Martinevans123,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–
Davey2010
Merry Xmas / Happy New Year
00:38, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:04, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Today: ... that the English tenor Mark Milhofer appeared as Mozart's Ferrando in Beijing and Moscow, and as Poppea's nurse in Berlin, dressed as a parody of Riff Raff? Remembering a sad day, parody feels good. Going to write moar " out of the deep" though, - Rutter composed it for first cello solo, then alto same melody, deep deep deep. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:46, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
? Uhm... If you would like to nominate me here : [2]. I would have no objections (here's hoping) to one of these WP glad-rags . P.S. My cat would like one too. Her size is SSS (very small), chest size 11 inches. Aspro ( talk) 23:00, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Or, in other words, Wikipedia. Lol'ed at your comment. The reason I linked that song, aside from the reference to the hope and glory of Wikipedia itself, was that it was linked in the Christmas Truce page but, interestingly, the song being used during the Christmas Truce is not discussed on the " Land of Hope and Glory" page. I'll add it later if you or someone else doesn't add it before that. Randy Kryn ( talk) 11:59, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
I am well known to the SG team and the edits are true. Please source your changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RushDiggity ( talk • contribs) 21:35, 6 January 2018 UTC (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | |
im sorry daddy
Catchmemartinevans ( talk) 21:52, 6 January 2018 (UTC) |
willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. For example, edit warring over how exactly to present encyclopedic content is not vandalism. Careful consideration may be required to differentiate between edits that are beneficial, edits that are detrimental but well-intentioned, and edits that are vandalism. Mislabeling good-faith edits as vandalism can be considered harmful."
You say roonstone, I say rynestone – let's call the whole thing off. ‑ ‑ Gareth Griffith‑Jones The Welsh Buzzard ‑ ‑ 14:25, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Raymond Thomas: 29 December 1941 – 4 January 2018
Per guidelines I should have collapsed instead of removing since you had commented. I hope you can forgive me even if the rest of the community can't. ― Mandruss ☎ 20:59, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
I'll just throw this out there without making any edits. Hopefully, you strive for accuracy as much as your readers want accurate information. Ray Thomas' wife Lee issued the following statement today on Ray's cause of death.
"I know a lot of you have been reading that Ray died from prostate cancer and I'd like to set the record straight. He did NOT die from the prostate cancer, he died from a massive heart attack. The prostate cancer was being treated and had been held in check for 6 years."
https://www.facebook.com/FleecityFirkin
Hooter13 ( talk) 04:20, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello!
I only skimmed the source in fairness, after watching a video of what happened. It seems incredibly obvious the pap was in the wrong, but regardless the source actually uses allegedly for both men's behavior. Probably best the article does the same? 80.3.154.91 ( talk) 14:50, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
I was ready to post this one for RD, but then I realize it's 10 days ago... It would be too difficult to stretch this one, so sorry. Alex Shih ( talk) 17:33, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
Remove any older than 7 days). I don't check ITN all the time, feel free to ping me when something worthy needs to be posted. Alex Shih ( talk) 17:49, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
On 13 January 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ray Thomas, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Alex Shih ( talk) 19:54, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
May all your endeavours have a fruitful beginning and prosperous ending! — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 12:21, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Martin, I was just completing an overhaul of MV Sanchi when you made your changes. I'm afraid I went ahead and made mine, so I may have scotched some of yours. Can you take another look at the article and fix anything you think needs fixing? Thanks. Sca ( talk) 13:51, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Please do not comment on trivialities and please contribute on the discussion. Sport and politics ( talk) 19:58, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
RIP. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 07:51, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
On 21 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Angel Recording Studios, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a former chapel built in 1888 was one of eleven studios involved in the recording of Adele's bestselling album 21? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Angel Recording Studios. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Angel Recording Studios), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass ( talk) 14:02, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
I've reverted at Ian McKellen and Ringo Starr. The same thing had happened at Ridley Scott and Charlie Chaplin. There's obviously a need for clear instructions somewhere central. -- RexxS ( talk) 15:03, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
"The honorific titles Sir, Dame, Lord and Lady are included in the initial reference and infobox heading for the subject of a biographical article"(my emphasis on heading). Honorific titles/prefixes, such as "Sir", are included in the infobox header. The infobox heading is the contents of the header of the infobox (inside
<th>...</th>
in the html). The heading includes three elements on separate lines against a common coloured background. The three elements are supplied by three parameters: |pre-nominals=
, |name=
, and |post-nominals=
. No matter what anyone's aesthetic sensibilities are, "Sir" is not part of anybody's name that I know of. If you don't like multiple lines in the infobox heading, then you could suggest an alternative at
Template talk:Infobox person or a similar venue. --
RexxS (
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16:16, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
hastemplate:infobox insource:"name = Sir " insource:/name ?= ?Sir /
, which incidentally shows that
Logic (musician) claims to have "Sir" as part of his given name. If you wanted to clean that lot up, you could request a bot run. --
RexxS (
talk)
17:10, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
In reply to your Mike Westbrook question: I suppose because the reader doesn't know that it's Template:Infobox musical artist; we do, as editors, but readers don't. I agree that "musician" looks redundant, but it's recommended on the Template page and it might look odd if just "composer" appeared. Your version also has redundancy: "jazz pianist" is obvious, from the "Avant-garde jazz" and "Piano" entries in the infobox. On the other bit: it's obvious that Mike Westbrook would be associated with the Mike Westbrook Brass Band, so that shouldn't really be there. "Musician" appears at Bix Beiderbecke, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison and other featured articles, but not all. So: stylistic preference perhaps. That's why I didn't revert, although in my periodic run-through of jazz pianist articles I might change it again, having forgotten this conversation; apologies if I do and if you still prefer the version you reverted to. EddieHugh ( talk) 22:44, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi - You recently switched out the interlanguage links in the 'Enigma of Kaspar Hauser' article, in favor of direct links to de.wikipedia . I probably put those interlanguage links there. The good thing about the interlanguage links is that, if someone creates an English language article with the required title, the link automatically switches to an ordinary wikilink. The interlanguage link also makes it clear that you're leaving the English-speaking universe if you use it in its original state. I'll leave it to you if you'd like to revert your own edit, but there was a logic to the original scheme. Cheers, Easchiff ( talk) 23:01, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Martin.
Just wanted your secondary opinion here. Do you agree with me this addition to the Dahmer article, despite the blustering justification it isn't trivia addition, should be reverted? Not only do some of the reference insertions reek of puerile impertinence (murdermostqueer, Blacktino etc.), but even the author's text description for some radiates trivia and incidental depictions (dark comedy etc.). I was itching to revert, but, in this instance, thought I'd get a second opinion first. It's a stepping stone to that South Park depiction being added with "justification" in my Mancunian opinion. Thanks.-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 01:17, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi there! Bless for reverting away the python death since that source didn't make any comment as to whether it was unusual or not. :) I did some digging and pulled up another couple of sources and have posted on the unusual deaths talkpage about them, and I'd love your input - the short version is that neither says explicitly unusual, but do refer to it as a one-in-a-million event, and I'm wondering if consensus is that's close enough. Cheers! NekoKatsun ( talk) 16:10, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
We need to get the word Manchester into the lead! Ceoil ( talk) 10:51, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
Haha Martin thanks! ... which then triggered me to go off and have to re-look-up the Church Police sketch (which seems to be a little better developed and funnier on the LP Matching Tie and Handkerchief than on the TV --> YouTube one I saw??) ... and so on. Cheers (not really here) 82.34.71.202 ( talk) 10:46, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
Slings and arrows will not harm you | |
He's makin' a list And checking it twice |
Do you think the media section is becoming overloaded with trivia? It reads more like a blog than a BLP. Best wishes for your attempts to keep this article neutral and free from spiteful vandalism, Xxanthippe ( talk) 00:31, 4 February 2018 (UTC).
I have warned you in the past about linking to copyright violating sites, so it seems rather coincidental that you would knowingly add such a link to a discussion about a copyvio action I took. I removed it, please don't ever do this again. Fram ( talk) 14:13, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Just to be clear, despite the "Copyvio links" heading here, this thread is not about a few links to Youtube videos which may or may not be "copyvio" (although they have obviously been watched, over decades, by million of viewers, across the world, without any apparent legal consequences), it's about my post here which was my good faith attempt to contribute to that ongoing discussion, where I was trying to make a point about notability, whuch had been raised by User:GoldenRing here. It apparently contained a copyvio link (in another language). So my post was deleted wholesale. I was also accused of deliberately re-adding it despite a warning here (which I had not had time to see). I don't really appreciate threats of blocking and then having material dumped off my User page without a request to remove it myself (which I would gladly have done). I've just had enough of this overbearing battleground mentality, thanks. So I've carefully trimmed down this page, in case there are any copyvios lurking, and trimmed the YouTube links yet again, just for Fram, who seems to see my contributions at WP:AN/I and my willful and malicious posting of links to YouTube video, as all part of the same unbearably disruptive activity. Martinevans123 ( talk) 18:58, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
oh dearie me, seems someone's been at the
sauce judging by all these empty
tin-pots...
Poor vous. .
micro.dot.cotton (
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20:37, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialogue, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:47, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
O Heavens, O forgot the attribution. ---- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:50, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:45, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
I restore this, - too lazy to write the diff in the prize record. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:47, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
I hope that you watch my talk and know already that we had a lovely Main page today, on which Nazi was mentioned which should guarantee a few extra clicks, - sad, really. Tomorrow will be Der gelbe Klang, sounds rich. There's a video, but nononono link. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:40, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
We start today. I just was reminded of that, mind the date. I was too proud to appeal for two years, and may have been wrong. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:44, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Somewhat gutted by that. Often the TMO has to make a tough decision based on no direct view.... but when it's in perfectly clear view watched by millions?? Mr Glenn Newman not terribly popular in Wales at the moment, I fear. Martinevans123 ( talk) 10:28, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello! Since you've done good work on the Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song) article, I'd be interested in your opinion about my proposed image addition at the end of the talk page there. Best wishes. -- SergeWoodzing ( talk) 10:37, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
Happy Valentine's Day! | |
It wasn't easy to come up with an innocuous Valentine's Day greeting to share with collaborators on Wikipedia, so I went with "evolutionary". Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy. ~Henry Kissinger
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Hi Martin
Thank you so much for your help getting the Booth's Gin article better informed, and so swiftly! May I ask for your assistance in renaming (or at least how to rename) the article currently entitled John Savage, KG? As should be obvious this is a misnoma, because anyone who has been knighted can be styled Sir, and in his instance he has been known as Sir John Savage, KG for time immemorial (especially since the post-noms KG differentiate him uniquely from others by the name of Sir John Savage, who weren't KGs).
Much obliged for your guidance & thanking you in advance for your assistance as it is good to have Wikipedia reflecting correct info.
217.169.51.41 ( talk) 18:34, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
What makes you think the Martin Garrix link you posted is an official one? I can find no evidence that "Fu music" has the rights to this recordings, but perhaps I miss something. I presume you have checked this and can easily show me that this is not a copyvio link? Fram ( talk) 07:56, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
As you seem to be keen on avoiding copyvio, I’d still be very pleased to get your advice on these questions from the thread you opened on "Copyvio links" above. As you may have seen, I already asked User:Primefac above for his view, as well as on his Talk page, but he has so far neglected to answer:
Many thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 13:15, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
As you obviously can't be bothered to stop adding links to copyright violations, despite multiple and recent warnings, you have been blocked. Fram ( talk) 13:29, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
indefinite, pending satisfactory assurances that infringement will not continue- e.g. unless and until either it's proven that the block was in error, or Martin agrees to stop posting copyvios, an ANI discussion won't make any difference. WP:CV is a legal policy so any change to it would need to go via the WMF; a discussion at ANI (or anywhere) won't have authority to amend it. ‑ Iridescent 20:14, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
Martin, I am delighted to see you back here. With best wishes DBaK ( talk) 22:12, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
Personally, I think linking to YouTube videos is to copyright infringement what talking about narcotics is to trafficking heroin. Plus a block here does nothing to address the actual problem on YouTube any more than sticking somebody in the slammer for a bag of grass helps curb the activities of Columbian drug barons. Welcome back, Martin. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:10, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi dude, you're unblocked, hope to see you soon. Govindaharihari ( talk) 07:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
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Martin, I also really hope to see you back editing on Wikipedia someday – I miss your sense of humour, and crossing paths with you on music articles from the pre-internet era that desperately need improving. And Ceoil, if you need someone to argue with over Nick Drake in Martin's absence, I'm always available... Richard3120 ( talk) 00:46, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
More mellow after the black despair pictured above, here's a subtle hint at a composer from Wales (click on Waterhouse), and the first church I knew pictured. F minor is gone, G minor now. Will hear the cantata now! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:10, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
Hope we see you again, Martin, but if not (and hopefully this won't unfold as being the case), I wanted to add this to your page. I could have added an Original, Random Acts of Kindness, or Editor's Barnstar, but thought this one to be the best. Please don't rest on superlative laurels. Kieronoldham ( talk) 04:30, 25 February 2018 (UTC) |
The leek is one of the national emblems of Wales, worn along with the daffodil (in Welsh, the daffodil is known as "Peter's leek", Cenhinen Bedr) on St. David's Day. According to one legend, King Cadwaladr of Gwynedd ordered his soldiers to identify themselves by wearing the vegetable on their helmets in an ancient battle against the Saxons that took place in a leek field. [1] Cheers!‑ ‑ Gareth Griffith‑Jones The Welsh Buzzard ‑ ‑ 15:55, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
References
There is an RfC at Talk:Daily Mail#Request for comment: Other criticisms section. Your input would be most helpful. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 12:24, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin. Saw your simplification on Blaenffos and wondered if you knew whether alt text can be added to the caption in the infobox? Cheers, Tony Tony Holkham (Talk) 23:07, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
|static_image_alt=your alt text
. Works just like the standard alt text for photos etc, but also displays the text when the cursor hovers over the image. I've added some alt text to the infobox at
Blaenffos. Feel free to edit/improve.
Robevans123 (
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01:03, 7 March 2018 (UTC)If you actually dare search for it, I'm assuming that the YouTube upload of "Arnold Bax - November Woods (1917)" (20:36) published by Yusuf Yalçın on 25 Dec 2012 is probably quite likely to be a possible copyvio since it does not link to the BBC Philharmonic website and does not give a clear indication that the orchestra has given it's permission for that recording to be published? (Or is the estate of Arnold Bax, and/or his original publisher, involved in some way? I'm sorry if that question appears hopelessly naive). I expect there is a whole set of advice on music copyright rules somewhere at Wikipedia, isn't there Any advice welcome. Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:58, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
The tickling stick for humour beyond the call of duty | |
How tickled are we all to see humorous quick-fire japes from Martin. As Sir Ken put it, "Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to be embarrassed or insulted. They want to laugh and so do I - which is probably why it works." Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:11, 12 March 2018 (UTC) |
if they really wanted to stop the war in Syria they target Russia. The link is to an article by Jonathan Freedland, just to illustrate that their view of themselves is challenged, and isn't the reasonable, self evident assertion you claim it to be. To say they oppose all bombs is propaganda because they are selectively vocal, selectively silent. Come on Martin, you're not this stupid. 78.144.80.249 ( talk) 22:53, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
Remember my date: it was a peace day in 1945, pictured. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:25, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
RIP Wanda Wiłkomirska - practically no refs yet, all help welcome. The first violinist I heard on stage, playing the Wieniawsky. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:34, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
That ITN (or not) was disappointing, but we'll get her to the Main page ;) - How lovely to read in other news "Polish Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee, he has heard, is more inclined toward forgiveness". Haven't heard the last word here for a while. Next singing Vierne. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:19, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
Adding copyrighted YouTube links here, huh? Sounds like you have done a lot worse! talk to !dave 19:57, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I saw that you deleted the edits of the page "list of highest-attended concerts" by deleting Liam Payne's (110,000 people in the audience, 30 March, Dubai Global Village) statistics out of the list. Please fix it, the information was correct and cited correctly by multiple arabic sites. Syggan ( talk) 13:28, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
I don't now what your difficulty is. Images of his grave, including one by me, have been added to the article repeatedly over the years. They are removed because they are derivate works of the artwork.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 07:37, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
@ Wehwalt:, just to let you know, the Commons category:Grave of Nikita Khrushchev is now empty. So no possibility of further wasted effort. Martinevans123 ( talk) 11:31, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
A series of programme on BBC Radio 4 today, including a unique tribute program in which global figures celebrate the legacy of King by reading the words of "I have a Dream", introduced by Professor Clayborne Carson, editor of the Martin Luther King papers. A small but fitting tribute to Dr King, who had made perhaps one of the greatest and most inspiring speeches of all time. Martinevans123 ( talk) 19:05, 4 April 2018 (UTC) [11]
On 4 April 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ray Wilkins, 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. The Rambling Man ( talk) 21:51, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your help again, as with the Welsh. Best wishes, Brian Bmcln1 ( talk) 19:06, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
For Colin Grove recently. TBH I don't think he is all that convincing. Britney Spears is very good though.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 11:39, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Why I kept going around in circles trying to get off anglesey all those years ago - it is in wales. JarrahTree 00:02, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/Assessment/Margaret Thatcher. -- Neve~ selbert 00:53, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I'm wondering if you can spare me a few moments? I was scanning my watchlist and your edit comment caught my eye. "This article is written in British English, which commonly treats collective nouns as plural. DO NOT change "WERE" to "WAS"." What is the definition of a collective noun, and why is it plural? (I always thought a collection of coins or stamps or whatever was a single entity, and hence singular.) With thanks in advance, Pdfpdf ( talk) 15:15, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
Per
MOS:LEADPRON, we should not include pronunciations for place names whose pronunciations would be obvious to English speakers. Canter is a common word, and -bury is a common suffix in English place names.
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maczkopeti (
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14:49, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your support in adding and reviewing the Southwest Airlines passenger to the 'List of Unusual Deaths' article. I'm only an occasional wikipedia user so I am a little bit nervous about major additions I add to articles - your support means a lot. Thank you :) ◄Sandshark23 ► talk♦ contribs 13:27, 21 April 2018 (UTC) |
You reverted a change I made on the page of Dali's painting John of the Cross. Previously it said "1550" (unsourced?), but I corrected that based on what I found at the Wikipedia page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_the_Cross, where it says: "At some point between 1574 and 1577, while praying in the Monastery of the Incarnation in Ávila in a loft overlooking the sanctuary, John had a vision of the crucified Christ, which led him to create his famous drawing of Christ "from above". " So I have a source for 1575. What source do you have for the 1550??? GeoRic ( talk) 19:57, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Martin, would you please back off? I'm experience a lot of difficulty editing these days and if I say I can't get to something that you think needs to be done right. now. then there's a good reason for it. Those articles are almost a decade old, and I'll get around to the fixes if I'm convinced they're needed. I didn't think there was any reason to reply to the other editor's talk page posts yesterday, and now it's just a big clusterfuck that I. cannot. deal. with. Please back away. Victoriaearle ( tk) 22:44, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
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What the ...) ( What the f*** was that?) | |
"You burden me with your questions |
.... it's not every day one gets an email that ends "... that's your problem exactly, a waste of fucking space who only pokes but never actually does anything. Fuck you small man. Truly." ...(....please send answers on a postcard).
Hi there, you thanked me for my edits on British Airways Flight 5390 so I assumed you're sort of on my wavelength and it's OK to talk frankly here. You've been having fun and games on there with our pal EEng whoever the F*** he is! I know it's highly unethical to get personal, but WTF is his problem!? Has he nothing better to do with his time? I would very much like your opinion on his removing huge chunks of text inc. the late great In pop.culture section that I've so lovingly worked and reworked in many an aviation disaster article of late. Can he just do that? And why the F doesn't he go delete some other stuff from some other places, what's his evil fascination with our Captain Lancaster's horrendous ordeal, hasn't he had enough to contend with without having his bloody wiki article shredded to pieces. Oh and did you see the Talk page discussion I attempted to start with our friend? Nice to see that my being a relative newcomer to Wiki editing automatically makes my opinion count for less than his. The fact that I've been a professional copy editor for over 20 years (with little time to devote to Wikipedia previously) must count for naught then! I have learnt (the hard way) that you have to have a very thick skin to survive in this environment, but this joker's really something else. I could go on but I just had to vent a bit... Thanks for listening and thanks for thanking too! Rodney Baggins ( talk) 22:33, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
You do know that 67 years is way pass the current standard retirement age for most folk here in the United Kingdom, don't you?! -- 87.102.116.36 ( talk) 18:29, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Yes, Alex was right to revert me, see User_talk:Alessandro57#re:_Fontina for context. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:21, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Martinevans123. This is a heads up that a group from my history of psychology class will be adding to the Hermann Rorschach article. This is part of the APS Wikipedia Initiative, and is being supervised by me and consultants from the Wiki Education Foundation. The work on Rorschach has been vetted by user:Ian (Wiki Ed) before they've been allowed to make the changes. I am aware that you have reverted this article before, and I've warned them to be very careful and leave a message about what they are doing on the Talk page. Thanks for your consideration. J.R. Council ( talk) 18:16, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks again! I know that the students will appreciate it, if you do see something wrong, to help them see the error of their ways and correct it. J.R. Council ( talk) 21:48, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Could the script case have a connection to the new EU budget? I mean, - after the Brexit, our (EU) balance will be negative (the hesst - Budget Difficit). We (my EU) need investors from England (against Novitshok - acceptance and an investors - visa (permanent residence permit for the EU).
WikiVorspraecher ( talk) 16:51, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
Yes, as the 18th reference says she used her married name for the first time on that occasion. I tried to add it myself, but I'm not a frequent user of the english wikipedia so I didn't know how to do it.
-- Qwerty1999 ( talk) 16:01, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
I am most definitely a new user. If you want to see my statement on this you can read it on my user page. Please do not spread vindictive rumours about me and drag me into issues that don't involve me. I've only had an account for 11 days but I've been made to feel so unwelcome on here for daring to have an opinion that I'm tempted to delete my account and return to being a read-only user. goodforaweekend ( talk) 20:47, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
The joys of Visual Editor |
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Hi Martinevans 123, Greetings to you and appreciate that you looked for source to strengthen the article as many editors would not do - an act needed to be praised! I reply your question here instead of in Kevin De Bruyne page as there is nothing for me to change or edit for the moment. I used Visual Editor to cite source for such the automated programmed format (such as date /use work instead of publisher) is a little different from manual input using Template: cite web; however, as I found it is convenient, easy and fast for I do a lot of editing in Wikipedia. See below.
Instructions: Citing source from web - Do not copy and past the URL address and paste into the body text, but click "cite" on menu page and fill in the fields as per the Template: cite web and save when it is done). Examples below: To add an in-line text citation for an internet reference, there are 3 web citing methods as below: 1.Source edit mode : fill in the source info as below {{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= }} 2a. Visual edit mode :Please click "cite" on the menu bar and fill in the info 2b.Visual edit mode: download Visual Editor and paste the URL and all fields will be filled automatically. Examples
(note: remove nowiki tag when input the citation. Fill the info and change the date as needed. See on source edit view mode.) Thank you and have a wonderful day. CASSIOPEIA( talk) 21:35, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Martin Thanks for your edits on the Boulez page. I don't want to just undo your change re photo credits without explanation - but it was a condition of the Cleveland Orchestra giving permission to use the photo that we credit the photographer. I think we'll either have to reinstate or lose the photo, which would be a shame... Best David
Hi Martinevans. On Stanley Cavell's page, you asked whether to include the philosopher's birthname. In one of his two autobiographical works (A Pitch of Philosophy and Little Did I Know, I don't remember which) he relates that the name "Goldstein" was assigned to his father at Ellis Island by a callous bureaucrat. I don't know if there's any standing criterion, but I would err on the side of omission: it was not his father's birthname. Also, you can ask him. He sometimes responds to emails. :P Anarchic Fox ( talk) 20:09, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Um, so is it alright if I remove the birthname? :P Anarchic Fox ( talk) 02:52, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Okay, will do. I thought you were the one who added it, thus my presence here. Anarchic Fox ( talk) 15:38, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Martinevans123, do you agree with another editor's observation that this image - after 5 years of usage/display upon the Wikipedia Dennis Nilsen article, now fails NFCC8?-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 20:50, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
You do to copy right any thing you find on a website! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowledge of fact ( talk • contribs) 22:36, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Another RD: Dieter Schnebel, - yes, I remember that I wanted to avoid the place. - Good singer on the Main page, seen in the role, which made me write the article. Saw Maria Bengtsson (soprano) yesterday, as Arabella, phenomenally sweet, clear and vulnerable at the same time. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:48, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Will that never end? Barry McDaniel, on RD, help welcome. I spent the day throughing out lovely details for which I couldn't find a source, - awful job. - Good news: I nominated the lead DYK ( Pierre Boulez, another - like Arvo Pärt - whose hand I had the honour to shake), and wrote the German lead SG (Schon gewusst?), de:Messe solennelle (Vierne) which we sang for Pentecost. Two pics the same day is a first in my career ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:16, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Posted. See my talk for a bird's eye's view for where used to live for a short time, inspired a march song. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:56, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
What jaw-dropping Royal Weddings should be all about, I feel. What's next, the Michael and Justin Show ?? Martinevans123 ( talk) 15:38, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
ii I'm bringing this here rather than polluting his talk page as the subject does not concern him really but new pages patrolling. I wish you would avoid taking words out of context and putting a spin on them that I had no intention of giving and did not suggest in my comments. I don't know if you really didn't understand what I was saying or whether you were being disingenuous for some reason or another but I'd rather clear things up. New pages patrolling is not an easy task because you have to sort through the crud of undisclosed paid editing, fan pages, hoaxes, newcomer's efforts, lazy editors work and so on.
When you come across an article such as Véronique Bracco for which there is one source [15] that doesn't even mention the subject normally you tag it and move on. As this is a French pianist/composer that also has a page on FRWP and I am a French speaker I had a quick look at it. The page has been tagged as not having the necessary sources since November 2017. Both versions (English and French) contain unsourced claims that I took the time to tag for clean up. This is the kind of work that should not be left on wikipedia in its present state. IMHO an editor that has nearly 100k edits should not be creating pages like this. This article was translated almost word for word with almost no changes and no search for sources at all. His reply the very fact that this pianist is refered to through the Authority control model means that she enjoys some notability is not enough I am afraid. I don't know if you had a look at the authority control Worldcat but her sheet music is held only in the BNF whose role is as "the national repository of all that is published in France" (my bolding).
Also if you understand French have a look at the subject's own comments on the French version's talk page here, in this extract she says "En tout cas, merci svp de ne surtout pas supprimer cette page wikipedia sur moi. Elle est très importante pour mon travail, pour mes concerts, mes projets musicaux et ma présence en ligne." a quick translation reads "Anyway please whatever you do, do not delete this Wikipedia page about me. It is very important for my work, my concerts, my musical projects and my online presence". The links she provides are a mixture of social media, passing mentions and links to recordings that were self-published, by a publishing house that only publishes works by one artist and those accompagning her and is run by a member of this artist's family apparantly.
Anyway it is not up to the new pages reviewers to clean up after editors that one could be forgiven in thinking seem to prefer quantity to quality. As a pending changes reviewer would you accept unsourced information in a BLP? I doubt it and at new pages patrol we have instructions to tag this kind of thing or nominate for deletion. I hope this clears up some of your concerns. Dom from Paris ( talk) 17:22, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Martinevans123, and thank you for your thank you. I briefly posted and then removed a few remarks about the former Meghan Markle's mixed-race heritage, and then I thought to myself "Y.I., don't stir up trouble. Take that down." So I did. I apologize if the removed material was the very thing you had thanked me for. (I'm still learning, and can't tell or do a lot of things.) Newbie gaffes! Thanks again! Have a great rest of the day. Yseult-Ivain ( talk) 20:08, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin. On the same talk page, can you please correct this? i wasn't the one who opened a RFC. Thanks. -- NeilN talk to me 20:16, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Martinevans and thanks for your warm support on my TP as pertains the minor spat that took place there. And please accept my apologies for the little tantrum I went into. My banishment from the fr. wiki started with 2 wikipedians who eventually led me to blow a fuse and then my fate was sealed. I didn't want to repeat the incident here, that's why I temporarily withdrew.
Thanks again and fare well. Yours, LouisAlain ( talk) 21:05, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
I just saw where Ritchie retired - WTH??? Atsme 📞 📧 12:56, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I see that you've edited the article on Mamoudou Gassama. I would like to ask you to give your thought on the article at /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Mamoudou_Gassama With regards, -- Kurt Leyman ( talk) 16:24, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
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The Goon Show, and who indeed? Here's Milligan's script, but the YouTube recording is blocked, no doubt for copyright reasons....... "The Spy, or, Who is Pink Oboe?" Thomas Peardew ( talk) 15:47, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Pretty sure it wasn't a coincidence, though -
Thomas Peardew ( talk) 16:08, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin! I see that you left an interesting remark on the Carles Puidgemont talk page a week or so ago; interestingly, Jimmy Wales used the same analogy a few days ago! I say this because there is now an RFC which you may be interested in which affects all Catalan biogs. Many thanks! Llywelyn2000 ( talk) 05:35, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Re this [17] may I confess I haven’t the foggiest of how to unpack your meaning? Lol. Are you saying their username is fine or not? (I have no issues if you think it is, i’m just confused... in fact that whole discussion with them has given me a headache) ... CJ [a Kiwi] in Oz 20:27, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Too many pop culture references... maybe I am a robot lol ... CJ [a Kiwi] in Oz 20:41, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, As we seem to be on the same wavelength, I wonder if I could ask you a favour? I'm having a minor disagreement with someone about something that is basically a question of language and logic, and I'm getting very frustrated because I'm convinced I'm right, but the other party is equally convinced that they're right and we've reached a bit of a stalemate.
The article in question is Turkish Airlines Flight 981 and the section is Turkish Airlines Flight 981#Similar accidents. The discussion is Talk:Turkish Airlines Flight 981#Error in section "Similar Accidents".
The discussion concerns the difference between an inward-opening "plug door" and an outward-opening cargo door on a DC-10. The original text read:
"An outward-opening cargo hatch is inherently less resistant to blowing open than an inward-opening one, also called a plug door. In flight, the air pressure inside the aircraft is greater than that outside, and pushes outward on the hatch. In the case of a plug door, this actually seals the door more tightly. An outward-opening hatch, however, relies entirely upon its latch to prevent it from opening in flight. This makes it particularly important that the locking mechanisms be secure."
Now as far as I'm concerned, that was correct! But at 00:15 on 29 May, Lew Sheen came along and changed it to read:
"An inward-opening cargo hatch is inherently less resistant to blowing open than an outward-opening one, also called a plug door...."
So for some reason he thought the original was wrong and he decided to correct things by swapping "outward-opening" and "inward-opening" in the first sentence, which screwed things up, and so it began...
Please can you take a look and see if you can provide another opinion on the matter. Maybe a fresh set of eyes could make all the difference. If you wouldn't mind making a comment at the end of discussion, as it would be so useful to have another editor involved to break the deadlock.
Many thanks. Rodney Baggins ( talk) 15:36, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
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When an IP editor appears here and moans about an "internet troll hiding their IP address and hiding under a fake name", that sounds to me like the height of hypocrisy. Wikipedia works on "consensus" - if you see that as "bullying", then I'd respectfully suggest that Wikipedia is not the place for you. Martinevans123 ( talk) 08:53, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, still into this masterpiece ? I recently discovered an auto-generated audio video on YouTube (with an excellent audio quality) and it instantly reminded me of the 12" version you sent me back in 2014 (!) along with some other remixes. Synthwave.94 ( talk) 23:32, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
(I'm afraid I didn't want to continue where we left.) I managed to write the bio of the last of five influential people who shaped the festival that has made most of my summers from 1987, Claus Wisser. The others on my talk (today) and in my memories + more music. Came to sit next to an artist's mother last Wednesday, whose article I improved (+ image), and wrote his wife's whom I heard playing here. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:49, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your keen eyes on John Keats. It would be wonderful to work it up into a GA. I did submit it (at one point) but the reviewer said it needed a separate 'themes' section. I think there is a lot of themes work woven into the article itself. Biography is more my thing. I had all the biographies out at the time of writing the article. I don't think it's that far off, still, thanks to the various stewards and their eagle eyes. I've been out of the WP loop for some years now, my eyesight being not very good. Just thought I would mention it to you, as a senior poetry power (SPP) in the WP world. You have given so much to the project over the years. My great thanks for your dedication. Anna ( talk) 11:37, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for tidying up the article List of In Our Time programmes by removing the duplicated entry on Montesquieu. Many thanks, Vorbee ( talk) 07:57, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
I don't believe dropping audio down to mono with a low bit and sample rate is a specific requirement for a fair-use rationale on an audio file; I just do it anyway because it makes the "respect for commercial reuse" bit stick. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:59, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
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This is one of the few things that has made me legitimatly laugh on this website, congratulations. 💵Money💵emoji💵 💸 23:28, 10 July 2018 (UTC) |
I've only just spotted this. Maybe we could jam in my garage one day, if I can stick it out (I'm talking about keeping the band together). nagual design 05:29, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
How about this? Delete if not free ;) to fly with the balloon -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:53, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
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You invited me to message you on your talk page. I wonder how long before you delete this post. Look at your messages and then look at your reporting to "John" because you weren't getting your own way. Then I suggest looking up the word bully and understanding the definition. 183.182.104.62 ( talk) 11:23, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
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My Watchlist seems to have suddenly transformed itself into something from Pinball Wizard!! Thank goodness that "The jackpot is in the handle on a normal fruit machine"!! Are we all now permanently on the slots??? ...... you tell 'em Puddles!! Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:53, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your most recent edit; just wanted to tie up loose ends. I wasn't aware of WP:DAILY MAIL; thank you for highlighting it. Happy to exclude the source then/probably search for something else later. As far as "weird referencing" was concerned, I didn't mean that the Public Whip reference is weird - on the contrary, very reliable source - but whoever formatted the reference (I think I saw two edits) had it so that it came up as only an external link, without the URL even given in the reference section, which was odd. I won't revert your recent edit, in light of WP:DAILY MAIL; happy with the consensus. Thank you once again! MB190417 ( talk) 13:57, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin. Thought I'd drop by and thank you for all the thank-yous you've been sending my way of late! Go well, JG66 ( talk) 23:09, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
As a contributor to Talk:Tham Luang cave rescue#Saman Kunan article you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saman Kunan. Regards, WWGB ( talk) 02:08, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Here yesterday the Hull Daily Mail is trying to kill off the Queen as well.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 05:45, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
.... that old
musical conundrum ....
.... where is
Schleswig-Holstein?? ....
Hi, Martin.
Would you agree with my opinion that the lede of the above article should read that the individual was a Soviet serial killer, given that he was born in the Yabluchnye Oblast of the Ukraine in 1936 and obviously the individual committed his crimes across much of the Soviet Union in places as diverse as Tashkent, Leningrad and Ilovaisk between 1978 and 1990. Over the prv. two days, someone has repeatedly made adjustments claiming he was a Russian serial killer, with a smarmy reply in his/her last edit. Regards, -- Kieronoldham ( talk) 22:18, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Unlike yourelf, I have no idea about any of the protocols associated with wikipeadia and not being a professional like yourself, I have had to do a quick crash course on using it so apologies for any mistakes.
I'm not sure how you came to be amending the page in question. Perhaps you could tell me. It is interesting that you hadn't bothered correcting the glaring error of the omission of any mention of the accident (see the youtube video for original wiki entry). It was after all, a life changing event, not just for the dead and injured, but for Percival himself. I have a feeling he didn't work in TV or films again, something I must do some research on as it might be a salient point to include in the Bio. What do you think? The implication that the newspaper images are in some way fraudulent and that the youtube clip should be taken down because of this is insulting. As for giving credit to Rossini, he does get a mention in the comments so that if that is not sufficient I can amend that .
I think putting the amount of compensation into what it is worth today is slightly overspinning as if anyone is truly interested they can look it up as indeed you had to. If you want to continue with that mindset we might as well say " A crime which if comitted today would result in a custodial sentence" Do you think that would be a good thing to put in? At least you had the good sense to remove the word 'substantial' for the compensation from a previous incarnation if indeed that were you. As for wondering who I am, I am sure Percival made many enemies in his life.I was not one of them. Clivemasters ( talk) 12:01, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
how you came to be amending the page in question, Lance Percival is quite well known and Wikipedia is "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit", so why not? He's on my Watchlist, just as, I imagine, he is on yours, for whatever reason. Re:
glaring omission, we are none of us perfect editors who are expert on the subject of every article we might edit; anyone is free to add what they think is missing. Re:
newspaper images are in some way fraudulentI think the newspaper material is all 100% genuine, I suggested that it was useful source material. My qualms were based on the possible motivations behind making such a video, and on the fact that it almost certainly counts as WP:SPS and WP:OR. Re:
didn't work in TV or films again, yes certainly a salient point worth researching. Re:
amount of compensation into what it is worth today, this is just standard practice used across very many articles to explain comparative value; it has nothing to with "spin" or changes in criminal law and sentencing. Re:
for wondering who I am, I was actually wondering who the YouTube film maker was. He seems to be a bit of an expert on this matter, doesn't he? (or she, of course) Martinevans123 ( talk) 12:09, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
good sense. Tsk. Best wishes to all, — Preceding unsigned comment added by DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered ( talk • contribs) 16:20, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Just saying hello. E Eng 19:30, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
flowers, music, balloon |
Here's a hiding place for that pesky ... It's my parents' wedding anniversary, and the bridal flowers were gladiolas from her parents' garden. I share them in loving memory, with a touch of art. The link is shameless canvassing. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:45, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Enters Sara Hershkowitz (the image I said wasn't good enough). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:20, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
It looks like maybe a little "family entertainment" is in continuation & outside of the Teahouse here? There is no jackknife in anyone's hand but, despite much of the lyrical content of the song to be linked here (esp. much of the chorus - which rings volumes) many of the lyrics may actually ring true, tweaked, can be interpreted as a form of truth for us both? Best regards. :)-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 01:51, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for updating Tomasz Stańko's page. I was also working on it. I'm TOTALLY new in editing Wikipedia so sorry for all the mistakes I've probably made. I would love to get in touch. I'm in contact with Mr. Stańko family. They really want this page to be great. Kajetan Prochyra ( talk) 08:39, 1 August 2018 (UTC) |
Indeed I am. [25] I've been less than enamoured with the administration of this site, so have found myself spending time at pastures new - I think they call it 'internet dating', though that latter term can only be loosely applied. lol. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 21:24, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin.
With regard to this edit, and your question about tax, I believe your death would be tax deductible - Hotblack Desiato set a legal precedent for just that. (I would have posted in the AN/I section, but it's been closed.) Chaheel Riens ( talk) 15:02, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, the link to the petition is https://www.
change.org/p/sky-news-kay-burley-must-apologise-to-simon-weston-over-comparing-him-to-women-who-wear-burqas
but it won't let me post it directly. As a novice user I don't understand why - can you help out? Thank You.
92.4.0.52 ( talk) 10:52, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for unbiased and often humorous contributions. Just Saying ..... :) .... In times of universal deceit, seeing humour in all things becomes a revolutionary act. -- BOD -- 12:35, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
My edit was explained in the first edit of a group of edits, the same as Bodney did. However unlike Bodney's multiple edits (which apparently did not require explanation), my group were one edit only separated so as not to revert intermediate unrelated changes from JLo-Watson. Clivel 0 ( talk) 22:08, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
In 2012, Corbyn married his Mexican-born partner Laura Álvarez in Mexico, who runs a fair-trade coffee import business.
That it a devastatingly sloppy piece of prose because after a comma, one is given a clarification and in ',+who constructions' the word proceeding the comma is what the 'who' refers to. I.e. put thus, 'Mexico' becomes a person 'who runs a fair trade coffee import business'.
This of course is not what was intended. My 'improvement' simply clarifies this slipshod use of the comma+who construction.
In 2012, Corbyn married in Mexico his Mexican-born partner Laura Álvarez, who runs a fair-trade coffee import business.
A stylist would write:
In 2012, Corbyn went to Mexico and married Laura Álvarez. She is Mexican-born and runs a fair-trade coffee import business.
which I didn't do because I had my left cheek just under the eye punctured by a queen bumble bee two hours ago while harvesting nashi near her hive, and the nagging pain doesn't make for patience. Nishidani ( talk) 14:02, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
We will perhaps never know when the little nigar served. Should I take it out? per the article talk page? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:59, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
In 2015 with this edit you produced a bit of calendrical whiplash in Salvador_Dalí#Early life.
First the birth year of 1904 is mentioned. Then the summer of 1912 is mentioned. And then the year 1903 is mentioned in relation to the birth year of 1904.
That out-of-place middle sentence was inserted by altering a ref with edit summary "(bring out of ref)". Only that put it between two sentences that shouldn't have been separated. Shenme ( talk) 19:28, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
If the comment was aimed at me, I'm too stupid/tired to understand it. If it was aimed at Richie, I'm too stupid/tired to have realised it, and apologies for bothering you! -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 12:35, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, why immediately delete my addition to various artists who have recorded versions of Morning Has Broken? Just curious as this is all very new to me. Thanks, April AprilShowersMayFlowers ( talk) 16:52, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Aaaahkay...so since the band doesn’t have page yet, I should either create one or cite the album somehow? I don’t know why they don’t have a page but I’m not that committed. Their albums are on Apple Music, going back several years. I’m not a fan of theirs, per se, but I love this song & happened to hear their version today, searched for more info & was surprised to find that they weren’t mentioned on the Wikipedia article. No big deal. It’s extremely rare that I know something that hasn’t made its way onto Wikipedia yet & thought it would be fun to contribute something...but I doubt I’ll go to any more trouble at this point. Thanks for your prompt attention. AprilShowersMayFlowers ( talk) 21:41, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Worry not: this is not overlinking; due largely to the siting of the festival away from the town it is named after this is the first mention of Glastonbury as a town name, rather than a festival name, in the article. Britmax ( talk) 11:11, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
What about Jeremy Corbyn and the Cemetery of Smear starring Daniel Radcliffe, except Rowlings not a fan of Corbyn. ~ BOD ~ TALK 23:14, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
... huh? Atsme 📞 📧 14:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Do you approve? [27] ‑ ‑ Gareth Griffith‑Jones The Welsh Buzzard ‑ ‑ 16:48, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Found an old vinyl copy of this in my collection last week - I don't think I'd played it for about 25 years. I think I was too much of an "angry rock kid" at the time to appreciate it. The article definitely needed a bit of a spruce-up. I'm curious to who the "Redwave" is on the original "Redwave - Knight" credits; that seems to have come from absolutely nowhere. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:21, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
{{
cite AV media notes}}
citation template. The "Redwave" - "Knight" credit is on the label. I just don't have any further information about it other than what's there. I'm sure somebody's put a scan of it online somewhere (but of course if you linked to what's technically a copyright violation, the fire of Hades would rain down on you).
Ritchie333
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22:52, 5 September 2018 (UTC)Could you transcribe the relevant parts from around this Google Books page for me, so I can read them with my screen reader? It seems like remarkably high praise from Miles Davis here. Thanks! Graham 87 05:35, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello Martine, thank you for your message about my edit in Keith Emerson. I have now added the autobiography as a reference. HOWEVER... The original text said: 'His parents were amateur musicians' which is not correct as only his father was an amateur musician. That's why I corrected it and added the page of his autobiography where he talks about his 'unmusical mother', to prove that 'his parents were amateur musicians' was incorrect. Although the text is NOW factually correct, the reference I have added (p 21) does not make any sense with the new text, because on p 21 he doesn't say that his father was an amateur musician, he says that his mother was not a musician. So although factually correct, the referencing is to amend a previous version of the text which no longer appears... Anyway... I probably over-complicate things... But do you understand what I mean? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarianneVerity ( talk • contribs) 19:50, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
Is the video YT 3AzcU-FuF-I&vl=en free? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:41, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Music for you, in the church with your name ;) + we are pictured in the ref, 2013 pic but better than nothing! The girl is in school now. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:10, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! Question as above: 4CjpKfpkVns? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:21, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
{{Adopt me|20180915151906}} Simon Adler ( talk) 15:19, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, I see that we had an edit clash the other day over at Jimmy Page – well, it is 'Zeptember' (according to Planet Rock anyhow)! And now I’ve just seen you again over at Rudyard Kipling. Maybe he’ll be one of the historical characters abducted by Bill & Ted in their upcoming adventure – which would be good, as at least he could settle the matter of his bl**dy nationality for us! All the best. JezGrove ( talk) 22:31, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
You're welcome. Anytime. If you need me just reply on my talk page. Cheers! I wonder when I deserve a barnstar? Have a good day! GloriousGalaxyGal ( talk) 10:57, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
I can't believe we didn't have an article on " The Witch's Promise". Well now we do, and by pure serendipity it is, 123 bytes long. Would you care to make it a bit longer? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:58, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Looks like it's big enough to consider a DYK now. Any ideas for a hook? Only Tull single with a Mellotron on it, perhaps? I think "Cross Eyed Mary" on Aqualung has got some on the intro, and I think that's about it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:11, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello. Assist content for Maureen Wroblewitz Thank you. 42.115.39.209 ( talk) 11:34, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, just saw a comment of yours over at the I'm Backing Britain talk page. Not sure if you heard today's BBC Radio 4 drama based on the I'm Backing Britain campaign, but worth a listen. It managed to skewer both Jacob Rees-Mogg's father (and by implication the Moggster himself) for his/their obsession over Europe and the dangers of a far-left infiltration of union branch meetings (and by implication the Labour Party). And all whilst channelling the sexism, atmosphere, and background film music of the period. Best wishes! JezGrove ( talk) 19:42, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
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You are appreciated. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 22:18, 27 September 2018 (UTC) |
Hi, Martinevans123. Saw your comment on the WSAN article. Agree with the sentiment. The billboard contest attracted national attention. One of the most amazing news stories the Lehigh Valley has ever seen. I covered the story for Service Electric's TV2 News and it made our news day almost every day for a half year or so. I was also a fan of WSAN in the 70s when they sponsored a concert series at the Roxy Theatre in Northampton. T. Rex, Blood Sweat & Tears, Peter Frampton, Billy Joel, James Gang, Roxy Music, Kiss... All of whom warmed up for their national tours in this 500-seat venue. Tickets were typically $1-2, never higher than $4.50. I have a pdf of the concert guide so at least I can add this almost immediately. I'll dig up the billboard story as well, plenty of sources on that. Not so much on the rest of the 1970-80 era, but thanks for calling attention. Allreet ( talk) 13:02, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Many thanks for bolstering his article so admirably. Damn pity it takes someone's death to occur before their Wiki article actually pay's anyone justice. Seems to happen to almost everyone - the bigging up of their article I mean, not the death itself (which definitely seems to happen...)
I would have sent you a kitten, or some fruit cake, or biscuits; but I couldn't be arsed. Best wishes,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 23:32, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
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Is there any benefit to linking to google books if there's no access to the content of a publication? You linked to Art Tatum: A Guide to His Recorded Music, but there's only bibliographic information available there. I've read that linking to google books is definitely fine if it's to a specific page, possibly fine if there's something there, but I haven't read anything about linking when there's no access to the material. Is there a discussion of it somewhere? Or, more briefly, why do you choose to link in such instances? Thanks for the other links: they'll help some readers. EddieHugh ( talk) 20:30, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hi. before starting an editwar explain your revert at talk please. Seda Aznavour clearly says no Charlie exists [30]. 46.172.9.61 ( talk) 12:19, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
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Soon to be a major motion picture opening near you? (Perhaps as a sequel to one about the Danish submarine guy.) Sca ( talk) 16:07, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
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Remember how much fun you had playing with blocks as a kid? Now that you're a mature adult?, you can collect blocks with adult letters. They're not only stackable, they're collectable. Where have you been? I’m missing your humor!! Atsme ✍🏻 📧 17:15, 25 October 2018 (UTC) Disclaimer: Intended as humor. Pure pun-ishment. [31] |
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Have a rose for being the opposite of humour-resistent, - happy day today. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:24, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, in the last few weeks, I have come to know you as a proud British man, so let me torment you a bit ;-) and trigger off your sense of justice : Who is the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman? - BBC Newsnight → at 3:30 → "Fuck London, the Queen is our slave. And their police are ours dogs." Please, keep in mind my English is lousy, I don't want to come across as aggressive or carelessly offended someone. Sometimes I'm a bit clumsy. Your dear anonymous IP, -- 87.170.201.92 ( talk) 12:51, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
I see it - was just about to adjust. Many thanks 80.229.34.113 ( talk) 18:50, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
When Ancestry distributes images of primary records it doesn't make them any less primary. See [32]. E Eng 16:29, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks again, Martin. Tlhslobus ( talk) 11:32, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
A little late, but if you haven't heard this [33], you may want to. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 08:39, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello Martin, been a while. Sut wyt ti? BTW, Kailash29792 and I have listed this article about a 1959 cult classic film in Tamil cinema for peer reviewing with the intention of preparing it for FAC and subsequently taking it to FA. Your constructive comments would be deeply appreciated. Thank you. — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 05:08, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Replied to your message on my talk page. Zinnober9 ( talk) 18:19, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
Dear Martin, In April you undi my edit of the page /info/en/?search=Christ_of_Saint_John_of_the_Cross, so you set the date of this drawing back at 1550. This is unfortunate, because the maker was only 8 years old then. You say I did this unreferenced, but the date was already unreferenced. If you go to /info/en/?search=John_of_the_Cross, you'll find the following: "At some point between 1574 and 1577, while praying in the Monastery of the Incarnation in Ávila in a loft overlooking the sanctuary, John had a vision of the crucified Christ, which led him to create his famous drawing of Christ "from above". In 1641, this drawing was placed in a small monstrance and kept in Ávila. This drawing inspired the artist Salvador Dalí's 1951 work Christ of Saint John of the Cross." So my edit was factbased, your correction incorrect. Please allow me to remake my edit. How would I include the proper reference? ( GeoRic ( talk) 06:54, 5 November 2018 (UTC))
Hi, Martin, I've thanked you for this edit, mainly for wikilinking TheWire to The Atlantic (thus enabling me to remove some long overdue red ink from the related citation). But I thought you just might want to know that your moving of the 'small black hole' wikilink is questionable per MOS:LWQ, due to the 'soon after' wording there. I've no plans to change it since I think it's probably best where you've put it, but I suspect some other editor probably eventually will. (Incidentally, my own addition of 'sic' to the next paragraph is even more dodgy, but I'm not too bothered if it gets amended or reverted or whatever). Tlhslobus ( talk) 14:15, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello martinevans123, I found a citation for: "The final line is a reference to his recently deceased colleague Ken Oosterbroek. citation needed", but I have no training to do it correctly yet.
The Life and Death of Kevin Carter, By SCOTT MACLEOD/JOHANNESBURG Sunday, June 24, 2001 http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,165071,00.html
You find it at the of the article. Best.-- Maxim Pouska ( talk) 07:38, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Do not accuse me of doing anything "unexplained". You clearly don't bother to read edit summaries. Start doing so. 146.198.193.18 ( talk) 12:44, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Hmmm, it was quite rainy there too, wasn't it. But those guys actually had to turn up, didn't they, Donald? Not sure they even had umbrellas. Martinevans123 ( talk) 18:07, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Hey! You undid my edit in the article "Finland". Could you please explain how my edit was not relevant to be presented in the article? The bilinguality of Finland is explained later in the article, but to my mind it's confusing to name two languages without mentioning that both of them are national languages of the country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alluk. ( talk • contribs) 20:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll keep "SHOW MORE" in mind. Sca ( talk) 21:48, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
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My Christmas is already ruined. How could Elton John have played in E-flat major with the white keys on the piano? Actually it is not impossible. Irving Berlin had a lever action piano which could transpose the notes. [34]-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 18:58, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
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Ah right, until 23.59 on Sunday 3rd December. So that'll be in 2023, then. No rush really. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:45, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
I did some research and found both are still used, many of the most modern seller stands as recent as 2017 show the word London as do some editions. I went with the title on the publication used in the citation. My Favourite Account 😊 18:45, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
many of the most modern seller stands as recent as 2017 show the word Londonis because that was a year before they dropped the "London Evening Standard" name as part of Osborne's plan to eventually take on Metro in the rest of the country. ‑ Iridescent 17:55, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
I went with the title on the publication used in the citation.As regards Lebedev and Osborne, I believe, like so many politicians throughout the world, their only concern is money and the power that brings. Part of a social elite, in control of our interests and the presentation of information. I am extremely cynical and don't see anything changing for the better until we take back control. How? I have no idea. At least the students can benefit. My Favourite Account 😊 18:18, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
Jake Bugg has signed with RCA records according to latest news and his twitter account has confirmed. You should check yourself and add it to wikipedia. Regards 157.43.83.254 ( talk) 14:21, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
Read my recent story now: I have made an account on wikipedia Bobby Southside. You can find this page on Bbb23 and seeing his contributions at the bottom. I was busy making a funny and unique user page on that after which i had decided to edit some pages and categorise some pages. I had planned everything. But it was only 3 hours since i joined, when he deleted my user page and blocked me indefinitely even without a warning, when asked about the reason he said that im not here to make an encyclopedia. I know that its a block evasion but you have to understand the fact that im falsely blocked since i was not given much time to do constructive edits and also prove that 1) I was not only interested in making my user page and 2) I have knowledge about editing wikipedia and its policy [which are the only conditions that apply on me]. Also there was no personal attack or disruptive editing in my user page edit. I only added a userbox containing a hypothetical person named Bobby southside and some fun facts about him that made my userbox interesting and unique. But they say that you can't. Every wikipedian has rights to construct his user page the way he wants unless it hurts someone. But that wasn't subject to any disruption. What a reception i got in just 3 hours of my wikipedian career after having done nearly thousands of edits through IP. This is the reason i never wanted to come here as registered user, i knew this would be the fate as it has been for nearly thousands of new and honest editors who were victims of the egotism of these kind of veteran editors. Yours useless friend 2409:4063:2194:697:B5CF:DED1:6607:F355 ( talk) 12:13, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Figured out how to reply. :-) I'm sorry if you feel I completely changed the intro. If you are monitoring this wiki article, I defer to your opinion. 11 Arlington ( talk) 00:12, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
It pisses me off that the camera so totally ignores the bass player here, when its the whole point of the song. I blame Brexit and other such bollocks. Ceoil ( talk) 11:38, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
It seems that until 15 minutes ago, we didn't have an article for " House of the King" (which for Focus is a pretty straightforward and enjoyable tune that even non-fans like). Care to join me in some expansion, and think of a suitable DYK hook? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:44, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
Could you please explain this apparent non sequitur? IP 93.139.59.187 wrote about some positive feedback loops in climate forcing related to the melting of ground ice, and you responded with a <small>ed remark equating them with Donald Trump, whose public views on climate change would appear to be contrary to those of the IP. Political jokes like that aren't particularly beneficial to discussions on the ref desks, but more importantly the joke doesn't make any sense given the context. Did you misread the IP's contribution or am I missing something? Cheers! -- ToE 14:03, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
Yep, The Guardian article you added does say he was six when he posed on the cover of New Boots and Panties!!... but if Baxter was born in December 1971 and the album came out in September 1977, that would make him five years old at the time, no? Hard to believe The Grauniad would have made a basic typo or error given their unimpeachable reputation for subediting, but still... Richard3120 ( talk) 02:27, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Took me until just this moment to figure that out. Softlavender ( talk) 04:00, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Nothing really I can say except to apologize. Dealing with some stuff in the real world that got me on edge and you just caught me at a bad moment. No excuses, just wanted to say I'm truly sorry for the childish way I responded. Hope you are well. -- Zackmann ( Talk to me/ What I been doing) 01:34, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Ho worriesof which you write? Is there something you would like to share with the group? Curious minds need to know ... DBaK ( talk) 10:09, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Dear Martinevans123 and EEng, I recently sent this request for help [36] about attempting to link to biographies, Marguerite Brazier and Etta Palm d'Aelders. The connection is made at Nicholas Bonneville, but I believe reliably sourced information might be found somewhere in a tomb on French revolutionary history. I've written to a few others, but if either of you are interested in the conundrum, your help is most appreciated. - Darouet ( talk) 23:03, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
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Yeah yeah you would be thinking how i decided to come back. Well its a long story, don't think about it. I just want to tell you about vandalism done by two users-115.133.122.243 and TheRedundancy. These two guys have violated three revert rule as many times as infinite. I guess you can't block users but maybe you can request their block. HardSunBadMoon ( talk) 13:01, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
On 8 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jack Brooksbank, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jack Brooksbank, husband of Princess Eugenie of York, was not given a peerage following his marriage, as there is no general precedent in Britain for a commoner to be given one on marrying a princess? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Brooksbank. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Jack Brooksbank), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Mifter ( talk) 12:02, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I can't join because IPs are banned from editing Tesla article or talk pages. I'd just like to say that Fkp, the person because of who you changed your opinion is a POV pusher. Read [39] this topic which directly led to this RfC and you'll see that Fkp is just making any claim he can make to prevent this source entering the article. It doesn't seem to me that someone who has real concerns would jump so much from one reason to another reason. He's just trying to find some excuse. Furthermore, Bilseric has a good point. Unrelated to this RfC, someone has edited the article against the standing consensus puting Serbian orthodox cuhurch in the article. Fkp has no objections to that although it's factually wrong and against another RfC. But he surely does have many objections to this RfC. The other's are not much different as well. I'm sure none of them would mind Serbian orthodox curch in the 19th century and the standing consensus, but the'll find any reason against this source which is perfectly valid. 141.136.229.217 ( talk) 23:47, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
Just for your info, you agree with a POV pusher that has been lying on Balkan articles for years [40]. 89.164.199.211 ( talk) 13:57, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, but I removed the unsourced content with this edit [41] and you added it back with this one [42] much safer to remove unsourced content completely per BLP. Theroadislong ( talk) 22:23, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hey Atsme!! Thank you very much..... "you know I ain't no fool.... I'm just upside down"! [43]. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:51, 13 December 2018 (UTC).....
On 16 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article House of the King, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that " House of the King" by Focus has been a theme tune on British television twice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/House of the King. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, House of the King), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hello Martinevans123, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD| Talk 02:18, 19 December 2018 (UTC) |
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from oz the dusty deserts that keep us dry, have a snowy one for us - gday and appy christmas from downunder - may your sense of humour drive you well through 2019 JarrahTree 23:48, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Unless you are David Slater. A while back I came across this Christmas card and thought straight away that it was Naruto from the Monkey selfie copyright dispute. Slater probably didn't get a penny for this. As previously discussed, my Christmas was ruined when Elton John played in E-flat major with the white notes. The problem is now fixed, here is what he actually plays. Finally, the Christmas lights which are even more complicated this year (click "Download" to watch the videos).-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 11:11, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
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Credit: Clarityfiend HardSunBadMoon ( talk) 06:41, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martinevans123,
Regarding a recent exchange, let me present to you - as a sign of Internet friendship - this piece by D. Milhaud that perhaps you may not be aware of, which I doubt anyway. Yours, LouisAlain ( talk) 21:06, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
On 27 December 2018, In the news listed the article Sister Wendy, which you updated, so many thanks for your contributions. For details of the discussion, please see the candidates page. Andrew D. ( talk) 10:31, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
What caught my eye was that when he was receiving the honour in February 1998, he was announced by the Lord Chamberlain as "Sir John Elton". [45] We now name the guilty person, it was Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys who did this because he was Lord Chamberlain in 1998. I wonder if afterwards he said sorry, which seems to be the hardest word.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:49, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Martinevans123. Some time ago, a file you uploaded — File:Nathan Wyburn with Joanna Lumley.jpg — was tagged with {{ OTRS received}}, indicating that a statement of permission had been received by permissions-enwikimedia.org, but that this email was insufficient in some way
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Today: ... that the English tenor Mark Milhofer appeared as Mozart's Ferrando in Beijing and Moscow, and as Poppea's nurse in Berlin, dressed as a parody of Riff Raff? Remembering a sad day, parody feels good. Going to write moar " out of the deep" though, - Rutter composed it for first cello solo, then alto same melody, deep deep deep. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:46, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
? Uhm... If you would like to nominate me here : [2]. I would have no objections (here's hoping) to one of these WP glad-rags . P.S. My cat would like one too. Her size is SSS (very small), chest size 11 inches. Aspro ( talk) 23:00, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Or, in other words, Wikipedia. Lol'ed at your comment. The reason I linked that song, aside from the reference to the hope and glory of Wikipedia itself, was that it was linked in the Christmas Truce page but, interestingly, the song being used during the Christmas Truce is not discussed on the " Land of Hope and Glory" page. I'll add it later if you or someone else doesn't add it before that. Randy Kryn ( talk) 11:59, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
I am well known to the SG team and the edits are true. Please source your changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RushDiggity ( talk • contribs) 21:35, 6 January 2018 UTC (UTC)
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Catchmemartinevans ( talk) 21:52, 6 January 2018 (UTC) |
willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. For example, edit warring over how exactly to present encyclopedic content is not vandalism. Careful consideration may be required to differentiate between edits that are beneficial, edits that are detrimental but well-intentioned, and edits that are vandalism. Mislabeling good-faith edits as vandalism can be considered harmful."
You say roonstone, I say rynestone – let's call the whole thing off. ‑ ‑ Gareth Griffith‑Jones The Welsh Buzzard ‑ ‑ 14:25, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Raymond Thomas: 29 December 1941 – 4 January 2018
Per guidelines I should have collapsed instead of removing since you had commented. I hope you can forgive me even if the rest of the community can't. ― Mandruss ☎ 20:59, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
I'll just throw this out there without making any edits. Hopefully, you strive for accuracy as much as your readers want accurate information. Ray Thomas' wife Lee issued the following statement today on Ray's cause of death.
"I know a lot of you have been reading that Ray died from prostate cancer and I'd like to set the record straight. He did NOT die from the prostate cancer, he died from a massive heart attack. The prostate cancer was being treated and had been held in check for 6 years."
https://www.facebook.com/FleecityFirkin
Hooter13 ( talk) 04:20, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello!
I only skimmed the source in fairness, after watching a video of what happened. It seems incredibly obvious the pap was in the wrong, but regardless the source actually uses allegedly for both men's behavior. Probably best the article does the same? 80.3.154.91 ( talk) 14:50, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
I was ready to post this one for RD, but then I realize it's 10 days ago... It would be too difficult to stretch this one, so sorry. Alex Shih ( talk) 17:33, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
Remove any older than 7 days). I don't check ITN all the time, feel free to ping me when something worthy needs to be posted. Alex Shih ( talk) 17:49, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
On 13 January 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ray Thomas, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Alex Shih ( talk) 19:54, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
May all your endeavours have a fruitful beginning and prosperous ending! — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 12:21, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Martin, I was just completing an overhaul of MV Sanchi when you made your changes. I'm afraid I went ahead and made mine, so I may have scotched some of yours. Can you take another look at the article and fix anything you think needs fixing? Thanks. Sca ( talk) 13:51, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Please do not comment on trivialities and please contribute on the discussion. Sport and politics ( talk) 19:58, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
RIP. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 07:51, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
On 21 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Angel Recording Studios, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a former chapel built in 1888 was one of eleven studios involved in the recording of Adele's bestselling album 21? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Angel Recording Studios. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Angel Recording Studios), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass ( talk) 14:02, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
I've reverted at Ian McKellen and Ringo Starr. The same thing had happened at Ridley Scott and Charlie Chaplin. There's obviously a need for clear instructions somewhere central. -- RexxS ( talk) 15:03, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
"The honorific titles Sir, Dame, Lord and Lady are included in the initial reference and infobox heading for the subject of a biographical article"(my emphasis on heading). Honorific titles/prefixes, such as "Sir", are included in the infobox header. The infobox heading is the contents of the header of the infobox (inside
<th>...</th>
in the html). The heading includes three elements on separate lines against a common coloured background. The three elements are supplied by three parameters: |pre-nominals=
, |name=
, and |post-nominals=
. No matter what anyone's aesthetic sensibilities are, "Sir" is not part of anybody's name that I know of. If you don't like multiple lines in the infobox heading, then you could suggest an alternative at
Template talk:Infobox person or a similar venue. --
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hastemplate:infobox insource:"name = Sir " insource:/name ?= ?Sir /
, which incidentally shows that
Logic (musician) claims to have "Sir" as part of his given name. If you wanted to clean that lot up, you could request a bot run. --
RexxS (
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In reply to your Mike Westbrook question: I suppose because the reader doesn't know that it's Template:Infobox musical artist; we do, as editors, but readers don't. I agree that "musician" looks redundant, but it's recommended on the Template page and it might look odd if just "composer" appeared. Your version also has redundancy: "jazz pianist" is obvious, from the "Avant-garde jazz" and "Piano" entries in the infobox. On the other bit: it's obvious that Mike Westbrook would be associated with the Mike Westbrook Brass Band, so that shouldn't really be there. "Musician" appears at Bix Beiderbecke, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison and other featured articles, but not all. So: stylistic preference perhaps. That's why I didn't revert, although in my periodic run-through of jazz pianist articles I might change it again, having forgotten this conversation; apologies if I do and if you still prefer the version you reverted to. EddieHugh ( talk) 22:44, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi - You recently switched out the interlanguage links in the 'Enigma of Kaspar Hauser' article, in favor of direct links to de.wikipedia . I probably put those interlanguage links there. The good thing about the interlanguage links is that, if someone creates an English language article with the required title, the link automatically switches to an ordinary wikilink. The interlanguage link also makes it clear that you're leaving the English-speaking universe if you use it in its original state. I'll leave it to you if you'd like to revert your own edit, but there was a logic to the original scheme. Cheers, Easchiff ( talk) 23:01, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Martin.
Just wanted your secondary opinion here. Do you agree with me this addition to the Dahmer article, despite the blustering justification it isn't trivia addition, should be reverted? Not only do some of the reference insertions reek of puerile impertinence (murdermostqueer, Blacktino etc.), but even the author's text description for some radiates trivia and incidental depictions (dark comedy etc.). I was itching to revert, but, in this instance, thought I'd get a second opinion first. It's a stepping stone to that South Park depiction being added with "justification" in my Mancunian opinion. Thanks.-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 01:17, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi there! Bless for reverting away the python death since that source didn't make any comment as to whether it was unusual or not. :) I did some digging and pulled up another couple of sources and have posted on the unusual deaths talkpage about them, and I'd love your input - the short version is that neither says explicitly unusual, but do refer to it as a one-in-a-million event, and I'm wondering if consensus is that's close enough. Cheers! NekoKatsun ( talk) 16:10, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
We need to get the word Manchester into the lead! Ceoil ( talk) 10:51, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
Haha Martin thanks! ... which then triggered me to go off and have to re-look-up the Church Police sketch (which seems to be a little better developed and funnier on the LP Matching Tie and Handkerchief than on the TV --> YouTube one I saw??) ... and so on. Cheers (not really here) 82.34.71.202 ( talk) 10:46, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
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Do you think the media section is becoming overloaded with trivia? It reads more like a blog than a BLP. Best wishes for your attempts to keep this article neutral and free from spiteful vandalism, Xxanthippe ( talk) 00:31, 4 February 2018 (UTC).
I have warned you in the past about linking to copyright violating sites, so it seems rather coincidental that you would knowingly add such a link to a discussion about a copyvio action I took. I removed it, please don't ever do this again. Fram ( talk) 14:13, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Just to be clear, despite the "Copyvio links" heading here, this thread is not about a few links to Youtube videos which may or may not be "copyvio" (although they have obviously been watched, over decades, by million of viewers, across the world, without any apparent legal consequences), it's about my post here which was my good faith attempt to contribute to that ongoing discussion, where I was trying to make a point about notability, whuch had been raised by User:GoldenRing here. It apparently contained a copyvio link (in another language). So my post was deleted wholesale. I was also accused of deliberately re-adding it despite a warning here (which I had not had time to see). I don't really appreciate threats of blocking and then having material dumped off my User page without a request to remove it myself (which I would gladly have done). I've just had enough of this overbearing battleground mentality, thanks. So I've carefully trimmed down this page, in case there are any copyvios lurking, and trimmed the YouTube links yet again, just for Fram, who seems to see my contributions at WP:AN/I and my willful and malicious posting of links to YouTube video, as all part of the same unbearably disruptive activity. Martinevans123 ( talk) 18:58, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
oh dearie me, seems someone's been at the
sauce judging by all these empty
tin-pots...
Poor vous. .
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Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialogue, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.
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O Heavens, O forgot the attribution. ---- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:50, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
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I restore this, - too lazy to write the diff in the prize record. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:47, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
I hope that you watch my talk and know already that we had a lovely Main page today, on which Nazi was mentioned which should guarantee a few extra clicks, - sad, really. Tomorrow will be Der gelbe Klang, sounds rich. There's a video, but nononono link. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:40, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
We start today. I just was reminded of that, mind the date. I was too proud to appeal for two years, and may have been wrong. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:44, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Somewhat gutted by that. Often the TMO has to make a tough decision based on no direct view.... but when it's in perfectly clear view watched by millions?? Mr Glenn Newman not terribly popular in Wales at the moment, I fear. Martinevans123 ( talk) 10:28, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello! Since you've done good work on the Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song) article, I'd be interested in your opinion about my proposed image addition at the end of the talk page there. Best wishes. -- SergeWoodzing ( talk) 10:37, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Martin
Thank you so much for your help getting the Booth's Gin article better informed, and so swiftly! May I ask for your assistance in renaming (or at least how to rename) the article currently entitled John Savage, KG? As should be obvious this is a misnoma, because anyone who has been knighted can be styled Sir, and in his instance he has been known as Sir John Savage, KG for time immemorial (especially since the post-noms KG differentiate him uniquely from others by the name of Sir John Savage, who weren't KGs).
Much obliged for your guidance & thanking you in advance for your assistance as it is good to have Wikipedia reflecting correct info.
217.169.51.41 ( talk) 18:34, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
What makes you think the Martin Garrix link you posted is an official one? I can find no evidence that "Fu music" has the rights to this recordings, but perhaps I miss something. I presume you have checked this and can easily show me that this is not a copyvio link? Fram ( talk) 07:56, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
As you seem to be keen on avoiding copyvio, I’d still be very pleased to get your advice on these questions from the thread you opened on "Copyvio links" above. As you may have seen, I already asked User:Primefac above for his view, as well as on his Talk page, but he has so far neglected to answer:
Many thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 13:15, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
As you obviously can't be bothered to stop adding links to copyright violations, despite multiple and recent warnings, you have been blocked. Fram ( talk) 13:29, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
indefinite, pending satisfactory assurances that infringement will not continue- e.g. unless and until either it's proven that the block was in error, or Martin agrees to stop posting copyvios, an ANI discussion won't make any difference. WP:CV is a legal policy so any change to it would need to go via the WMF; a discussion at ANI (or anywhere) won't have authority to amend it. ‑ Iridescent 20:14, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
Martin, I am delighted to see you back here. With best wishes DBaK ( talk) 22:12, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
Personally, I think linking to YouTube videos is to copyright infringement what talking about narcotics is to trafficking heroin. Plus a block here does nothing to address the actual problem on YouTube any more than sticking somebody in the slammer for a bag of grass helps curb the activities of Columbian drug barons. Welcome back, Martin. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:10, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi dude, you're unblocked, hope to see you soon. Govindaharihari ( talk) 07:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
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Martin, I also really hope to see you back editing on Wikipedia someday – I miss your sense of humour, and crossing paths with you on music articles from the pre-internet era that desperately need improving. And Ceoil, if you need someone to argue with over Nick Drake in Martin's absence, I'm always available... Richard3120 ( talk) 00:46, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
More mellow after the black despair pictured above, here's a subtle hint at a composer from Wales (click on Waterhouse), and the first church I knew pictured. F minor is gone, G minor now. Will hear the cantata now! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:10, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
Hope we see you again, Martin, but if not (and hopefully this won't unfold as being the case), I wanted to add this to your page. I could have added an Original, Random Acts of Kindness, or Editor's Barnstar, but thought this one to be the best. Please don't rest on superlative laurels. Kieronoldham ( talk) 04:30, 25 February 2018 (UTC) |
The leek is one of the national emblems of Wales, worn along with the daffodil (in Welsh, the daffodil is known as "Peter's leek", Cenhinen Bedr) on St. David's Day. According to one legend, King Cadwaladr of Gwynedd ordered his soldiers to identify themselves by wearing the vegetable on their helmets in an ancient battle against the Saxons that took place in a leek field. [1] Cheers!‑ ‑ Gareth Griffith‑Jones The Welsh Buzzard ‑ ‑ 15:55, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
References
There is an RfC at Talk:Daily Mail#Request for comment: Other criticisms section. Your input would be most helpful. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 12:24, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin. Saw your simplification on Blaenffos and wondered if you knew whether alt text can be added to the caption in the infobox? Cheers, Tony Tony Holkham (Talk) 23:07, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
|static_image_alt=your alt text
. Works just like the standard alt text for photos etc, but also displays the text when the cursor hovers over the image. I've added some alt text to the infobox at
Blaenffos. Feel free to edit/improve.
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01:03, 7 March 2018 (UTC)If you actually dare search for it, I'm assuming that the YouTube upload of "Arnold Bax - November Woods (1917)" (20:36) published by Yusuf Yalçın on 25 Dec 2012 is probably quite likely to be a possible copyvio since it does not link to the BBC Philharmonic website and does not give a clear indication that the orchestra has given it's permission for that recording to be published? (Or is the estate of Arnold Bax, and/or his original publisher, involved in some way? I'm sorry if that question appears hopelessly naive). I expect there is a whole set of advice on music copyright rules somewhere at Wikipedia, isn't there Any advice welcome. Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:58, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
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How tickled are we all to see humorous quick-fire japes from Martin. As Sir Ken put it, "Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to be embarrassed or insulted. They want to laugh and so do I - which is probably why it works." Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:11, 12 March 2018 (UTC) |
if they really wanted to stop the war in Syria they target Russia. The link is to an article by Jonathan Freedland, just to illustrate that their view of themselves is challenged, and isn't the reasonable, self evident assertion you claim it to be. To say they oppose all bombs is propaganda because they are selectively vocal, selectively silent. Come on Martin, you're not this stupid. 78.144.80.249 ( talk) 22:53, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
Remember my date: it was a peace day in 1945, pictured. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:25, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
RIP Wanda Wiłkomirska - practically no refs yet, all help welcome. The first violinist I heard on stage, playing the Wieniawsky. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:34, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
That ITN (or not) was disappointing, but we'll get her to the Main page ;) - How lovely to read in other news "Polish Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee, he has heard, is more inclined toward forgiveness". Haven't heard the last word here for a while. Next singing Vierne. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:19, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
Adding copyrighted YouTube links here, huh? Sounds like you have done a lot worse! talk to !dave 19:57, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I saw that you deleted the edits of the page "list of highest-attended concerts" by deleting Liam Payne's (110,000 people in the audience, 30 March, Dubai Global Village) statistics out of the list. Please fix it, the information was correct and cited correctly by multiple arabic sites. Syggan ( talk) 13:28, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
I don't now what your difficulty is. Images of his grave, including one by me, have been added to the article repeatedly over the years. They are removed because they are derivate works of the artwork.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 07:37, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
@ Wehwalt:, just to let you know, the Commons category:Grave of Nikita Khrushchev is now empty. So no possibility of further wasted effort. Martinevans123 ( talk) 11:31, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
A series of programme on BBC Radio 4 today, including a unique tribute program in which global figures celebrate the legacy of King by reading the words of "I have a Dream", introduced by Professor Clayborne Carson, editor of the Martin Luther King papers. A small but fitting tribute to Dr King, who had made perhaps one of the greatest and most inspiring speeches of all time. Martinevans123 ( talk) 19:05, 4 April 2018 (UTC) [11]
On 4 April 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ray Wilkins, 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. The Rambling Man ( talk) 21:51, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your help again, as with the Welsh. Best wishes, Brian Bmcln1 ( talk) 19:06, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
For Colin Grove recently. TBH I don't think he is all that convincing. Britney Spears is very good though.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 11:39, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Why I kept going around in circles trying to get off anglesey all those years ago - it is in wales. JarrahTree 00:02, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/Assessment/Margaret Thatcher. -- Neve~ selbert 00:53, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I'm wondering if you can spare me a few moments? I was scanning my watchlist and your edit comment caught my eye. "This article is written in British English, which commonly treats collective nouns as plural. DO NOT change "WERE" to "WAS"." What is the definition of a collective noun, and why is it plural? (I always thought a collection of coins or stamps or whatever was a single entity, and hence singular.) With thanks in advance, Pdfpdf ( talk) 15:15, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
Per
MOS:LEADPRON, we should not include pronunciations for place names whose pronunciations would be obvious to English speakers. Canter is a common word, and -bury is a common suffix in English place names.
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Hi, thanks for your support in adding and reviewing the Southwest Airlines passenger to the 'List of Unusual Deaths' article. I'm only an occasional wikipedia user so I am a little bit nervous about major additions I add to articles - your support means a lot. Thank you :) ◄Sandshark23 ► talk♦ contribs 13:27, 21 April 2018 (UTC) |
You reverted a change I made on the page of Dali's painting John of the Cross. Previously it said "1550" (unsourced?), but I corrected that based on what I found at the Wikipedia page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_the_Cross, where it says: "At some point between 1574 and 1577, while praying in the Monastery of the Incarnation in Ávila in a loft overlooking the sanctuary, John had a vision of the crucified Christ, which led him to create his famous drawing of Christ "from above". " So I have a source for 1575. What source do you have for the 1550??? GeoRic ( talk) 19:57, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Martin, would you please back off? I'm experience a lot of difficulty editing these days and if I say I can't get to something that you think needs to be done right. now. then there's a good reason for it. Those articles are almost a decade old, and I'll get around to the fixes if I'm convinced they're needed. I didn't think there was any reason to reply to the other editor's talk page posts yesterday, and now it's just a big clusterfuck that I. cannot. deal. with. Please back away. Victoriaearle ( tk) 22:44, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
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.... it's not every day one gets an email that ends "... that's your problem exactly, a waste of fucking space who only pokes but never actually does anything. Fuck you small man. Truly." ...(....please send answers on a postcard).
Hi there, you thanked me for my edits on British Airways Flight 5390 so I assumed you're sort of on my wavelength and it's OK to talk frankly here. You've been having fun and games on there with our pal EEng whoever the F*** he is! I know it's highly unethical to get personal, but WTF is his problem!? Has he nothing better to do with his time? I would very much like your opinion on his removing huge chunks of text inc. the late great In pop.culture section that I've so lovingly worked and reworked in many an aviation disaster article of late. Can he just do that? And why the F doesn't he go delete some other stuff from some other places, what's his evil fascination with our Captain Lancaster's horrendous ordeal, hasn't he had enough to contend with without having his bloody wiki article shredded to pieces. Oh and did you see the Talk page discussion I attempted to start with our friend? Nice to see that my being a relative newcomer to Wiki editing automatically makes my opinion count for less than his. The fact that I've been a professional copy editor for over 20 years (with little time to devote to Wikipedia previously) must count for naught then! I have learnt (the hard way) that you have to have a very thick skin to survive in this environment, but this joker's really something else. I could go on but I just had to vent a bit... Thanks for listening and thanks for thanking too! Rodney Baggins ( talk) 22:33, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
You do know that 67 years is way pass the current standard retirement age for most folk here in the United Kingdom, don't you?! -- 87.102.116.36 ( talk) 18:29, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Yes, Alex was right to revert me, see User_talk:Alessandro57#re:_Fontina for context. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:21, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Martinevans123. This is a heads up that a group from my history of psychology class will be adding to the Hermann Rorschach article. This is part of the APS Wikipedia Initiative, and is being supervised by me and consultants from the Wiki Education Foundation. The work on Rorschach has been vetted by user:Ian (Wiki Ed) before they've been allowed to make the changes. I am aware that you have reverted this article before, and I've warned them to be very careful and leave a message about what they are doing on the Talk page. Thanks for your consideration. J.R. Council ( talk) 18:16, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks again! I know that the students will appreciate it, if you do see something wrong, to help them see the error of their ways and correct it. J.R. Council ( talk) 21:48, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Could the script case have a connection to the new EU budget? I mean, - after the Brexit, our (EU) balance will be negative (the hesst - Budget Difficit). We (my EU) need investors from England (against Novitshok - acceptance and an investors - visa (permanent residence permit for the EU).
WikiVorspraecher ( talk) 16:51, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
Yes, as the 18th reference says she used her married name for the first time on that occasion. I tried to add it myself, but I'm not a frequent user of the english wikipedia so I didn't know how to do it.
-- Qwerty1999 ( talk) 16:01, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
I am most definitely a new user. If you want to see my statement on this you can read it on my user page. Please do not spread vindictive rumours about me and drag me into issues that don't involve me. I've only had an account for 11 days but I've been made to feel so unwelcome on here for daring to have an opinion that I'm tempted to delete my account and return to being a read-only user. goodforaweekend ( talk) 20:47, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Martinevans 123, Greetings to you and appreciate that you looked for source to strengthen the article as many editors would not do - an act needed to be praised! I reply your question here instead of in Kevin De Bruyne page as there is nothing for me to change or edit for the moment. I used Visual Editor to cite source for such the automated programmed format (such as date /use work instead of publisher) is a little different from manual input using Template: cite web; however, as I found it is convenient, easy and fast for I do a lot of editing in Wikipedia. See below.
Instructions: Citing source from web - Do not copy and past the URL address and paste into the body text, but click "cite" on menu page and fill in the fields as per the Template: cite web and save when it is done). Examples below: To add an in-line text citation for an internet reference, there are 3 web citing methods as below: 1.Source edit mode : fill in the source info as below {{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= }} 2a. Visual edit mode :Please click "cite" on the menu bar and fill in the info 2b.Visual edit mode: download Visual Editor and paste the URL and all fields will be filled automatically. Examples
(note: remove nowiki tag when input the citation. Fill the info and change the date as needed. See on source edit view mode.) Thank you and have a wonderful day. CASSIOPEIA( talk) 21:35, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Martin Thanks for your edits on the Boulez page. I don't want to just undo your change re photo credits without explanation - but it was a condition of the Cleveland Orchestra giving permission to use the photo that we credit the photographer. I think we'll either have to reinstate or lose the photo, which would be a shame... Best David
Hi Martinevans. On Stanley Cavell's page, you asked whether to include the philosopher's birthname. In one of his two autobiographical works (A Pitch of Philosophy and Little Did I Know, I don't remember which) he relates that the name "Goldstein" was assigned to his father at Ellis Island by a callous bureaucrat. I don't know if there's any standing criterion, but I would err on the side of omission: it was not his father's birthname. Also, you can ask him. He sometimes responds to emails. :P Anarchic Fox ( talk) 20:09, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Um, so is it alright if I remove the birthname? :P Anarchic Fox ( talk) 02:52, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Okay, will do. I thought you were the one who added it, thus my presence here. Anarchic Fox ( talk) 15:38, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Martinevans123, do you agree with another editor's observation that this image - after 5 years of usage/display upon the Wikipedia Dennis Nilsen article, now fails NFCC8?-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 20:50, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
You do to copy right any thing you find on a website! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowledge of fact ( talk • contribs) 22:36, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Another RD: Dieter Schnebel, - yes, I remember that I wanted to avoid the place. - Good singer on the Main page, seen in the role, which made me write the article. Saw Maria Bengtsson (soprano) yesterday, as Arabella, phenomenally sweet, clear and vulnerable at the same time. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:48, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Will that never end? Barry McDaniel, on RD, help welcome. I spent the day throughing out lovely details for which I couldn't find a source, - awful job. - Good news: I nominated the lead DYK ( Pierre Boulez, another - like Arvo Pärt - whose hand I had the honour to shake), and wrote the German lead SG (Schon gewusst?), de:Messe solennelle (Vierne) which we sang for Pentecost. Two pics the same day is a first in my career ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:16, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Posted. See my talk for a bird's eye's view for where used to live for a short time, inspired a march song. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:56, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
What jaw-dropping Royal Weddings should be all about, I feel. What's next, the Michael and Justin Show ?? Martinevans123 ( talk) 15:38, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
ii I'm bringing this here rather than polluting his talk page as the subject does not concern him really but new pages patrolling. I wish you would avoid taking words out of context and putting a spin on them that I had no intention of giving and did not suggest in my comments. I don't know if you really didn't understand what I was saying or whether you were being disingenuous for some reason or another but I'd rather clear things up. New pages patrolling is not an easy task because you have to sort through the crud of undisclosed paid editing, fan pages, hoaxes, newcomer's efforts, lazy editors work and so on.
When you come across an article such as Véronique Bracco for which there is one source [15] that doesn't even mention the subject normally you tag it and move on. As this is a French pianist/composer that also has a page on FRWP and I am a French speaker I had a quick look at it. The page has been tagged as not having the necessary sources since November 2017. Both versions (English and French) contain unsourced claims that I took the time to tag for clean up. This is the kind of work that should not be left on wikipedia in its present state. IMHO an editor that has nearly 100k edits should not be creating pages like this. This article was translated almost word for word with almost no changes and no search for sources at all. His reply the very fact that this pianist is refered to through the Authority control model means that she enjoys some notability is not enough I am afraid. I don't know if you had a look at the authority control Worldcat but her sheet music is held only in the BNF whose role is as "the national repository of all that is published in France" (my bolding).
Also if you understand French have a look at the subject's own comments on the French version's talk page here, in this extract she says "En tout cas, merci svp de ne surtout pas supprimer cette page wikipedia sur moi. Elle est très importante pour mon travail, pour mes concerts, mes projets musicaux et ma présence en ligne." a quick translation reads "Anyway please whatever you do, do not delete this Wikipedia page about me. It is very important for my work, my concerts, my musical projects and my online presence". The links she provides are a mixture of social media, passing mentions and links to recordings that were self-published, by a publishing house that only publishes works by one artist and those accompagning her and is run by a member of this artist's family apparantly.
Anyway it is not up to the new pages reviewers to clean up after editors that one could be forgiven in thinking seem to prefer quantity to quality. As a pending changes reviewer would you accept unsourced information in a BLP? I doubt it and at new pages patrol we have instructions to tag this kind of thing or nominate for deletion. I hope this clears up some of your concerns. Dom from Paris ( talk) 17:22, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Martinevans123, and thank you for your thank you. I briefly posted and then removed a few remarks about the former Meghan Markle's mixed-race heritage, and then I thought to myself "Y.I., don't stir up trouble. Take that down." So I did. I apologize if the removed material was the very thing you had thanked me for. (I'm still learning, and can't tell or do a lot of things.) Newbie gaffes! Thanks again! Have a great rest of the day. Yseult-Ivain ( talk) 20:08, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin. On the same talk page, can you please correct this? i wasn't the one who opened a RFC. Thanks. -- NeilN talk to me 20:16, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Martinevans and thanks for your warm support on my TP as pertains the minor spat that took place there. And please accept my apologies for the little tantrum I went into. My banishment from the fr. wiki started with 2 wikipedians who eventually led me to blow a fuse and then my fate was sealed. I didn't want to repeat the incident here, that's why I temporarily withdrew.
Thanks again and fare well. Yours, LouisAlain ( talk) 21:05, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
I just saw where Ritchie retired - WTH??? Atsme 📞 📧 12:56, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I see that you've edited the article on Mamoudou Gassama. I would like to ask you to give your thought on the article at /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Mamoudou_Gassama With regards, -- Kurt Leyman ( talk) 16:24, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
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The Goon Show, and who indeed? Here's Milligan's script, but the YouTube recording is blocked, no doubt for copyright reasons....... "The Spy, or, Who is Pink Oboe?" Thomas Peardew ( talk) 15:47, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Pretty sure it wasn't a coincidence, though -
Thomas Peardew ( talk) 16:08, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin! I see that you left an interesting remark on the Carles Puidgemont talk page a week or so ago; interestingly, Jimmy Wales used the same analogy a few days ago! I say this because there is now an RFC which you may be interested in which affects all Catalan biogs. Many thanks! Llywelyn2000 ( talk) 05:35, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Re this [17] may I confess I haven’t the foggiest of how to unpack your meaning? Lol. Are you saying their username is fine or not? (I have no issues if you think it is, i’m just confused... in fact that whole discussion with them has given me a headache) ... CJ [a Kiwi] in Oz 20:27, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Too many pop culture references... maybe I am a robot lol ... CJ [a Kiwi] in Oz 20:41, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, As we seem to be on the same wavelength, I wonder if I could ask you a favour? I'm having a minor disagreement with someone about something that is basically a question of language and logic, and I'm getting very frustrated because I'm convinced I'm right, but the other party is equally convinced that they're right and we've reached a bit of a stalemate.
The article in question is Turkish Airlines Flight 981 and the section is Turkish Airlines Flight 981#Similar accidents. The discussion is Talk:Turkish Airlines Flight 981#Error in section "Similar Accidents".
The discussion concerns the difference between an inward-opening "plug door" and an outward-opening cargo door on a DC-10. The original text read:
"An outward-opening cargo hatch is inherently less resistant to blowing open than an inward-opening one, also called a plug door. In flight, the air pressure inside the aircraft is greater than that outside, and pushes outward on the hatch. In the case of a plug door, this actually seals the door more tightly. An outward-opening hatch, however, relies entirely upon its latch to prevent it from opening in flight. This makes it particularly important that the locking mechanisms be secure."
Now as far as I'm concerned, that was correct! But at 00:15 on 29 May, Lew Sheen came along and changed it to read:
"An inward-opening cargo hatch is inherently less resistant to blowing open than an outward-opening one, also called a plug door...."
So for some reason he thought the original was wrong and he decided to correct things by swapping "outward-opening" and "inward-opening" in the first sentence, which screwed things up, and so it began...
Please can you take a look and see if you can provide another opinion on the matter. Maybe a fresh set of eyes could make all the difference. If you wouldn't mind making a comment at the end of discussion, as it would be so useful to have another editor involved to break the deadlock.
Many thanks. Rodney Baggins ( talk) 15:36, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
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When an IP editor appears here and moans about an "internet troll hiding their IP address and hiding under a fake name", that sounds to me like the height of hypocrisy. Wikipedia works on "consensus" - if you see that as "bullying", then I'd respectfully suggest that Wikipedia is not the place for you. Martinevans123 ( talk) 08:53, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, still into this masterpiece ? I recently discovered an auto-generated audio video on YouTube (with an excellent audio quality) and it instantly reminded me of the 12" version you sent me back in 2014 (!) along with some other remixes. Synthwave.94 ( talk) 23:32, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
(I'm afraid I didn't want to continue where we left.) I managed to write the bio of the last of five influential people who shaped the festival that has made most of my summers from 1987, Claus Wisser. The others on my talk (today) and in my memories + more music. Came to sit next to an artist's mother last Wednesday, whose article I improved (+ image), and wrote his wife's whom I heard playing here. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:49, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your keen eyes on John Keats. It would be wonderful to work it up into a GA. I did submit it (at one point) but the reviewer said it needed a separate 'themes' section. I think there is a lot of themes work woven into the article itself. Biography is more my thing. I had all the biographies out at the time of writing the article. I don't think it's that far off, still, thanks to the various stewards and their eagle eyes. I've been out of the WP loop for some years now, my eyesight being not very good. Just thought I would mention it to you, as a senior poetry power (SPP) in the WP world. You have given so much to the project over the years. My great thanks for your dedication. Anna ( talk) 11:37, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
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"The Cuervo Gold, the fine Colombians, make tonight a wonderful thing." (?) -- Georg "Nobby" Hegel 123 ( talk) 09:51, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for tidying up the article List of In Our Time programmes by removing the duplicated entry on Montesquieu. Many thanks, Vorbee ( talk) 07:57, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
I don't believe dropping audio down to mono with a low bit and sample rate is a specific requirement for a fair-use rationale on an audio file; I just do it anyway because it makes the "respect for commercial reuse" bit stick. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:59, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
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This is one of the few things that has made me legitimatly laugh on this website, congratulations. 💵Money💵emoji💵 💸 23:28, 10 July 2018 (UTC) |
I've only just spotted this. Maybe we could jam in my garage one day, if I can stick it out (I'm talking about keeping the band together). nagual design 05:29, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
How about this? Delete if not free ;) to fly with the balloon -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:53, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
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You invited me to message you on your talk page. I wonder how long before you delete this post. Look at your messages and then look at your reporting to "John" because you weren't getting your own way. Then I suggest looking up the word bully and understanding the definition. 183.182.104.62 ( talk) 11:23, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
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My Watchlist seems to have suddenly transformed itself into something from Pinball Wizard!! Thank goodness that "The jackpot is in the handle on a normal fruit machine"!! Are we all now permanently on the slots??? ...... you tell 'em Puddles!! Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:53, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your most recent edit; just wanted to tie up loose ends. I wasn't aware of WP:DAILY MAIL; thank you for highlighting it. Happy to exclude the source then/probably search for something else later. As far as "weird referencing" was concerned, I didn't mean that the Public Whip reference is weird - on the contrary, very reliable source - but whoever formatted the reference (I think I saw two edits) had it so that it came up as only an external link, without the URL even given in the reference section, which was odd. I won't revert your recent edit, in light of WP:DAILY MAIL; happy with the consensus. Thank you once again! MB190417 ( talk) 13:57, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin. Thought I'd drop by and thank you for all the thank-yous you've been sending my way of late! Go well, JG66 ( talk) 23:09, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
As a contributor to Talk:Tham Luang cave rescue#Saman Kunan article you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saman Kunan. Regards, WWGB ( talk) 02:08, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Here yesterday the Hull Daily Mail is trying to kill off the Queen as well.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 05:45, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
.... that old
musical conundrum ....
.... where is
Schleswig-Holstein?? ....
Hi, Martin.
Would you agree with my opinion that the lede of the above article should read that the individual was a Soviet serial killer, given that he was born in the Yabluchnye Oblast of the Ukraine in 1936 and obviously the individual committed his crimes across much of the Soviet Union in places as diverse as Tashkent, Leningrad and Ilovaisk between 1978 and 1990. Over the prv. two days, someone has repeatedly made adjustments claiming he was a Russian serial killer, with a smarmy reply in his/her last edit. Regards, -- Kieronoldham ( talk) 22:18, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Unlike yourelf, I have no idea about any of the protocols associated with wikipeadia and not being a professional like yourself, I have had to do a quick crash course on using it so apologies for any mistakes.
I'm not sure how you came to be amending the page in question. Perhaps you could tell me. It is interesting that you hadn't bothered correcting the glaring error of the omission of any mention of the accident (see the youtube video for original wiki entry). It was after all, a life changing event, not just for the dead and injured, but for Percival himself. I have a feeling he didn't work in TV or films again, something I must do some research on as it might be a salient point to include in the Bio. What do you think? The implication that the newspaper images are in some way fraudulent and that the youtube clip should be taken down because of this is insulting. As for giving credit to Rossini, he does get a mention in the comments so that if that is not sufficient I can amend that .
I think putting the amount of compensation into what it is worth today is slightly overspinning as if anyone is truly interested they can look it up as indeed you had to. If you want to continue with that mindset we might as well say " A crime which if comitted today would result in a custodial sentence" Do you think that would be a good thing to put in? At least you had the good sense to remove the word 'substantial' for the compensation from a previous incarnation if indeed that were you. As for wondering who I am, I am sure Percival made many enemies in his life.I was not one of them. Clivemasters ( talk) 12:01, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
how you came to be amending the page in question, Lance Percival is quite well known and Wikipedia is "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit", so why not? He's on my Watchlist, just as, I imagine, he is on yours, for whatever reason. Re:
glaring omission, we are none of us perfect editors who are expert on the subject of every article we might edit; anyone is free to add what they think is missing. Re:
newspaper images are in some way fraudulentI think the newspaper material is all 100% genuine, I suggested that it was useful source material. My qualms were based on the possible motivations behind making such a video, and on the fact that it almost certainly counts as WP:SPS and WP:OR. Re:
didn't work in TV or films again, yes certainly a salient point worth researching. Re:
amount of compensation into what it is worth today, this is just standard practice used across very many articles to explain comparative value; it has nothing to with "spin" or changes in criminal law and sentencing. Re:
for wondering who I am, I was actually wondering who the YouTube film maker was. He seems to be a bit of an expert on this matter, doesn't he? (or she, of course) Martinevans123 ( talk) 12:09, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
good sense. Tsk. Best wishes to all, — Preceding unsigned comment added by DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered ( talk • contribs) 16:20, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Just saying hello. E Eng 19:30, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
flowers, music, balloon |
Here's a hiding place for that pesky ... It's my parents' wedding anniversary, and the bridal flowers were gladiolas from her parents' garden. I share them in loving memory, with a touch of art. The link is shameless canvassing. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:45, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Enters Sara Hershkowitz (the image I said wasn't good enough). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:20, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
It looks like maybe a little "family entertainment" is in continuation & outside of the Teahouse here? There is no jackknife in anyone's hand but, despite much of the lyrical content of the song to be linked here (esp. much of the chorus - which rings volumes) many of the lyrics may actually ring true, tweaked, can be interpreted as a form of truth for us both? Best regards. :)-- Kieronoldham ( talk) 01:51, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
On 31 July 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tomasz Stańko, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ad Orientem ( talk) 18:43, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for updating Tomasz Stańko's page. I was also working on it. I'm TOTALLY new in editing Wikipedia so sorry for all the mistakes I've probably made. I would love to get in touch. I'm in contact with Mr. Stańko family. They really want this page to be great. Kajetan Prochyra ( talk) 08:39, 1 August 2018 (UTC) |
Indeed I am. [25] I've been less than enamoured with the administration of this site, so have found myself spending time at pastures new - I think they call it 'internet dating', though that latter term can only be loosely applied. lol. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 21:24, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin.
With regard to this edit, and your question about tax, I believe your death would be tax deductible - Hotblack Desiato set a legal precedent for just that. (I would have posted in the AN/I section, but it's been closed.) Chaheel Riens ( talk) 15:02, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, the link to the petition is https://www.
change.org/p/sky-news-kay-burley-must-apologise-to-simon-weston-over-comparing-him-to-women-who-wear-burqas
but it won't let me post it directly. As a novice user I don't understand why - can you help out? Thank You.
92.4.0.52 ( talk) 10:52, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for unbiased and often humorous contributions. Just Saying ..... :) .... In times of universal deceit, seeing humour in all things becomes a revolutionary act. -- BOD -- 12:35, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
My edit was explained in the first edit of a group of edits, the same as Bodney did. However unlike Bodney's multiple edits (which apparently did not require explanation), my group were one edit only separated so as not to revert intermediate unrelated changes from JLo-Watson. Clivel 0 ( talk) 22:08, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
In 2012, Corbyn married his Mexican-born partner Laura Álvarez in Mexico, who runs a fair-trade coffee import business.
That it a devastatingly sloppy piece of prose because after a comma, one is given a clarification and in ',+who constructions' the word proceeding the comma is what the 'who' refers to. I.e. put thus, 'Mexico' becomes a person 'who runs a fair trade coffee import business'.
This of course is not what was intended. My 'improvement' simply clarifies this slipshod use of the comma+who construction.
In 2012, Corbyn married in Mexico his Mexican-born partner Laura Álvarez, who runs a fair-trade coffee import business.
A stylist would write:
In 2012, Corbyn went to Mexico and married Laura Álvarez. She is Mexican-born and runs a fair-trade coffee import business.
which I didn't do because I had my left cheek just under the eye punctured by a queen bumble bee two hours ago while harvesting nashi near her hive, and the nagging pain doesn't make for patience. Nishidani ( talk) 14:02, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
We will perhaps never know when the little nigar served. Should I take it out? per the article talk page? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:59, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
In 2015 with this edit you produced a bit of calendrical whiplash in Salvador_Dalí#Early life.
First the birth year of 1904 is mentioned. Then the summer of 1912 is mentioned. And then the year 1903 is mentioned in relation to the birth year of 1904.
That out-of-place middle sentence was inserted by altering a ref with edit summary "(bring out of ref)". Only that put it between two sentences that shouldn't have been separated. Shenme ( talk) 19:28, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
If the comment was aimed at me, I'm too stupid/tired to understand it. If it was aimed at Richie, I'm too stupid/tired to have realised it, and apologies for bothering you! -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 12:35, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, why immediately delete my addition to various artists who have recorded versions of Morning Has Broken? Just curious as this is all very new to me. Thanks, April AprilShowersMayFlowers ( talk) 16:52, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Aaaahkay...so since the band doesn’t have page yet, I should either create one or cite the album somehow? I don’t know why they don’t have a page but I’m not that committed. Their albums are on Apple Music, going back several years. I’m not a fan of theirs, per se, but I love this song & happened to hear their version today, searched for more info & was surprised to find that they weren’t mentioned on the Wikipedia article. No big deal. It’s extremely rare that I know something that hasn’t made its way onto Wikipedia yet & thought it would be fun to contribute something...but I doubt I’ll go to any more trouble at this point. Thanks for your prompt attention. AprilShowersMayFlowers ( talk) 21:41, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Worry not: this is not overlinking; due largely to the siting of the festival away from the town it is named after this is the first mention of Glastonbury as a town name, rather than a festival name, in the article. Britmax ( talk) 11:11, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
What about Jeremy Corbyn and the Cemetery of Smear starring Daniel Radcliffe, except Rowlings not a fan of Corbyn. ~ BOD ~ TALK 23:14, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
... huh? Atsme 📞 📧 14:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Do you approve? [27] ‑ ‑ Gareth Griffith‑Jones The Welsh Buzzard ‑ ‑ 16:48, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Found an old vinyl copy of this in my collection last week - I don't think I'd played it for about 25 years. I think I was too much of an "angry rock kid" at the time to appreciate it. The article definitely needed a bit of a spruce-up. I'm curious to who the "Redwave" is on the original "Redwave - Knight" credits; that seems to have come from absolutely nowhere. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:21, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
{{
cite AV media notes}}
citation template. The "Redwave" - "Knight" credit is on the label. I just don't have any further information about it other than what's there. I'm sure somebody's put a scan of it online somewhere (but of course if you linked to what's technically a copyright violation, the fire of Hades would rain down on you).
Ritchie333
(talk)
(cont)
22:52, 5 September 2018 (UTC)Could you transcribe the relevant parts from around this Google Books page for me, so I can read them with my screen reader? It seems like remarkably high praise from Miles Davis here. Thanks! Graham 87 05:35, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello Martine, thank you for your message about my edit in Keith Emerson. I have now added the autobiography as a reference. HOWEVER... The original text said: 'His parents were amateur musicians' which is not correct as only his father was an amateur musician. That's why I corrected it and added the page of his autobiography where he talks about his 'unmusical mother', to prove that 'his parents were amateur musicians' was incorrect. Although the text is NOW factually correct, the reference I have added (p 21) does not make any sense with the new text, because on p 21 he doesn't say that his father was an amateur musician, he says that his mother was not a musician. So although factually correct, the referencing is to amend a previous version of the text which no longer appears... Anyway... I probably over-complicate things... But do you understand what I mean? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarianneVerity ( talk • contribs) 19:50, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
Is the video YT 3AzcU-FuF-I&vl=en free? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:41, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Music for you, in the church with your name ;) + we are pictured in the ref, 2013 pic but better than nothing! The girl is in school now. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:10, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! Question as above: 4CjpKfpkVns? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:21, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
{{Adopt me|20180915151906}} Simon Adler ( talk) 15:19, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, I see that we had an edit clash the other day over at Jimmy Page – well, it is 'Zeptember' (according to Planet Rock anyhow)! And now I’ve just seen you again over at Rudyard Kipling. Maybe he’ll be one of the historical characters abducted by Bill & Ted in their upcoming adventure – which would be good, as at least he could settle the matter of his bl**dy nationality for us! All the best. JezGrove ( talk) 22:31, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
You're welcome. Anytime. If you need me just reply on my talk page. Cheers! I wonder when I deserve a barnstar? Have a good day! GloriousGalaxyGal ( talk) 10:57, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
I can't believe we didn't have an article on " The Witch's Promise". Well now we do, and by pure serendipity it is, 123 bytes long. Would you care to make it a bit longer? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:58, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Looks like it's big enough to consider a DYK now. Any ideas for a hook? Only Tull single with a Mellotron on it, perhaps? I think "Cross Eyed Mary" on Aqualung has got some on the intro, and I think that's about it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:11, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello. Assist content for Maureen Wroblewitz Thank you. 42.115.39.209 ( talk) 11:34, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, just saw a comment of yours over at the I'm Backing Britain talk page. Not sure if you heard today's BBC Radio 4 drama based on the I'm Backing Britain campaign, but worth a listen. It managed to skewer both Jacob Rees-Mogg's father (and by implication the Moggster himself) for his/their obsession over Europe and the dangers of a far-left infiltration of union branch meetings (and by implication the Labour Party). And all whilst channelling the sexism, atmosphere, and background film music of the period. Best wishes! JezGrove ( talk) 19:42, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
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You are appreciated. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 22:18, 27 September 2018 (UTC) |
Hi, Martinevans123. Saw your comment on the WSAN article. Agree with the sentiment. The billboard contest attracted national attention. One of the most amazing news stories the Lehigh Valley has ever seen. I covered the story for Service Electric's TV2 News and it made our news day almost every day for a half year or so. I was also a fan of WSAN in the 70s when they sponsored a concert series at the Roxy Theatre in Northampton. T. Rex, Blood Sweat & Tears, Peter Frampton, Billy Joel, James Gang, Roxy Music, Kiss... All of whom warmed up for their national tours in this 500-seat venue. Tickets were typically $1-2, never higher than $4.50. I have a pdf of the concert guide so at least I can add this almost immediately. I'll dig up the billboard story as well, plenty of sources on that. Not so much on the rest of the 1970-80 era, but thanks for calling attention. Allreet ( talk) 13:02, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Many thanks for bolstering his article so admirably. Damn pity it takes someone's death to occur before their Wiki article actually pay's anyone justice. Seems to happen to almost everyone - the bigging up of their article I mean, not the death itself (which definitely seems to happen...)
I would have sent you a kitten, or some fruit cake, or biscuits; but I couldn't be arsed. Best wishes,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 23:32, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
On 2 October 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Charles Aznavour, 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. Black Kite (talk) 00:41, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Is there any benefit to linking to google books if there's no access to the content of a publication? You linked to Art Tatum: A Guide to His Recorded Music, but there's only bibliographic information available there. I've read that linking to google books is definitely fine if it's to a specific page, possibly fine if there's something there, but I haven't read anything about linking when there's no access to the material. Is there a discussion of it somewhere? Or, more briefly, why do you choose to link in such instances? Thanks for the other links: they'll help some readers. EddieHugh ( talk) 20:30, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hi. before starting an editwar explain your revert at talk please. Seda Aznavour clearly says no Charlie exists [30]. 46.172.9.61 ( talk) 12:19, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
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Soon to be a major motion picture opening near you? (Perhaps as a sequel to one about the Danish submarine guy.) Sca ( talk) 16:07, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
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On 28 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Saturday Zoo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jonathan Ross in Saturday Zoo (1993) was described as "humour-resistant Teflon"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Saturday Zoo. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Saturday Zoo), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Have a rose for being the opposite of humour-resistent, - happy day today. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:24, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martin, in the last few weeks, I have come to know you as a proud British man, so let me torment you a bit ;-) and trigger off your sense of justice : Who is the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman? - BBC Newsnight → at 3:30 → "Fuck London, the Queen is our slave. And their police are ours dogs." Please, keep in mind my English is lousy, I don't want to come across as aggressive or carelessly offended someone. Sometimes I'm a bit clumsy. Your dear anonymous IP, -- 87.170.201.92 ( talk) 12:51, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
I see it - was just about to adjust. Many thanks 80.229.34.113 ( talk) 18:50, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
When Ancestry distributes images of primary records it doesn't make them any less primary. See [32]. E Eng 16:29, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
On 29 October 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Irish presidential election, 2018, which you supported in a manner that pretty much single-handedly saved a seemingly doomed nomination. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Tlhslobus ( talk) 11:32, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks again, Martin. Tlhslobus ( talk) 11:32, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
A little late, but if you haven't heard this [33], you may want to. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 08:39, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello Martin, been a while. Sut wyt ti? BTW, Kailash29792 and I have listed this article about a 1959 cult classic film in Tamil cinema for peer reviewing with the intention of preparing it for FAC and subsequently taking it to FA. Your constructive comments would be deeply appreciated. Thank you. — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 05:08, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Replied to your message on my talk page. Zinnober9 ( talk) 18:19, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
Dear Martin, In April you undi my edit of the page /info/en/?search=Christ_of_Saint_John_of_the_Cross, so you set the date of this drawing back at 1550. This is unfortunate, because the maker was only 8 years old then. You say I did this unreferenced, but the date was already unreferenced. If you go to /info/en/?search=John_of_the_Cross, you'll find the following: "At some point between 1574 and 1577, while praying in the Monastery of the Incarnation in Ávila in a loft overlooking the sanctuary, John had a vision of the crucified Christ, which led him to create his famous drawing of Christ "from above". In 1641, this drawing was placed in a small monstrance and kept in Ávila. This drawing inspired the artist Salvador Dalí's 1951 work Christ of Saint John of the Cross." So my edit was factbased, your correction incorrect. Please allow me to remake my edit. How would I include the proper reference? ( GeoRic ( talk) 06:54, 5 November 2018 (UTC))
Hi, Martin, I've thanked you for this edit, mainly for wikilinking TheWire to The Atlantic (thus enabling me to remove some long overdue red ink from the related citation). But I thought you just might want to know that your moving of the 'small black hole' wikilink is questionable per MOS:LWQ, due to the 'soon after' wording there. I've no plans to change it since I think it's probably best where you've put it, but I suspect some other editor probably eventually will. (Incidentally, my own addition of 'sic' to the next paragraph is even more dodgy, but I'm not too bothered if it gets amended or reverted or whatever). Tlhslobus ( talk) 14:15, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello martinevans123, I found a citation for: "The final line is a reference to his recently deceased colleague Ken Oosterbroek. citation needed", but I have no training to do it correctly yet.
The Life and Death of Kevin Carter, By SCOTT MACLEOD/JOHANNESBURG Sunday, June 24, 2001 http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,165071,00.html
You find it at the of the article. Best.-- Maxim Pouska ( talk) 07:38, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Do not accuse me of doing anything "unexplained". You clearly don't bother to read edit summaries. Start doing so. 146.198.193.18 ( talk) 12:44, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Hmmm, it was quite rainy there too, wasn't it. But those guys actually had to turn up, didn't they, Donald? Not sure they even had umbrellas. Martinevans123 ( talk) 18:07, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Hey! You undid my edit in the article "Finland". Could you please explain how my edit was not relevant to be presented in the article? The bilinguality of Finland is explained later in the article, but to my mind it's confusing to name two languages without mentioning that both of them are national languages of the country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alluk. ( talk • contribs) 20:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll keep "SHOW MORE" in mind. Sca ( talk) 21:48, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
On 17 November 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Richard Baker (broadcaster), which you substantially updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Dumelow ( talk) 17:28, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
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My Christmas is already ruined. How could Elton John have played in E-flat major with the white keys on the piano? Actually it is not impossible. Irving Berlin had a lever action piano which could transpose the notes. [34]-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 18:58, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
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Ah right, until 23.59 on Sunday 3rd December. So that'll be in 2023, then. No rush really. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:45, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
I did some research and found both are still used, many of the most modern seller stands as recent as 2017 show the word London as do some editions. I went with the title on the publication used in the citation. My Favourite Account 😊 18:45, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
many of the most modern seller stands as recent as 2017 show the word Londonis because that was a year before they dropped the "London Evening Standard" name as part of Osborne's plan to eventually take on Metro in the rest of the country. ‑ Iridescent 17:55, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
I went with the title on the publication used in the citation.As regards Lebedev and Osborne, I believe, like so many politicians throughout the world, their only concern is money and the power that brings. Part of a social elite, in control of our interests and the presentation of information. I am extremely cynical and don't see anything changing for the better until we take back control. How? I have no idea. At least the students can benefit. My Favourite Account 😊 18:18, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
Jake Bugg has signed with RCA records according to latest news and his twitter account has confirmed. You should check yourself and add it to wikipedia. Regards 157.43.83.254 ( talk) 14:21, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
Read my recent story now: I have made an account on wikipedia Bobby Southside. You can find this page on Bbb23 and seeing his contributions at the bottom. I was busy making a funny and unique user page on that after which i had decided to edit some pages and categorise some pages. I had planned everything. But it was only 3 hours since i joined, when he deleted my user page and blocked me indefinitely even without a warning, when asked about the reason he said that im not here to make an encyclopedia. I know that its a block evasion but you have to understand the fact that im falsely blocked since i was not given much time to do constructive edits and also prove that 1) I was not only interested in making my user page and 2) I have knowledge about editing wikipedia and its policy [which are the only conditions that apply on me]. Also there was no personal attack or disruptive editing in my user page edit. I only added a userbox containing a hypothetical person named Bobby southside and some fun facts about him that made my userbox interesting and unique. But they say that you can't. Every wikipedian has rights to construct his user page the way he wants unless it hurts someone. But that wasn't subject to any disruption. What a reception i got in just 3 hours of my wikipedian career after having done nearly thousands of edits through IP. This is the reason i never wanted to come here as registered user, i knew this would be the fate as it has been for nearly thousands of new and honest editors who were victims of the egotism of these kind of veteran editors. Yours useless friend 2409:4063:2194:697:B5CF:DED1:6607:F355 ( talk) 12:13, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Figured out how to reply. :-) I'm sorry if you feel I completely changed the intro. If you are monitoring this wiki article, I defer to your opinion. 11 Arlington ( talk) 00:12, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
It pisses me off that the camera so totally ignores the bass player here, when its the whole point of the song. I blame Brexit and other such bollocks. Ceoil ( talk) 11:38, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
It seems that until 15 minutes ago, we didn't have an article for " House of the King" (which for Focus is a pretty straightforward and enjoyable tune that even non-fans like). Care to join me in some expansion, and think of a suitable DYK hook? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:44, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
Could you please explain this apparent non sequitur? IP 93.139.59.187 wrote about some positive feedback loops in climate forcing related to the melting of ground ice, and you responded with a <small>ed remark equating them with Donald Trump, whose public views on climate change would appear to be contrary to those of the IP. Political jokes like that aren't particularly beneficial to discussions on the ref desks, but more importantly the joke doesn't make any sense given the context. Did you misread the IP's contribution or am I missing something? Cheers! -- ToE 14:03, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
Yep, The Guardian article you added does say he was six when he posed on the cover of New Boots and Panties!!... but if Baxter was born in December 1971 and the album came out in September 1977, that would make him five years old at the time, no? Hard to believe The Grauniad would have made a basic typo or error given their unimpeachable reputation for subediting, but still... Richard3120 ( talk) 02:27, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Took me until just this moment to figure that out. Softlavender ( talk) 04:00, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Nothing really I can say except to apologize. Dealing with some stuff in the real world that got me on edge and you just caught me at a bad moment. No excuses, just wanted to say I'm truly sorry for the childish way I responded. Hope you are well. -- Zackmann ( Talk to me/ What I been doing) 01:34, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Ho worriesof which you write? Is there something you would like to share with the group? Curious minds need to know ... DBaK ( talk) 10:09, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Dear Martinevans123 and EEng, I recently sent this request for help [36] about attempting to link to biographies, Marguerite Brazier and Etta Palm d'Aelders. The connection is made at Nicholas Bonneville, but I believe reliably sourced information might be found somewhere in a tomb on French revolutionary history. I've written to a few others, but if either of you are interested in the conundrum, your help is most appreciated. - Darouet ( talk) 23:03, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
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Yeah yeah you would be thinking how i decided to come back. Well its a long story, don't think about it. I just want to tell you about vandalism done by two users-115.133.122.243 and TheRedundancy. These two guys have violated three revert rule as many times as infinite. I guess you can't block users but maybe you can request their block. HardSunBadMoon ( talk) 13:01, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
On 8 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jack Brooksbank, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jack Brooksbank, husband of Princess Eugenie of York, was not given a peerage following his marriage, as there is no general precedent in Britain for a commoner to be given one on marrying a princess? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Brooksbank. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Jack Brooksbank), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Mifter ( talk) 12:02, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I can't join because IPs are banned from editing Tesla article or talk pages. I'd just like to say that Fkp, the person because of who you changed your opinion is a POV pusher. Read [39] this topic which directly led to this RfC and you'll see that Fkp is just making any claim he can make to prevent this source entering the article. It doesn't seem to me that someone who has real concerns would jump so much from one reason to another reason. He's just trying to find some excuse. Furthermore, Bilseric has a good point. Unrelated to this RfC, someone has edited the article against the standing consensus puting Serbian orthodox cuhurch in the article. Fkp has no objections to that although it's factually wrong and against another RfC. But he surely does have many objections to this RfC. The other's are not much different as well. I'm sure none of them would mind Serbian orthodox curch in the 19th century and the standing consensus, but the'll find any reason against this source which is perfectly valid. 141.136.229.217 ( talk) 23:47, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
Just for your info, you agree with a POV pusher that has been lying on Balkan articles for years [40]. 89.164.199.211 ( talk) 13:57, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, but I removed the unsourced content with this edit [41] and you added it back with this one [42] much safer to remove unsourced content completely per BLP. Theroadislong ( talk) 22:23, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hey Atsme!! Thank you very much..... "you know I ain't no fool.... I'm just upside down"! [43]. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:51, 13 December 2018 (UTC).....
On 16 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article House of the King, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that " House of the King" by Focus has been a theme tune on British television twice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/House of the King. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, House of the King), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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from oz the dusty deserts that keep us dry, have a snowy one for us - gday and appy christmas from downunder - may your sense of humour drive you well through 2019 JarrahTree 23:48, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Unless you are David Slater. A while back I came across this Christmas card and thought straight away that it was Naruto from the Monkey selfie copyright dispute. Slater probably didn't get a penny for this. As previously discussed, my Christmas was ruined when Elton John played in E-flat major with the white notes. The problem is now fixed, here is what he actually plays. Finally, the Christmas lights which are even more complicated this year (click "Download" to watch the videos).-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 11:11, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
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Credit: Clarityfiend HardSunBadMoon ( talk) 06:41, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Martinevans123,
Regarding a recent exchange, let me present to you - as a sign of Internet friendship - this piece by D. Milhaud that perhaps you may not be aware of, which I doubt anyway. Yours, LouisAlain ( talk) 21:06, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
On 27 December 2018, In the news listed the article Sister Wendy, which you updated, so many thanks for your contributions. For details of the discussion, please see the candidates page. Andrew D. ( talk) 10:31, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
What caught my eye was that when he was receiving the honour in February 1998, he was announced by the Lord Chamberlain as "Sir John Elton". [45] We now name the guilty person, it was Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys who did this because he was Lord Chamberlain in 1998. I wonder if afterwards he said sorry, which seems to be the hardest word.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:49, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
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