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Regarding the oil pedantry, why do you delete Scotland yet again, but those 23 other places remain? Are you also stating that you'll also remove those places this very moment too (if you have not already done so), but if they vote for independence, and get to take over responsibility for oil located in their territory, then we can think again? If not, why not? Why the inconsistency yet again? What is your beef here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.76.48.95 ( talk) 12:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
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What a wonderfully weird and fascinating article. Marvellously written. Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 21:47, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
I see this article is up for a GA review, and I had a read through it. I remember the ban on Gerry Adams in particular very well, so I was interested to read what you'd come up with. I can commend you for some excellent work in getting a quality article into place in very little time - all perfectly readable and well sourced to major broadsheet-quality news outlets or books. My only niggle is that I can't help thinking if going to GA is a little premature because of potential instability. I would expect an article of this nature to receive some edit warring on specifics from both Nationalists and Unionists given enough time, and think the reason it hasn't is simply because it is new. I fear that if this does pass GA (and a quick read through suggests it's not unreasonable to think it will at present), it may become unstable later on and be dragged into GAR. Or am I just being unreasonably paranoid? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:16, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
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I have enabled Feedback for the Oba Chandler article so users can give some feedback on any possible improvements. Just to let you know. Cheers.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 17:43, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Paul, I've read his reply and I think I know what he wanted. However, I've added archived urls all but one of the dead links and have converted some others to {{cite news}} format. I hope that's a suitable compromise. The dead url is reference no. 41; you might be able to use material from other references to replace this reference but I'm not sure it's necessary for FA; as long as we know where the material came from, dead links aren't a disaster. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 ( talk) 23:10, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
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That's great. Thanks for doing an excellent job as usual. I found a link for ref 41 so have created an archive page and added it. Hopefully this can go forward shortly. I have an article at FAC at the moment so need to wait for that to finish. Thanks once again. Paul MacDermott ( talk) 11:09, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
So what do you say about the copy-edit on the article and the fixing of the dead links? I think user Baffle gab has done a excellent job.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 11:11, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
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Paul: Some time ago (under your former alias of RetroGuy) you asked if anyone was interested in starting up a Herefordshire Wikiproject. I live in Herefordshire and know a lot about its history and would certainly be interested in helping - though as a relative newcomer, I'm not familiar with the 'mechanics' of getting a new Wikiproject launched. Two of the first notable Herefordshire topics I'd suggest (and could write about) would be the Rotherwas Estate, which includes the remnants of a huge munitions factory which was built in 1918; and 'Perrycroft', a stunning Arts & Crafts country house designed by CFA Voysey. There are many other subjects, too numerous to mention here. Please let me know if you would be interested. Correze CORREZE ( talk) 15:44, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Not sure if I am doing this correctly.
In regards to Cinderella Q Stump, my primary source is my memory, I am 74. I stand by my statement that Cinderella Q is more humorous than Cinderella G and that most people don't easily distinguish a lower case "q" from a lower case "g". I'm not trying to be snarky, but once a minor inaccuracy like this creeps in and is repeated, it is difficult to correct. I wonder how many of these sources have been influenced by this Wikipedia article.
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One of the premier vocalists of the pre rock era has passed away-Jo Stafford was 90 when she succumbed to heart failure last Thursday (7/17)-Throughout the 40's & 50's,Jo placed a ton of hits on the pop charts-Her biggest hit was "You Belong To Me",which spent 12 weeks at #1 in 1952-Ten years later,in 1962,a New Jersey vocal group called The Duprees reached the top 10 with their remake of that same song-Stafford also had a flair for comedy-In the late 1940's,she teamed up with singer Red Ingle & his group The Natural Seven & recorded a country version of the song "Temptation"-It was called "Tim-Tayshun"-Stafford's name on the disc was listed as Cinderella Q. Stump-The song was a smash hit & went to #1Terry.
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Not sure if I am doing this correctly.
In regards to Cinderella Q Stump, my primary source is my memory, I am 74. I stand by my statement that Cinderella Q is more humorous than Cinderella G and that most people don't easily distinguish a lower case "q" from a lower case "g". I'm not trying to be snarky, but once a minor inaccuracy like this creeps in and is repeated, it is difficult to correct. I wonder how many of these sources have been influenced by this Wikipedia article.
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Jo Stafford dead at 90
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Jul 23, 2008 at 10:50pm Quote Post Options Post by mrjukebox on Jul 23, 2008 at 10:50pm One of the premier vocalists of the pre rock era has passed away-Jo Stafford was 90 when she succumbed to heart failure last Thursday (7/17)-Throughout the 40's & 50's,Jo placed a ton of hits on the pop charts-Her biggest hit was "You Belong To Me",which spent 12 weeks at #1 in 1952-Ten years later,in 1962,a New Jersey vocal group called The Duprees reached the top 10 with their remake of that same song-Stafford also had a flair for comedy-In the late 1940's,she teamed up with singer Red Ingle & his group The Natural Seven & recorded a country version of the song "Temptation"-It was called "Tim-Tayshun"-Stafford's name on the disc was listed as Cinderella Q. Stump-The song was a smash hit & went to #1Terry.
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Paul, nice work on years-in-Scottish-television. I've just gone through them applying the dash and common-terms scripts. You might find the dash script useful to install (for year ranges and – list interruptors) ... our style guide says to use them. Please ask if you need further advice on these. Cheers. Tony (talk) 10:36, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
What copyright issues does the photo have? And also, I would contact her record label or something, but they might not have any recent pictures of Adele because she isn't really doing anything at the moment. Besides, I have emailed them in the past with questions regarding Adele and very rarely do they respond. I think an image like the one I posted of her at the Grammys would be great, but if I knew what exact copyright issues we are facing with the picture, that would help in my quest to find another picture of Adele. Thanks. ---Tsu'tey♫ ( talk) 15:52, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, I suppose if it's easier, I could just use the Adele Wiki as a source. I don't see why it's not allowed. I understand Wikipedia has to have permission in order to use the image, but I don't see why we can't use it if it's on my website and I'm giving you guys permission to use it. I'll revert the edit and change the source of the image on its page. Thanks again! ---Tsu'tey♫ ( talk) 22:57, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
Paul, sure: you'll need to create User:Paul MacDermott/vector.js. The dashes.js documentation page is useful. Please let me know if help is required. False positives are rare; just watch airline articles, where it tends to replace hyphen with dash for 747-, etc. Tony (talk) 02:42, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
Four audio samples were added to the article. Take a look! Jimknut ( talk) 00:47, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello I noticed under your previous guise that you suggested a verifiable source would be her birth certificate. Since this has now been published, would you mind adding your voice to mine on the talk page and saying that yes a birth cert is definite proof of someone's age. Many thanks. --The Totter 01:30, 15 August 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Telegraph Totter ( talk • contribs)
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That's fantastic, thank you. I've just had an FAC promoted so I'll put this forward in a couple of weeks. Cheers Paul MacDermott ( talk) 14:01, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi Paul,
Just spent a half-hour listening to this 1983 interview done with Jo and Paul completely in the characters of Jonathan and Darlene.
http://www.bobclaster.com/radioshows/Jonathan%20and%20Darlene%20Edwards.mp3 (MP3 file of interview)
This is the website of Bob Claster, who did a show for Santa Monica's KCRW radio called "Bob Claster's Funny Stuff", and he's made the file of the interview available there. In it, they discuss how they met, some background, and so on. AFAIK, this information is only to be found in the interview. At the end of it, when the closing music is rolling, Claster asks Darlene how she would like to be remembered, so you need to catch all of it.
Part of it involves a cut from their "Sing Along" album and if you compare that with a look at one of Mitch Miller's "sing along" television shows, the parody is obvious. Miller had a weekly show from 1961 to 1966; their album was originally done in 1962. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dY9gtYeHhk&list=PL61C9162B9667FF6F
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Oh, well do you not think it would be appropriate that you try and ensure that that policy is applied universally on Wikipedia, and not just in certain instances? Seems a bit odd. Also, with no mention of a building number etc. then a street name hardly constitutes an address.
Regarding the oil pedantry, why do you delete Scotland yet again, but those 23 other places remain? Are you also stating that you'll also remove those places this very moment too (if you have not already done so), but if they vote for independence, and get to take over responsibility for oil located in their territory, then we can think again? If not, why not? Why the inconsistency yet again? What is your beef here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.76.48.95 ( talk) 12:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
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A Journey is a 2010 memoir by Tony Blair (pictured) discussing his tenure as leader of the British Labour Party (1994–2007), and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007). Under Blair's stewardship the party was rebranded as New Labour and secured a party record of three successive terms in office. Two of the book's major themes concern Blair's strained relationship with his Chancellor Gordon Brown, and his controversial decision to participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Blair discusses Labour's future after its defeat at the 2010 general election, his relations with the Royal Family, and how he came to respect President George W. Bush. A Journey received mixed reviews; some criticised Blair's writing style, but others called it candid. Financial Times editor Lionel Barber described it as "part psychodrama, part treatise on the frustrations of leadership in a modern democracy". Blair donated his £4.6 million advance, and all subsequent royalties, to the British Armed Forces charity The Royal British Legion. It became the fastest-selling autobiography of all time at the bookstore chain Waterstones, but promotional events were marked by antiwar protests. ( Full article...)
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Thanks for the the heads-up. I've made some tweaks to the blurb. Curly Turkey ( gobble) 20:56, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
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I've created an article at 2013 Woolwich attack. I'm surprised if there isn't another one already. Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 19:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
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What a wonderfully weird and fascinating article. Marvellously written. Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 21:47, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
I see this article is up for a GA review, and I had a read through it. I remember the ban on Gerry Adams in particular very well, so I was interested to read what you'd come up with. I can commend you for some excellent work in getting a quality article into place in very little time - all perfectly readable and well sourced to major broadsheet-quality news outlets or books. My only niggle is that I can't help thinking if going to GA is a little premature because of potential instability. I would expect an article of this nature to receive some edit warring on specifics from both Nationalists and Unionists given enough time, and think the reason it hasn't is simply because it is new. I fear that if this does pass GA (and a quick read through suggests it's not unreasonable to think it will at present), it may become unstable later on and be dragged into GAR. Or am I just being unreasonably paranoid? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:16, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
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I have enabled Feedback for the Oba Chandler article so users can give some feedback on any possible improvements. Just to let you know. Cheers.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 17:43, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Paul, I've read his reply and I think I know what he wanted. However, I've added archived urls all but one of the dead links and have converted some others to {{cite news}} format. I hope that's a suitable compromise. The dead url is reference no. 41; you might be able to use material from other references to replace this reference but I'm not sure it's necessary for FA; as long as we know where the material came from, dead links aren't a disaster. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 ( talk) 23:10, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
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That's great. Thanks for doing an excellent job as usual. I found a link for ref 41 so have created an archive page and added it. Hopefully this can go forward shortly. I have an article at FAC at the moment so need to wait for that to finish. Thanks once again. Paul MacDermott ( talk) 11:09, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
So what do you say about the copy-edit on the article and the fixing of the dead links? I think user Baffle gab has done a excellent job.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 11:11, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
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Not sure if I am doing this correctly.
In regards to Cinderella Q Stump, my primary source is my memory, I am 74. I stand by my statement that Cinderella Q is more humorous than Cinderella G and that most people don't easily distinguish a lower case "q" from a lower case "g". I'm not trying to be snarky, but once a minor inaccuracy like this creeps in and is repeated, it is difficult to correct. I wonder how many of these sources have been influenced by this Wikipedia article.
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One of the premier vocalists of the pre rock era has passed away-Jo Stafford was 90 when she succumbed to heart failure last Thursday (7/17)-Throughout the 40's & 50's,Jo placed a ton of hits on the pop charts-Her biggest hit was "You Belong To Me",which spent 12 weeks at #1 in 1952-Ten years later,in 1962,a New Jersey vocal group called The Duprees reached the top 10 with their remake of that same song-Stafford also had a flair for comedy-In the late 1940's,she teamed up with singer Red Ingle & his group The Natural Seven & recorded a country version of the song "Temptation"-It was called "Tim-Tayshun"-Stafford's name on the disc was listed as Cinderella Q. Stump-The song was a smash hit & went to #1Terry.
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Not sure if I am doing this correctly.
In regards to Cinderella Q Stump, my primary source is my memory, I am 74. I stand by my statement that Cinderella Q is more humorous than Cinderella G and that most people don't easily distinguish a lower case "q" from a lower case "g". I'm not trying to be snarky, but once a minor inaccuracy like this creeps in and is repeated, it is difficult to correct. I wonder how many of these sources have been influenced by this Wikipedia article.
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Jo Stafford dead at 90
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Jul 23, 2008 at 10:50pm Quote Post Options Post by mrjukebox on Jul 23, 2008 at 10:50pm One of the premier vocalists of the pre rock era has passed away-Jo Stafford was 90 when she succumbed to heart failure last Thursday (7/17)-Throughout the 40's & 50's,Jo placed a ton of hits on the pop charts-Her biggest hit was "You Belong To Me",which spent 12 weeks at #1 in 1952-Ten years later,in 1962,a New Jersey vocal group called The Duprees reached the top 10 with their remake of that same song-Stafford also had a flair for comedy-In the late 1940's,she teamed up with singer Red Ingle & his group The Natural Seven & recorded a country version of the song "Temptation"-It was called "Tim-Tayshun"-Stafford's name on the disc was listed as Cinderella Q. Stump-The song was a smash hit & went to #1Terry.
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Paul, nice work on years-in-Scottish-television. I've just gone through them applying the dash and common-terms scripts. You might find the dash script useful to install (for year ranges and – list interruptors) ... our style guide says to use them. Please ask if you need further advice on these. Cheers. Tony (talk) 10:36, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
What copyright issues does the photo have? And also, I would contact her record label or something, but they might not have any recent pictures of Adele because she isn't really doing anything at the moment. Besides, I have emailed them in the past with questions regarding Adele and very rarely do they respond. I think an image like the one I posted of her at the Grammys would be great, but if I knew what exact copyright issues we are facing with the picture, that would help in my quest to find another picture of Adele. Thanks. ---Tsu'tey♫ ( talk) 15:52, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, I suppose if it's easier, I could just use the Adele Wiki as a source. I don't see why it's not allowed. I understand Wikipedia has to have permission in order to use the image, but I don't see why we can't use it if it's on my website and I'm giving you guys permission to use it. I'll revert the edit and change the source of the image on its page. Thanks again! ---Tsu'tey♫ ( talk) 22:57, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
Paul, sure: you'll need to create User:Paul MacDermott/vector.js. The dashes.js documentation page is useful. Please let me know if help is required. False positives are rare; just watch airline articles, where it tends to replace hyphen with dash for 747-, etc. Tony (talk) 02:42, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
Four audio samples were added to the article. Take a look! Jimknut ( talk) 00:47, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello I noticed under your previous guise that you suggested a verifiable source would be her birth certificate. Since this has now been published, would you mind adding your voice to mine on the talk page and saying that yes a birth cert is definite proof of someone's age. Many thanks. --The Totter 01:30, 15 August 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Telegraph Totter ( talk • contribs)
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That's fantastic, thank you. I've just had an FAC promoted so I'll put this forward in a couple of weeks. Cheers Paul MacDermott ( talk) 14:01, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi Paul,
Just spent a half-hour listening to this 1983 interview done with Jo and Paul completely in the characters of Jonathan and Darlene.
http://www.bobclaster.com/radioshows/Jonathan%20and%20Darlene%20Edwards.mp3 (MP3 file of interview)
This is the website of Bob Claster, who did a show for Santa Monica's KCRW radio called "Bob Claster's Funny Stuff", and he's made the file of the interview available there. In it, they discuss how they met, some background, and so on. AFAIK, this information is only to be found in the interview. At the end of it, when the closing music is rolling, Claster asks Darlene how she would like to be remembered, so you need to catch all of it.
Part of it involves a cut from their "Sing Along" album and if you compare that with a look at one of Mitch Miller's "sing along" television shows, the parody is obvious. Miller had a weekly show from 1961 to 1966; their album was originally done in 1962. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dY9gtYeHhk&list=PL61C9162B9667FF6F
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