123'. 92.3.17.204 ( talk) 00:05, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
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Happy New Year, Martin. I see that standards are slipping: at least one British bookseller is clearly not familiar with the works of either H. Rider Haggard or John Mortimer or he’d know all about She who must be obeyed! JezGrove ( talk) 23:02, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
[8]. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:56, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi there. Let us known when you're done on this. I've got a couple of sources to clear up the "citations needed". Reminds me to get on with Llanfrechfa - really should have an article. Diolch. Robevans123 ( talk) 15:29, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
To Sam, Here In Towne Tavern:
A Winner Motto Tars Even He! Neonates Vow, Threaten Mr. I! Hart Tires Eman, One Vet Won. Signed, Team Won That Elk! vitrify 20:08, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
You might want to take a look at WP:ITN/C . Mjroots ( talk) 21:58, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
Like when I wrote "When Rudy was through talking to Crystal, he walked into the nearby elephant." The word I meant to write was elevator. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 19:39, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martinevans123. I thought it would be more appropriate to reply to your question "privately" rather than extend the discussion at AN/I.
When I nominated Malcolm X for FA, I was surprised when another editor expressed copyright concerns about File:Shabazz Gravesite.jpg, an image I had uploaded to Commons. See WP:Featured article candidates/Malcolm X, about two-thirds of the way down the page (under the heading "Significant image concerns") -- concerns I addressed by removing the image from the article.
The issue is whether the gravestone is just text or whether it's a "work of art" that incorporates creativity, so whether there is a copyright issue depends on the specific gravestone (as well as its age, of course). — MShabazz Talk/ Stalk 23:32, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing— James Last —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Maestroso simplo ( talk) 22:59, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
Just a note to thank you for your work on this article, which deserves some good effort. I like your additions, which complement my own. Cheers, Easchiff ( talk) 02:10, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
for weighing in at Money (That's What I Want). Feel free to undo the last edit and add my comments about the British Invasion versions back, I have been warned that I will be blocked if I do it, though the admin who issued the warning seems to have backed off, agreeing that my edit is okay. However the chap that I had the initial disagreement with does not seem to be under the same constraint. Oh yes, I was slow getting here because I was waylaid by the quiz on your user page. it seemed to cover rather well everything that is going on at this article. And so it goes. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 20:03, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
And there I was thinking Wet Wet Wet were Scottish… JezGrove ( talk) 20:10, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello Martin, Many thanks for all your help regarding vandalism on my Talk page. Due to a few problems at home, I do not have all the time I would like on Wikipedia and your intervention is much appreciated. Best regards, David, David J Johnson ( talk) 22:29, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
User talk:89.240.135.116 has cleared your warning off of the IP talk page. Just a heads up. Krj373 ( talk) 22:33, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
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We need an updated Intro & Outro that youngsters would be familiar with. Keeping with the original themes, we could have Richard Griffiths on guitar, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on triangle, Katie Hopkins on vibes, Bill Oddie on duck call, Joe Satriani on tin whistle, what a team, Jose Mourinho and Alex Ferguson on percussion, Saddam Hussein on weapons of mass destruction, and a big thanks from all of us here, Trevor McDonald on bongs. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:40, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
[9] E Eng 18:37, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
Nearly forgot to send you a cerdyn. BTW, I see our friend the Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den bit off more than he could chew… allegedly. JezGrove ( talk) 22:11, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
One can dream ... [10] ... great song, but she has those typical American teeth that I find a bit off-putting. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard| — 15:41, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
I have added to all of their Wikipedia pages to give a more detailed description of their places of birth only to have them taken down by you. I have given reasons for the edit which you seem to have ignored please tell me why? Hackinghobb ( talk) 23:32, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
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I hope you don't mind the further revision I made to your Canada edit today. I was trying to make it more objective (after I thought about it more, as the other guy said), more accurate with the periods, but also less specific with the hits because it is the article summary. Regardless of all this, the Canada topic probably should have been addressed more specifically in the article body itself (by whoever originally added it) before it was even added to the summary. Shortage of time for me is an issue at the moment though. Regards, AusChartMan ( talk) 17:44, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
The 'Bonnie Brae' is oblong, smooth, thin-skinned, and seedless — | Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard| — 10:44, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, it appears that there is a growing number of Flat-Earthers - most of them the citizens of one particular country, of course. No wonder Trump is doing so well! (But then such stupidity goes back to the country's origins: after all these are the people who despite declaring that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" then elected a slave-owner as their first President….) JezGrove ( talk) 12:32, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi, please forgive my ignorance of the correct procedures/rules etc when it comes to resolving a dispute or disagreement on Wikipedia. As you know, I have included the 'Former denomination - Roman Catholic' information in a number of Wiki entries in the sincere belief that it is highly likely to be relevant, useful, interesting and informative to many readers, providing valuable context, perspective and clarity on the history of many important religious buildings. I should also add that, as an atheist, I have no interest whatsoever in elevating or promoting the role of the Roman Catholic church, historical or otherwise, within the pages of Wikipedia. Clearly, however, the inclusion of the 'previous denomination' has 'ruffled a few feathers' but that in itself does not sufficientIy persuade me that this information is 'superfluous' or in any other way lacking in merit for inclusion. Please advise as I would really appreciate your insights and expertise in helping to resolve this matter. I am more than happy for this to go through any kind of wider-community dispute resolution process so it can be settled once and for all. I feel that the editors who have reverted my edits (as well as myself) really need some final clarification on this issue. Many thanks. ( Woodseats44 ( talk) 13:05, 29 January 2016 (UTC))
Hi girls, sorry to interrupt your frankly embarrassing 'love-in' but I think you will find that ( Woodseats44 was not engaging in 'vandalism' as you put it but was, as you will no doubt eventually see for yourselves, actually trying to address a glaring historical oversight in reference to Wikipedia's information on churches built in Pre-Reformation Britain. By systematically reverting all of the edits made by ( Woodseats44 and then trying to silence them for all time by applying a permanent block, you have simply served to reveal yourselves as people who happily support and collude with each other in abusing their editorial privileges, censoring key facts whenever they conflict with their own agenda. One is led to believe that editors on Wikipedia are as impartial in their judgment as possible but this is self-evidently not true for all of them. Rest assured, this is by no means the end of the matter. (Oh and the casual use of homophobic statements and thinly-disguised insults like 't@sser' does nothing for your credibility either.) I personally think Wikipedia is a fantastic project but, as this whole episode seems to indicate, it is, one fears, in great danger of being hijacked by a bunch of hysterical, self-aggrandising, self-important social inadequates with nothing better to do all day than misuse their pathetic 'power' in between j@cking off to Cliff Richard videos. Truly heartbreaking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.120.89.44 ( talk) 12:01, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
On 31 January 2016, In the news was updated with a recent sad death – Terry Wogan. Thanks for your efforts in making this article presentable. Andrew D. ( talk) 07:24, 1 February 2016 (UTC) |
As I have opined at Template:Did you know nominations/Chuffer Dandridge, I feel this is an appropriate tribute to run at whenever Wogan's funeral is; I'm sure he would have wanted us to remember him corpsing at Chuffer talking about his old chum Gants Hill or enthusing about the new musical genre of Vicar & Sidecar. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:56, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Good to see my old mucker "Bunny" has selected my namesake for the Ireland game on Sunday. I stupidly arranged to be elsewhere before I'd checked this year's 6 Nations fixture list. Robevans123 ( talk) 16:34, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
Umm... that was not actually the common capitalisation, or even anything like the common spelling. It will likely soon be reverted to its previous title. Also note conventions such as WP:NCCAPS to assist with deciding upper/lowercase wordings. Dl2000 ( talk) 04:53, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
Way to go!!! Sing it Eric!! Groovetastic. Martinevans123 ( talk) 11:10, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Martin, do you reckon he tried the "I saw what my big brother was doing to vulnerable people so I thought it was OK" excuse? JezGrove ( talk) 13:17, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
As per this. But then you should come around here. My kids dont like the video.... Murry1975 ( talk) 15:20, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
I invite you to RM discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:12, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
Thank goodness, Corbyn wasn't born in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland ;) GoodDay ( talk) 20:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
You've mentioned the topic of constituent country. That's potentially a very volatile topic in itself. I found that out years ago, when I attempted to implement it into the intros of England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland. Safe to say, I won't be trying it again. GoodDay ( talk) 17:26, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Why did you took out "seven grand pianos" to Ludwig Wittgenstein ? Is something bad with seven? They removed seven mice to. I put seven mice, Thomas removes seven mice, at comma article. Put back as it was. Somebody puts back seven mice again. Or is no reason? But I know how to sing pages now. Talk pages. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 23:52, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
>>| This is very long and very funny page. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 23:59, 19 February 2016 (UTC) Can you tell me how make them blue, the words? I tried. No success. And now things look different. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 00:02, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
You mean Pied Piper of Hamelin! Very funny. And you talk. Nobody talks to me, just others. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 00:07, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
You are funny man. Listen, I can not make the word empiricism normal. It is too black. Can you help at Ludwig Wittgenstein? It is like when on article I am in the front of text, here I am behind. The blue works if copied. I copied word "Western philosophy" so that is blue, it is nice. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 00:24, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Somebody removed logical empiricism. But is no factual errors! No, it is a well known fact. Not incorrect. Not false at all. The Vienna Circle were the circle of philosophers who introduced
logical empiricism in Western philosophy. and the base was exactly Tractates. Read
logical empiricism. It is a very well known fact.
This is from article: "In this theory of knowledge, only statements verifiable either logically or empirically would be cognitively meaningful. Efforts to convert philosophy to this new scientific philosophy were intended to prevent confusion rooted in unclear language and unverifiable claims.[1] The Berlin Circle and the Vienna Circle propounded logical positivism starting in the late 1920s."
You must read about it and you notice it's true, because it is true. This is one very important thing. Exactly WHY Wittgenstein is so important in philosophy. Not piano or brothers suicide, but the develop of logical empirism. The scientific mind!
Here, read very careful . This is very important things, very very complicated, OK:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logical-empiricism/
http://www.westga.edu/~rlane/analytic/lecture10_witt1.pdf
http://www.thatmarcusfamily.org/philosophy/Course_Websites/Language_F11/Notes/13-14-Logical_Empiricism.pdf
https://philosophynow.org/issues/103/WittgensteinTolstoy_and_the_Folly_of_Logical_Positivism
Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich (
talk) 04:28, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Exactly. Edit source. Thank you. It was nice meeting you. Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich ( talk) 00:52, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
I said:"The ideas in the Tractates were an important influence on logical empiricism," and it was the Wienna Circle supported ideas. This what I said. Exactly this. Never said he was member of Wienna Circle. Like One many think, or others. No I cannot speak English very good, true. I learn now. But I can think. That is different thing. It was nice meeting you.
Michael Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Fedorovich (
talk) 16:45, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
Greetings!
The exact quotation from the 1879 Annual Register is: “Although the country inhabited by the Bulgarians extends far to the south of the Balkans, the Berlin Congress decided, chiefly in consequence of the firm attitude maintained on the point by the British plenipotentiaries, that the Balkans should form the southern frontier of the Bulgarian principality, and that the remainder of the Bulgarian territory should be constituted a province of the Turkish Empire under the name of Easter Roumelia, with an autonomous administration under a Turkish governor.”
A much more recent publication – Salisbury, Victorian Titan by Andrew Roberts (1999) – states that: “On 17th June the Congress got down to the meat of the Bulgarian question, with Salisbury proposing that Bulgaria be split into an autonomous principality north of the Balkan mountain range, whilst the territory south of it would be called the province of Eastern Roumelia and left under the military and political control of the Sultan...”.
It will take a special kind of talent to hold that the best thing to do in order “to maintain peace in the Balkans” (as this is what I am contesting) is to divide a nation into two different neighbouring states. The inevitable consequence of this brilliant diplomatic solution was their unification just seven years later – in 1885, after a rather peaceful revolution. As this event is a historical fact I do not think that quoting a particular publication is necessary, but at the same book Mr. Roberts describes the complete chaos that followed (pages 352 to 356) and, amusingly, the new development that since in the meanwhile Bulgaria became anti-Russian, now Salisbury favoured big Bulgaria.
What followed from the 1885 unification, which followed the decision at the 1878 Berlin Congress to split the nation in two autonomous states, was the Serbo-Bulgarian war from November 1885. The official casus belli was the violation of the Berlin Congress. That was a rather brief war, that lasted a couple of weeks, but due to the surprising Bulgarian victory, it ended with the acknowledgement of the unification of Bulgaria. Nonetheless it deeply divided the two Balkan nations and that would have implications later, during the First (1912-1913) and Second (1913) Balkan wars, when Bulgaria fought first, along with the other Balkan states against Turkey for liberating the remaining provinces populated by Christians and then against its former allies for dividing the spoils of war.
To wrap up – my argument is that: 1) you cannot state that there was piece in a region (the Balkans) when a war broke out just seven years after the Berlin Congress (followed by further conflicts few decades later) and 2) this turn of events is directly influenced by Disraeli’s government that demanded the separation of one of the Balkan countries (Bulgaria), that ultimately led to that war. I hope that this would suffice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.199.196.106 ( talk) 01:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I always thought Kalamazoo sounded a funny place, but not now. Though if he’d been a black cab driver instead of an Uber one I dare say the cops would have shot him first… JezGrove ( talk) 20:16, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Rod Hull was a bit miffed that I didn't recognise him, but still made me a nice cup of tea – in the house Charles Dickens’ Miss Hamilton 'lived' in!
The evidence is very circumstantial, but the story is true. My mum – a Dickens obsessive since childhood and who was eventually elected (joint) Honorary General Secretary of the Dickens Fellowship – was for many years the Branch Secretary of the Fellowship's branch in Rochester, Kent. As such, she was actively involved in all the Dickens-related activities in Rochester, and so in the mid-'80s met the new owners of Restoration House, who happened to be Rod Hull and his second wife Cheryle. On discovering that Cheryle was a professional portrait painter mum duly commissioned a joint portrait of myself and my sister. (Without asking us first - we weren't best pleased and in the event, for complicated travel reasons, were never actually in the studio at the same time.) Anyway, as a result, early one morning I found myself knocking on the door to the house but didn’t immediately realise who was letting me in because 1) I was nervous and apprehensive about the whole damn thing, 2) even though I knew he lived there I hadn't actually considered the possibility of Rod opening the door to the mansion himself, and 3) I’d never seen him without Emu on his arm! Anyway, despite his obvious disappointment at my failure to look suitably starstruck he was very sweet, made me a cup of tea and then led me along the labyrinthine route through the house to the attic where his wife had her studio. JezGrove ( talk) 17:39, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi, you reverted the pic in Viola Beach. It's tricky since the pic is from the last venue they played at in Norrköping (Where's the Music?) so it really belong in the previous section "Deaths", but the only way to place it there would mean "sandwiching" the text and that is a no-no according to MOS, hence my placing it a bit below. Suggestions? Thoughts? Cheers, w.carter -Talk 23:13, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello. As advised, I seek dispute resolution regarding Disraeli’s assessment, available here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard and you are invited to provide your summary. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.16.1.254 ( talk) 17:37, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
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RIP Frank. Shaken but never stirred. Martinevans123 ( talk) 13:47, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
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This edit is quite inappropriate- [17] the plane did not blow up on the ground. Legacypac ( talk) 17:29, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
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You are a great example for all of us. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:29, 3 March 2016 (UTC) |
Thank you for the contribution towards clearing up the Alley Oop issue in the Herb Alpert article. I appreciate your effort! THX1136 ( talk) 17:18, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Apparently Two Out of Three Ain't Bad – but shamefully I only achieve a score of one. Before you ask, I'm scoring against 'Young, Welsh and Pretty Skint' rather than the alternative mentioned in the source… I'll leave that particular score to your imagination! JezGrove ( talk) 22:38, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, your source at Dylan Thomas#Early life looks more specific/detailed than the one I used - I guess his age at the time of his victory should be changed in the article to 14? (I'm in no position to make judgments about the reliability of the City and County of Swansea, of course!) JezGrove ( talk) 19:17, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
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I can't comment at the article talk page since the image I have found will mislead and confuse since it is about someone else and the "joke" gets lost but the file name fits exactly (and is not a joke). Buster Seven Talk 12:35, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for removing the hidden "Why, if he was Jewish?" buried away in a comment when it is explained that Emeric's grave bears the only Star of David in that Church of England churchyard -- SteveCrook ( talk) 03:11, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
" latyer"... - 2001:558:1400:10:207B:B05B:7A16:DA9F ( talk) 21:53, 11 March 2016 (UTC) User who appreciates your work on cleaning up Keith's bio, but is banned by Jimmy Wales from helping out.
Any chance of moving the article on Keith Emerson's old band The V.I.P.'s in order to lose that horrible apostrophe - it doesn't appear in the band's name in the lead paragraph? JezGrove ( talk) 23:32, 11 March 2016 (UTC) JezGrove ( talk) 23:32, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks to you too for helping to fix up Keith's article. I wasn't a huge prog fan backintheday but I happened to see ELP at HV in 2010 and was impressed despite myself (and despite some of their olden fans saying it wasn't a very good show). Just letting you know I found a few more cites for the Instrumentation section and am trying to fix that up with some better refs and general tighten up this morning. Cheers, TheBlinkster ( talk) 16:05, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Many thanks for your help and moral support on getting the Keith Emerson article into shape for its RD posting. Kind regards,
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Hi Martin, Thanks for chipping in on the Senghenydd article. It passed today as a GA, and I've put it up for PR. Should you have any thoughts that would help it get to FA, I'd be delighted to hear them. Cheers – SchroCat ( talk) 14:16, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
Never mind, there’s always Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll… (My apologies for the truly terrible pun in the section heading!) JezGrove ( talk) 10:59, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Another note here. Sca ( talk) 13:09, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Please take a look at the article about Frans Jeppsson Wall. I always appreciate your work:) BabbaQ ( talk) 19:22, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
It's just been pointed out to me that the plot of The Simpsons episode " Bart to the Future", set 30 years in the future, included Lisa becoming President of the United States of America and trying to sort out the economic mess left by her predecessor in the Oval Office, Donald Trump! JezGrove ( talk) 16:43, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
Enjoy your break. Is it rugby related? Should be a good day, but won't be able to match last year's final day. Robevans123 ( talk) 13:12, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, since you apparently have Colin Welland on your watch list, could you please keep your eyes out for drive-by editors that change the birthplace from Liverpool (correct) to Leigh (incorrect)? I'm not always on-wiki to catch that (was off for four or five days recently), so the article needs more eyes. Thanks, and anyone reading this, could you please also assist by watching the article? (The main reason the drive-bys try to change it is that all of Welland's obits got the birthplace wrong (see article talk page and the footnote in the article itself.) Thanks! Softlavender ( talk) 00:52, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
I used to drink with Larkin on jazz night (Tuesdays?) in the Haworth. He wasn't a big drinker - I guess unaccepted oesophageal cancer will do that - but I always made a point of buying him a pint. "Very kind of you", he'd say. "Think nothing of it", I replied, "I'm going to dine out with impressionable young English students for years on this story". The old lecher smiled. Andy Dingley ( talk) 21:40, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin. In the section "Song versions" seen here [25], would you be interested in sharing your thoughts? I'm personally done with talking to that editor who opened the thread. Maybe you could help by sharing your input? Caden cool 23:38, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Martin thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. It is appreciated. Caden cool 07:34, 27 March 2016 (UTC) |
Hi Martin if you have the time could you please go to this [27] RFC and share your opinion? I know you are a long time music editor so I thought you could add to the discussion. Thanks. Caden cool 19:52, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you for your thank-you. Sca ( talk) 01:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Do you g-know what GNU stands for? a g-nother g-nome 10:42, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for linking to " vowel functions" and "anal GPS". 89.8.239.64 ( talk) 13:17, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Could you treat the request here ? Regards. -- Panam2014 ( talk) 18:38, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Sorry for my comment at inappropriate place, but i write only because of tagging my name at here. this clumsily behaviors such as send notifications to all of admins [29], [30], [31], [32] or launching mayhem and controversy not only isn't effective but also similar to an example of a criminal act! Wikepedia is not a WP:BATTLEGROUND and Dishonest and gaming behaviors oughtn't be place in that. when seen to the his contributions log we faced with massive amounts of these behaviors after approval restrictions! i hope admins including EdJohnston be following up these issues.
Thanks. K!lluminati ( talk) 23:03, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Thank you, Martinevans. I was unable to see more than one page of the book you linked to (the page mentioning Dupree's song). Feel free to revert my edit, but I think it would be appropriate to link to your source for substantiation. I am pretty new to editing Wikipedia articles, but I was a book editor for 30-some years. I may have been overly bold with this particular edit. I appreciate hearing from you. Best wishes from Jim Wicklatz Jwicklatz ( talk) 20:09, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
I always thought the Troubadours were indirect pioneers of rap. I saw a programme with that python travelling in southern France a few years ago. Two guys performed a troubadour piece and it was bloody rap. I nearly dropped my Horlicks. Irondome ( talk) 21:19, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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And editor except the article creator (i.e. I) can end the speedy-deletion nonsense by simply removing the template. Might I suggest you do that? It's amazing that someone can be active on WP for that many years and still be that confused about the meaning of notability or even, for that matter, the meaning of the various speedy deletion modes. E Eng 20:35, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
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A great palindrome but also a tax-efficient scheme, apparently… I just love the way that the BBC reports "Mossack Fonseca says it has operated beyond reproach for 40 years and never been accused or charged with criminal wrong-doing". Err, yes, well that'll be because for 40 years no one had proof of what they were up to, and now they do, they've been reproached! JezGrove ( talk) 21:08, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Check long johns for silver? E Eng 21:58, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
I was proud (but mystified) to find I'd been promoted to extended confirmed user status, as have many other respected editors (including yourself and Gerda). What dizzying heights had I reached? What wondrous vistas of editing awaited me? And what had I done to deserve such riches? - 30 days tenure, 300 edits, and the ability to edit in some contentious areas... I feel like I've just received my cycling badge after driving about 500,000 miles over 40 years, and can now join Guy Martin on his Wall of death - doing something I don't want to do with someone I don't want to meet. Harrumph over. Diolch. Taxi for Rob? Robevans123 ( talk) 13:37, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
I invite you to discuss the ongoing RM discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 03:59, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martinevans123
I am new to Wikipedia and have difficulty negotiating my way round any type of communications and editing on here. I am concerned that the birthplace of Colin Welland is indicated as Liverpool. He was actually born in Leigh, Lancashire, (Milton Street to be precise), before moving to the Kensington area of Liverpool as a toddler. Colin is one of a few famous people born in Leigh. Along with Georgie Fame, Thomas Burke and James Hilton. If you would kindly rectify this for me, I would be grateful.
Harvey Blear — Preceding unsigned comment added by HarveyLeighBlear ( talk • contribs) 13:39, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
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[35] MartinEvans? And here I was thinking the name was Martine Vans. But seriously, I get the whole humor thing, but when you have an editor who is clearly taking it the wrong way, please don't escalate the situation. I'm not suggesting a humorless existence, just don't direct it at an individual you know isn't going to take it the right way. NE Ent 15:03, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
People are far less likely to be annoyed at jokes that are funny. Just saying. HighInBC 16:19, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
I know i'm a few days late, but all the edits involving the DOD seem like sockpuppetry/meatpuppetry. The source for the death currently in place makes me skeptical. I'd like your opinion on this matter since you also reverted some edits of this nature. -- Saltedcake ( talk) 13:32, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
I saw your note on Dr. B's talkpage. Thanks for checking the Welsh names and also for a few minor fixes that I see you made to the article's text. Anyway, I've sent it to FAC now with fingers firmly crossed. Brianboulton ( talk) 19:40, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Martin I just wanted to let you know that I mentioned you here [37] and wanted you to know this. My stalker will just not quit. Rather creepy if you ask me. Caden cool 19:16, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
It's interesting the things people said behind my back. Martinevans123, if you are interested in getting involved, then you should know the background. The articles involved were ones that I looked at at the start of the discussion at WT:SONG, there is no stalking, those were just the articles under discussion. Caden however refused to participate in the discussion, when I had specifically asked him to participate in all the edit summaries as well as repeated direct requests on his talk page. While the discussion was still undergoing, Caden continued to engage in edit warring, not just with me, but with others as well, just some of his edits here - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. If he had continued to edit warring after I had filed the edit warring report on him, he would have received an extended block, given that he already had a block and a topic band for edit warrning - here and here. I'm sure you had not intended it to be so, but your contribution at WT:SONG was used as an excuse for him to continue edit warring while refusing to address the issue. It should be noted that where there is a dispute, per WP:BRD, the ones involved in the dispute should discuss the issues involved rather than delegating it to someone else. I appreciate your contribution, and hope you can continue to engage as a neutral editor, but I hope you can also understand that not participating in discussion while aggressively reverting (and making various odd accusations) as Caden did is not acceptable behaviour, and should not be encouraged. Hzh ( talk) 18:25, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Please accept my apology. I'm sorry he dragged you into this.I should of known better. Caden cool 19:11, 29 April 2016 (UTC) |
[38] PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 08:05, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
He left me no choice. I had to defend myself and I had to tell the truth. Caden cool 17:10, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello Martinevans123, Helikopter Service Flight 451 was a stub that I have added quite a lot of information to. I would appreciate it if you took the time for a peer review since you are also active on 2016 Turøy helicopter crash. Both for proper english since it is not my first language and other things I most likely have done wrong since I am quite new to Wikipedia. Cheers :-) Treehugger76 ( talk) 22:24, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
I have removed your addition to the above article, as it appears to have been copied from http://www.stmaryhighamferrers.org/music, a copyright web page. All content you add to Wikipedia must be written in your own words. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you think I may have made a mistake. — Diannaa ( talk) 21:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, no need to send thanks for our generosity with our washed-up politicos - you're very welcome! (But some cash in a brown envelope would be appreciated...) Or you could just blame your compatriots and their reckless voting behaviour. JezGrove ( talk) 19:19, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
Mr Hamilton, in this picture, brings you to the George Hamilton IV page. 173.72.63.96 ( talk) 02:03, 15 October 2016 (UTC)ImageMeOnTheMaginotLine
Interesting article - but profoundly disturbing when something from the time of your youth is now the subject of a museum exhibition and is being proposed as a heritage site... Robevans123 ( talk) 12:54, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
As always I respect your opinion. Any thoughts on this [42] that you might want to share? Caden cool 18:10, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Are you going to join in at: Wikipedia:WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge. I'd particularly appreciate your help with getting the right things included in the core articles & missing articles lists at this stage as we are still preparing for the contest.— Rod talk 20:28, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
Good to see that after bubbling under the top 500 you're straight in at number... 500, with some great riffs on the themes of comedy, tragedy, romance, and all-embracing ecumenicalism. Is that a great mix? Not Arf! Still got some work to do to catch up with the great Welsh tenor! Robevans123 ( talk) 06:31, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
Like cider on a hot day, I find your constant links to subjects from discussions most refreshing. You're either very well travelled, or you sit on Google, constantly. I really don't know how you do it, but bravo, nonetheless! Cassianto Talk 12:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, I know we can't all be as gorgeous as Leanne, but for some reason the WP article Body Gossip has been put forward for deletion. I've expanded the page a little but if you get a chance perhaps you could take a look and see what you think? Personally, unless it's a blatant case of self-promotion I'd rather see a rubbish stub ready to be improved than no article at all, and I've certainly seen articles that I consider to be more worthy candidates for deletion. JezGrove ( talk) 22:56, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
She remains covered by BLP as a recently dead person. We can't use tabloid sources to back up anything on this article. Try to find better sources. If you can, add them to the article. If you can't, that's a good indicator that it is garbage that never belonged on Wikipedia in the first place. -- John ( talk) 21:49, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Please see footage of opening of snack bar at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQWGasWzew8
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See Collective_noun#Metonymic_merging_of_grammatical_number -- "None" may take a plural or a singular verb, depending on the context. In this case the subject "none" is referring to "cases of individuals" which would take the plural verb "have", i.e., "cases... have", not "cases... has". (Note: "But none of them have..." is the same as "But none have...") Does this make sense? Sparkie82 ( t• c) 23:21, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
I think, nuff said, thanks -- BOD -- 22:23, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
I say, quack, quack! Just goes to show that crossover is cool! Robevans123 ( talk) 10:12, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
I'm going to have to go with "C" or "100%".
If you pick either "A" or "D", at "25%", then it's because there's a 1/4 chance that you're correct, and therefore, your answer is correct.
However, if you go with "B" at "50%", then it's because 1/2 of those answers were "25%", which would both be correct, and therefore, your answer is correct.
Finally, if you go with "C" at "100%", then it's because any of those answers were correct, and all of those answers imply the previous answers to be correct, and therefore, your answer is correct.
"C". I choose "C". 100%.
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Martin. Mom lived a long (93 years) adventurous life, I would write and article about her if I could, but I can't. I already did on pseudo article about Dad and that's pushing it. But it was nice to hear from you, Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 21:27, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi, The number of survivors are shown in many (if not all) other accident articles (Eg. Adam Air Flight 574, Metrojet Flight 9268). I understand that readers are not idiots, but since other article follow this convention regardless of whether there are any survivors or not, I don't see a reason not to include it.
Guysayshi ( talk) 11:45, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Guysayshi
Thanks for the reply. In the example given in Template:Infobox aircraft occurrence on Pam Am Flight 103, number of survivor(s) (zero) is/are shown despite the deaths of all people on board the plane. It seems strange that number of people missing (zero) is also shown. As of EgyptAir MS 804, I would keep the survivors field blank, I guess. This aside, I really wish there were survivors...
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Martin, bite, also irony doesn't transfer well on-line unless you know the person. Hence our early protracted wars. Ceoil ( talk) 12:38, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
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I think the detail about the inspection is not important. The inspection would have been performed before the Continental even took off and lost its strip, leaving it essentially worthless in this case. -- 143.85.169.19 ( talk) 22:29, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
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But the overlord of prog organ is on Wikipedia...... Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:40, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
Hope that helps. -- RexxS ( talk) 00:46, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
I had a feeling you'd like that birthday bit. Happy belated! InedibleHulk (talk) 07:56, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
Please be careful with Reflinks, it's changing other links as in your edit here. Mlpearc ( open channel) 22:33, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
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You deserve it for keeping the sometimes intricate debate on Talk:Death of Jo Cox on a steady course with a cool and clear head. I always enjoy good debates and exchange of ideas, you learn a lot from them if they include civilized people just wanting to do what is best for the article. You are definitely such a person. Cheers! w.carter -Talk 20:43, 19 June 2016 (UTC) |
If only Hafs was still around... emotional Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:15, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
"Those teardrop tattoos are now tears of joy". So unlucky Croatia. Gutted. Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:41, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
I'll probably regret making this early prediction, but I'm taking off my bra and relaxing (metaphorically, you understand). Forget Brexit, it looks like we'll get Bralaxtit. Of course, we'll soon find out if I lacked support - in which case it will be down to Nige's voters crawling over broken glass (sounds like he must drink in a REALLY classy pub...) JezGrove ( talk) 22:37, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
I was reminded of a story my grandfather used to tell, recounted to me by my father, of someone he knew who was once driving his old Morris van, at night time, on the A479. Descending the steep hill on that road, between Talgarth and Builth, he found his brakes had failed and he careered through the hedge and turned the van upside down. As he sat there, trapped in his van, he began to hear the sound of petrol dripping into the interior from the upturned petrol tank. Searching frantically in his pockets, he was relieved to find his pen-knife. He reportedly would later say: "I was so lucky because I knew if the van caught fire at least I'd be able to cut my throat!" Lucky indeed, but he survived his ordeal. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:06, 25 June 2016 (UTC) p.s. how much will it cost to change all of these back to that nice blue colour?
Must confess I wasn't sure what do do here, but it makes more sense not to have it. This is Paul ( talk) 16:35, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Yes, as you might have guessed, I found a Camel LP lurking at the back of the cupboard, and cleaned it up and gave it a spin. Meanwhile, shouldn't this read "Bee Gee"? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:17, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Now there's a surprise – England's lacklustre millionaire footballers beaten by a country that doesn't even have a single professional team, and which has only one resident who plays the game for money... Still, now that Roy Hodgson has resigned perhaps we could have a job share? It looks like Corbyn could be out of work soon and looking to exploit his experience of motivating left wingers, and though Cameron's attempts to play on the outside-right have clearly failed, he will soon be available to offer his skills (?) as a defensive midfielder. BTW, good luck against Belgium! JezGrove ( talk) 22:36, 27 June 2016 (UTC) Oops! I meant to say "and which has only one resident who plays the game for money in the (English – and Welsh, well sort of) Premier League". Still, perhaps my total ignorance of the game will see me leading the English team to oblivion in 2020? Though not before I’ve got my tax affairs in order, obviously … (I’d brand myself as incurably delusional, but Jeremy 'Hunt' is thinking of running for PM – we need that 'Brexit bonus' invested in mental health services, and fast!) JezGrove ( talk) 22:55, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
I see Mr Corbyn has finally decided to put up a passionate fight for 'Remain' at last – a shame it's just when nearly everyone else appears to want him to support 'Leave'…. JezGrove ( talk) 20:58, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
I've no idea what this tells us about the next leader of the UK, but one anagram of the Tory party leadership contenders' surnames - Crabb, Fox, Gove, Leadsom, May - is 'Foxglove Academy mobs bar'. Presumably it doesn't bode too well for former Education Secretary Gove? One thing I AM sure of is how glad I am that there's no 'r' in 'Gove', so I'm definitely NOT related (insert your own 'r's hole joke here…) JezGrove ( talk) 22:31, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Would you be interested in reviewing or commenting at this FAC nomination for Agharta (album)? More input would be appreciate, as it appears one reviewer has become inactive there. Dan56 ( talk) 04:27, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
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"One of the finest performances in the history of British football" - Gary Lineker ( talk) 20:53, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
Portugal 2 - Wales 0. Two good goals. Wales, you still played really very well and deserved something on the scoreboard. Da iawn, tîm! Rydych chi wedi gwneud i ni ymfalchïo. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:56, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Feel free to remove it if you think it's not important. After all, like you say he's not a well known journalist. This is Paul ( talk) 15:40, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
A Gaelic Blessing for you, deep peace, DYK? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:22, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
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It took only 300 years to restore her good name. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:08, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Request unblock of Martinevans123. Thank you. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:03, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
outside Hi, I'm contacting you (and @ Ritchie333:) because I saw the ANI report and because I have the similar case as you.
Apparently, some experienced editors have found a nice loophole on how to ban any editor they wish.
Your ISP uses a certain range of ip addresses. For instance mine uses several ranges, one being 89.164.xxx.xxx. Apparently, the only thing that is needed to block a person is to accuse him of being a sock of someone who uses the same ISP. Then they both will have the same ip prefix and appear they are the same person.
I still haven't figured out the way they find ip behind a username. However, requesting cu until a suitable candidate is found can work, especially if a suitable candidate had used several isps.
I come from Croatia where User:Asdisis is that candidate. There are only a few isps in Croatia so it's not hard to ban a lot of people as socks.
Here's how to ban someone. The discussion [53]. The user that you want to ban [54]. The repeated cu requests outside spi [55].
Other cases that I had caught [56]-> [57]
My case: I'm being forbidden to post sources: [58] 89.164.143.178 ( talk) 15:14, 31 July 2016 (UTC) In fact, I know one way to get someone's ip. Cu editors can see it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.164.143.178 ( talk) 15:33, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
It's been a bit boring here without you around. Hope we'll see you around in a few days and that you've enjoyed your wikibreak! If you didn't catch the David Bowie BBC Prom - watch on the iPlayer - well worth it. Have you made it up to Abergavenny for the eistedfodd? Watching the crowning of the bard as I write. Whenever I see all those bardic robes I think it's going to break out into some Dennis Wheatley inspired ritual involving blood, altars and virgins, but you just get the dance of the wood nymphs... Robevans123 ( talk) 16:24, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
As you know, I haven't been around here for a while, so I was very sorry to come back and see you'd been blocked. Haven't a clue as to why - way above my Wikipedia paygrade to understand all that Admin stuff - but very sorry nonetheless. However, the block seems almost to be over, so I hope you have enjoyed your break and to see you around soon. All the best. KJP1 ( talk) 07:13, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, I can see from my notifications that you have sent me an email but I can't find it in my inbox. This may be due to the reported problems with Wikipedia email not working at the moment. If you could resend it to alt.jl-4oqxa0hbyopmail.com that would be great.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 19:07, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Cripes, it does seem ewer a little hard done by. — Lady Gargoyle ( talk) 19:12, 6 August 2016 (UTC) [60]
Stop, Listen and Learn with Noddy. Croeso Nol. Robevans123 ( talk) 18:29, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
Croeso'n ôl Martin, welcome back. Missed you. Daicaregos ( talk)
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Can you look over Talk:Patent_leather#GA.3F for anything you see that would prevent qualification for GA? I'll do the review myself, but I'd like a preliminary opinion first. E Eng 03:23, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
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Great addition to the jukebox. Unfortunaly my 70s glitter balls are a bit tarnished and don't get used so much as they used to . Ah well, back to the hockey (although lacrosse has better memories from the seventies for me...). Now, where did I leave the brasso? Robevans123 ( talk) 21:02, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
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Glad to see you're back. On the matter of links for the above, neither 26 or 27 are working. Are they essential? Link 12 is fabulous. That altar painting is dirtier now (April '16) than when I was singing Venite Adoramus there as a school boy and I had no idea what it actually depicted. Best regards. KJP1 ( talk) 13:18, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
So, farewell cowboy. Martinevans123 ( talk) 12:15, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
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For consistency sake, yes, I guess this was indeed better! Thanx for noticing. OXYGENE 7-13 (TALKPAGE) 11:12, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
I saw my username in the edit summary. If you're in the mode of agreeing with me, I'd appreciate your removing the box at the top of the page, or at least the reference to Fram in it, as uncollegial and unhelpful. Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 09:11, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Crouch Touch Pause Engage - World's largest scrum at Llanrumney. By my reckoning that'll be four props and a few hundred hookers.
Good to see our Nige getting his GCSE results as well. Robevans123 ( talk) 21:13, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
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you are really starting to bore me and showing up in multiple chats I am involved in -I look forward to when that stops Govindaharihari ( talk) 22:28, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
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Since I've just asserted that it's a good idea to plaster cucumbers all over Wikipedia in a vain attempt to get them inserted into the MOS (oo-er), we might as well start here Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:40, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
Why? Sca ( talk) 00:09, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
Wasn't it just? Enjoyed the Verdi Requiem on Friday. Thought the youth choir was brilliant, and always good to see the Cimbasso getting an outing. Robevans123 ( talk) 17:11, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
I sort of see your point; we use "church" interchangeably to refer to both the organized group and the buildings (I think we have had some CfD discussions about that). I think I'll change it to "congregation" or perhaps, in this case, "parish". Daniel Case ( talk) 19:17, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
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[73] Ceoil ( talk) 21:07, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
Surely you meant "the udder nite" (groan)? Robevans123 ( talk) 21:17, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
Not quite. Maybe you'd like to induce my retirement from the project for the rest of the year? Cassianto Talk 20:18, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
Please review WP:BRD and WP:BURDEN. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary sources. Please review the talk page thread. If you wish to post on the RS noticeboard, perhaps you will find editors who agree with you and you will be able to establish some basis for this claim. There's the additional problem that your citation of those lists as references about themselves, the lists, is a WP:PRIMARY source and does not establish that the lists themselves are noteworthy. If you can find a secondary source that refers to those as significant or meaningful rankings, you will have a valid argument for inclusion. BTW look at this ranking to understand hwo many other pianists are ranked among the "greatest" [75] Were you aware of those other names? Finally, I need to ask you: Do you have any personal, professional, or other relationship with Mr. Brendel? Just asking to get that out of the way. Thanks. SPECIFICO talk 23:04, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
The Bloody Barnstar of Boxed Lemmings | ||
For all my own help in identifyng
three kinds lemmings, rushing
out of the shadows, to enjoy a series of
harsh retorts, before diving over the
cliff edge. Keep up the good work! Martinevans123 ( talk) 12:37, 22 September 2016 (UTC) |
Richly deserved but somewhat
self-aggrandizing to self-abuse-award. Making
extraordinary claims may require an
extraordinary exit strategy to avoid an
extraordinary witch-hunt. A least you've got an
extraordinary cliff to start you off on the long swim to
Saesland.
Quite Extraordinary!
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talk) 13:47, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
My notifications says that you sent me an email, but I don't seem to have it. Perhaps resend?-- Jimbo Wales ( talk) 05:43, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
Apparently you don't know when to let it rest either, apparently because you think you're hilarious. [76] That's great. So, your buddy reopened a thread that was last commented on days ago. Three days ago I went to his page not to reopen the thread, but to remind him that he doesn't have the basis to lecture me on policy. He saw it fit to kick me off his page, which is quite typical when you have no clue what you're talking about. Do you know how many admins would love to tell me I'm full of shit? Meh. Clueless. If you'd like to join "us" on my page for a wee policy discussion, please do. Otherwise: your opinion is utterly useless to me. Doc talk 14:03, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
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Martin, you are a "very naughty boy" to make that nomination, and I wholeheartedly thank you for it. I feel very honoured that my contributions are being noticed. I sit quietly in my "shed", enjoying myself doing what I do, my wife does not understand it, but as well as pleasing myself, I hope I am leaving behind something for present and future readers of WP. In the nomination you mentioned my work on churches. I am sorry to say that I became a bit bored with churches and have moved on to listed buildings, producing lists for each parish and unparished area, where that had not been done before. Up to now I have ensured that there are lists for all these areas in Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire, and I am now working through Cumbria. It's fascinating, and one discovers and learns so much as the work proceeds. It's so pleasurable, that honours are not really necessary, but when they come, wow, that IS a bonus. Keep up your good work, too. Cheers. -- Peter I. Vardy ( talk) 20:07, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
For your delectation, delight, and distraction I give you Cab Calloway performing Minnie the Moocher (animated version with Betty Boop). The forerunner of MTV videos? Robevans123 ( talk) 17:10, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
Was you a fan? I know you have an interest in this era. I forgot how wonderful this series was, if a little dated. Cassianto Talk 20:09, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi Martin, long time no see (as it were) – I hope you're well. According to our beloved WP, cocaine can cause loss of contact with reality and a persistent runny nose – but that certainly wasn't the cause of Trump's sniffles in the TV debate. After all, only a delusional demagogic hater would be fuelled by opiates… JezGrove ( talk) 10:15, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
Hmmm, a cure for all diseases – now where did Zuckerberg get THAT idea, I wonder? (With all due credit to everyone who shared this before it came my way, of course – and my apologies if it has come your way already!) JezGrove ( talk) 22:56, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
In honor of your Talkpage TOC being the coolest thing I've seen on Wikipedia in almost ten years of editing, I decided to take the test on your user page.
Thanks, LaughingVulcan Grok Page! 13:01, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
So now Sooty is the latest BBC children's entertainer to be outed for his behaviour in the 1970s - the catchphrase "Izzy wizzy, let's get busy!" will never be the same again. JezGrove ( talk) 13:38, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
This sucks. I dont think even Leonard Cohen felt as sorry in his darkest days. Bleak links pls..Hillybilly also if you are watching. Hit me. I'll start with [80]. Ceoil ( talk) 08:34, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
Noticing the incoming weather in south Wales, I was looking at Emergency planning in Wales and it's good to see you're in good hands. The most useful advice I could find there was on colouring in and 2.5D modelling, but this is the best advice... Robevans123 ( talk) 10:42, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
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Today was the concert at the Beethovenfest (a rough start of an article) of the Bells for Dafydd Llywelyn, without me, we had dress rehearsal for Elijah, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:44, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Next Welsh colleague Robert W. Jones, - can't believe that he has a German article, but not English! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:53, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
Back to Beethoven: celebrate! - An average of 7k readers see the composer's infobox a day, and no one has complained. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:33, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
Today we celebrate Carolin Emcke who won a peace prize, for writing "mute force" and "how we desire" among others, and moderates "streitraum". -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
The last thing I'd have expected from UKIP – piss up in brewery officially cancelled! JezGrove ( talk) 22:52, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
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I thought you might appreciate this one. The Miami Dolphins' season seemingly goes "tits down" as two of their granny cheerleaders take off their bras.
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Just realised I've stomped all over your edits. FIGHT!!!. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 12:47, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
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Do you reckon that Thailand's sadly missed air chief marshal was still a trainee fighter pilot? Oops, that's 15 years in jail for me then.... JezGrove ( talk) 19:16, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
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Loved the remark from an EU diplomat quoted on Radio 4's PM earlier (if they said who exactly I missed it, and I'm paraphrasing a little, but you get the gist): "When the UK was in the EU, it only wanted to negotiate opt-outs. Now it's leaving the EU, it only wants to talk about opt-ins!" JezGrove ( talk) 21:29, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
Forget the Montreux Casino, now we know what Smoke on the Water was all about! "Black smoker" hydrothermal vents, obviously... JezGrove ( talk) 22:48, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
S. O. Davies is on the main page (with a link to a link to Aberfan disaster). It's also linked in "On this day...". Just reverted one silly edit. I'm sure there'll be more... Robevans123 ( talk) 08:40, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Could we please sort out Jimmy Perry's article, in relation to his apparent death? There is only one source to this right now, and BLP states that information that can't be confirmed should be removed.
Since there is no confirmation from any news source that Perry is actually dead, I propose we remove it, as I'd already attempted to do.
If this turns out to be a hoax, it will be an egg on the face job for WP.
Thoughts?
Sunil The Mongoose ( talk) 16:48, 23 October 2016 (UTC) Sunil The Mongoose ( talk) 16:48, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
By all means be bold and move articles to the titles that you think they should have (checking whether there's previous discussion and basing your choice of title on WP:AT of course), or raise an RM, but not both at once. That just wastes time.
If you find you can't move an article but think it's uncontroversial, put in a technical request at WP:RM. But please don't move an article to a placeholder. That just complicates things. TIA Andrewa ( talk) 05:20, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
PS Love your talk page headers! Andrewa ( talk) 18:00, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
I checked on Isaac's Wiki page but now also on ODNB. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20059?docPos=1. Here's the first few lines if you don't have access: "Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), natural philosopher and mathematician, was born on 25 December 1642 in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, near Colsterworth, about 7 miles south of Grantham, Lincolnshire, the only and posthumous son of Isaac Newton (1606–1642), yeoman farmer, and his wife, Hannah (c. 1610–1679), daughter of James Ayscough, gentleman, of Market Overton, Rutland." Cheers, Brian Bmcln1 ( talk) 22:39, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the Stainland edit - much appreciated. You might want to know that the pre-existing para on the Stainland Cross in that article is in part a copyvio (not your doing, I know) from the book which I've reffed in the William Swinden Barber article (A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax, in the County of York (1836), by John Crabtree, p.498: "Stainland Cross") which is in Google Books. Storye book ( talk) 15:10, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
@ Ghmyrtle: Martin, I wonder if you, and perhaps Ghmyrtle whom I've tried to ping, would be interested in seeing if we could take Monnow Bridge to FA? As the only bridge of its type in Britain, it more than merits it. I think there's plenty of material, although there'll be a temptation to rely too heavily on Rowlands. And it would be a nice contribution to Monmouth and Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediA. Let me know what you think? Happy to try it alone, but thought it could be a fun collaboration. Best regards. KJP1 ( talk) 07:01, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
User:Hchc2009 would be a great peer reviewer, and would probably do it if asked. Looking forward to it. KJP1 ( talk) 19:37, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
Glad to see it was a comment, and not an exhortation to get on with it! Diolch Robevans123 ( talk) 23:18, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
I was thinking of going to Anglesey next time I holiday in Wales but the strap line to a trailer for this program on BBC Wales read "Anglesey: Nurseries, night watchmen and bananas in back passages" put me off the idea... I suspect a sub-editor on the website is having a bit of a giggle. Robevans123 ( talk) 23:18, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
Thanks very much for assisting me with improving that page :) I must say, though, that I wouldn't have introduced quotation marks to the text being put in the blockquote - unless they're in the material being quoted, which I assume is liner notes from the ELO II CD. Or do I have the wrong idea? Please come back to me on that. Harfarhs ( talk) 22:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
There should be just one infobox. The Prince infobox is unnecessary unless a dedicated fan of Prince sees the necessity of it? It pushes down another infobox and is already clunky as is. No need to tell readers about less notable songs from Prince album in the infobox. Also, key facts should be summarized, not supplemented, per WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Facts about the Prince recording are not "key facts". Prince is already credited as the writer of the song, so that is "key" enough, right? And Chaka Khan's version is "key" enough, right? -- George Ho ( talk) 12:06, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi again, Martin. After seeing growing votes at Talk:Video Killed the Radio Star#RfC: Retaining an infobox favoring preservation of two infoboxes, allow me to reinsert the Prince infobox? I don't want to fight with others over the infoboxes yet... unless the issue escalates without me responsible? George Ho ( talk) 02:04, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
I don't know whether to remove the infobox or not. I don't know whether to change it either. While Cohen was the prominent figure (may he rest in peace), especially to the song, his recording never hit the music chart. I made additions of dates, making one of recordings more likely to be the lead image. I'm not concerned whether that would make the article interesting. I want to be certain about prominence of one of recordings. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:16, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
Was reading the Talk:Donald Trump page and came across your post and thought there's a fellow I haven't seen in a long while. I know you and I have had our disagreements in the past but I've always admired your cool disposition. Anyho.. Happy editing! g@rycompugeek talk 15:58, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
Per MOS:TIME, either "8:18 am" or "8:18 a.m." is acceptable. Arbitrarily changing from one acceptable form to the other should be avoided. Dragons flight ( talk) 19:20, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
Twinkle is well-explained (including screenshots) at Wikipedia:Twinkle/doc. General Ization Talk 21:03, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
You live in the wrong country. You do not live in the land of the free and the brave, where it is a self-evident truth that all white, heterosexual, Christian men are created equal. [1]
References
— Softlavender ( talk) 05:58, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
Did you mean picklock or Padlocked? — Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh | Buzzard | 09:44, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Martin. Sorry to contact you 'out of the blue'. There seems to be dispute on the above talk page regarding what is included in the section regarding Downey's body being identified. I have Ann West's book, For the Love of Lesley. If you need references to settle the disputes regarding any information you'd like reinserted, I can provide them (or many of them). From what I recall, Alan wanted to identify her, but as he wasn't a blood relative, his request was rebuffed. They wouldn't let her kiss her daughter, and her request for a lock of her hair as a memento was denied. She vomited on seeing her daughter's body and the trinkets she wore and was given some whiskey to steel her nerves afterwards. Regards.-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 22:52, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
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You have got confused on this article: there are sources given in the lead for his death in 2011. You edited an update to that effect. EddieHugh ( talk) 21:57, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
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"Like Polyphemus blinded, Anthea Hamilton's Brobdingnagian buttocks appear defeated, rendered eyeless and helpless. Forever frozen in a functionless limbo – one immediately recalls Hirst's shark – this 'derrière contraire' arouses not our passions, but our pity. Yet in a world given over to verbal diarrhoea and emotional encopresis, perhaps its reticence, its restraint, its inherent retentiveness should be lauded, as indeed should the artist – I mean, it's not every day one gets to see a twenty-five foot goatse in a gallery, is it?" . micro.dot.cotton ( talk)
On 9 December 2016, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Greg Lake, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Mjroots ( talk) 07:13, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Martinevans123, I was wondering if you could tell me which newspapers are to be avoided for this article. The Sun is clearly out; it appears that the Telegraph is in. What about the Mirror or the Daily Mail? I've also found this interview, but I'm not sure how reliable blog interviews are considered. BlueMoonset ( talk) 18:16, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Martinevans123, which I agree not every person who suffered from mental illness should be in this category, Gurney's illness was a part of his notability. His illness predated his war service, and his length of confinement and death in an asylum are key distinguishing features of his career (vis-a-vis other WWI poets) -- without this category, I'm afraid this key aspect of his career will be missed. Clevelander96 ( talk) 18:01, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
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I don't know enough to stop my page being deleted. I am doing this for someone but getting data as I am writing it. Andiwindsoruk ( talk) 23:57, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
I assure you my knowledge isn't based on his wording ( see here and here - I can add more). They are traits hardly atypical of children who've sadly endured all forms of abuse and neglect. They develop these kinds of disorders. I'll leave it to you to reinsert or morph it into the text. In fact, these links I've provided would be better than yet another page from Sounes's book, IMO....-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 23:37, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
Yes, Oversight is practically Martin's middle name. I still think my suggestions re splitting the victim/crime details to a separate article, and either combining Rose and Fred, or not combining them and moving Rose-only material to her article, are still pertinent. After that I think what most needs reduction is the minute-by-minute account of the searches and warrants and suspicions and digging and ... E Eng 23:28, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
My sister says she would definitely have choked to death at lunch at work one day, had not the sole cow-orker in the room noticed her distress and applied the Heimlich. I'd have posted this in any case, since it was obviously notable, and I was surprised it wasn't up for my support. μηδείς ( talk) 02:21, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
You contributed to Talk:Exile on Main St two years ago. I invite you to the RM discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
I closed the RM and then started another one: Talk:Exile on Main St.#Requested move 20 December 2016. George Ho ( talk) 11:40, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello Martinevans123,
Enjoy the
Winter Solstice and the
Christmas and holiday season.
Thank you for all your good work during 2016 in maintaining, improving and expanding
Wikipedia.
All the best for 2017! Cheers, —
Gareth Griffith-Jones |
The Welsh |
Buzzard | 16:31, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
I think I may have to give up on Fred West. It's just too impenetrable. Maybe I'll come back to it later. E Eng 05:56, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! | |
Thank you for helping make Wikipedia a better place. May you have prolific and honorific editing in your future. Blessings. May we all have peace in the coming year. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:16, 23 December 2016 (UTC) |
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Just for general, tireless, objective diligence and an uncanny ability to (with a perfect blend of humour and professionalism), maintain other editors' morale. Seasons Greetings, too.-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 23:45, 23 December 2016 (UTC) |
Merry Chrismukkah Martinevans123!!
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Hi Martinevans123, only once in a lifetime do Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same day. This is the year you will experience that blessed occasion in your life. I pray that yours is filled with light, love, and a buttload of gifts. Thoughts and prayers,
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'ello 'ello 'ello Martinevans123,
PC White 'ere, informing you that the
season of drunken indulgence is upon us,
and because
my sauces tell me you might've been a bit slack in that regard recently,
you are hereby ordered to eat that last mince pie and enjoy it!
PC White |
The station
Merry Chipmunks to you too! . Mjroots ( talk) 12:34, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Christmas tree worms live under the sea...they hide in their shells when they see me, |
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 19:52, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Put some Piledriver on the turntable to ring in Christmas in memory of ol' Rick. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:52, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Martin, many thanks and all best wishes to you and yours. KJP1 ( talk) 06:53, 25 December 2016 (UTC) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In your heart there's a trace. Of someone before. Peaked only at No 45, but a masterpiece surely. Andy Hamilton on sax. Martinevans123 ( talk) 23:51, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
Blimey, Carrie Fisher, Richard Adams... I thought 'More or Less was tempting fate doing its analysis of whether there had been an increase in celebrity deaths in 2016 in mid-December but this is getting ridiculous :0( JezGrove ( talk) 18:20, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
What does the comment on my page mean? -- 37.191.205.193 ( talk) 12:41, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
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