Archive 27: Late February to late April 2008. Barnstar, nice stuff, thanks, trolling, abuse, thanks, questions, thanks, etc. Various.
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Get a life ;) S B H arris 22:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the revert! J.delanoy gabs adds 21:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
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Sorry to bother you, but I don't know any administrators and you might be interested in this issue. I found you on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Table dance page where I also followed the crumbs so-to-speak to a related problem. It appears that "Image:table Dance by David Shankbone.jpg" has become a bone of contention on three separate pages: Meatpacking District, Manhattan, Lower Manhattan, and Table dance. This gets a bit complicated because there has been a bit of an edit war going on all day and now some rather knowledgable IPs have become involved, coincidentally when one of the editors involved was warned for 3RR and 6RR(?) violations. I'm at a loss to figure out where exactly to report all this, as it fits more than one noticeboard criteria. Any advice would be helpful, or if you could take a moment to look into the matter yourself I would be very appreciative. Mstuczynski ( talk) 00:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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p.s. would you check out my new article Screaming?Cholga talK! 04:10, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for the sober input. More help is needed though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Galassi ( talk • contribs) 21:15, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I noticed your watchlist subpage has a bunch of red links, are these articles your planning on making?-- Pewwer42 Talk 04:24, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
i was archiving my user pages —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.191.6.122 ( talk) 14:04, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Even though you blocked User:I.want.to.tellyou with the autoblock, shouldn't Tom.mevlie [1] also be blocked to prevent editing from another location? MBisanz talk 06:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
-- BorgQueen ( talk) 11:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus
Just to reassure you, this is the last time I'll be doing this exercise with students, so helping out wont condemn you to further appeals from me.
This quarter's student work is coming to completion, and I wonder if you'd consider giving a critique, a grade or suggestions of links to some larger Wikipedia projects for the ones that to me appear most "notable." The first is this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_jose_flea_market
Thanks,
Rudolph2007 ( talk) 17:33, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Great. Carrizo Plain isnt ready yet. They havent addressed my most recent comments. Rudolph2007 ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm glad to see you blocked the "... or something unpleasant will happen to you" editor. That dude is disturbing. I was going to try to get him blocked even though he hadn't been warned 3 times - but I figured WP:AIV would refuse. Is there a mechanism for immediate blocking for editors like this? -- JaGa ( talk) 23:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the cleanup! :) – Clockwork Soul 17:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey PFHLai! just dropping by to say thank you for nominating for DYK some of the articles I've been writing recently on giant California oil fields -- I really thought no one would notice, and it's kind of nice ... no, I take that back, it's really nice. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 22:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for the reverts on the userpage. It's taken me a while to notice you did them! BigHairRef | Talk 01:16, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:54, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
-- Gatoclass ( talk) 08:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the reverting vandalism in my user page. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 13:28, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Can you please explain why you continue reverting my clean up efforts to my OWN talk page? My ban has been lifted, I'd like to remove all of the little messages people love to send if they judge an edit to be vandalism.
Let me edit my own talk page, thanks.
BTW, the edits that caused my ban were honest efforts to find pictures for templates that more accurately reflected the subject under discussion. 98.210.190.11 ( talk) 21:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I am somewhat confused by your actions concerning this user's talk page. First of all, if you intended to prevent him from editing his own talk page, semiprotection would have sufficed, and full protection has the wonderful side benefit of preventing anyone but admins from warning him should he go on another vandalism spree. Second, I am aware of no policy prohibiting the removal of warnings from one's own talk page; on the contrary I'd been under the impression that there wasn't even consensus that this is a bad thing. I would appreciate it if you would clear this up for me.-- Dycedarg ж 21:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
It's a dilemma - see my answer on the project. My intention was first to draw attention to the box and then go further if there was strong support, however I've never done a template deletion and I'm not sure of the pitfalls. Best, -- Kleinzach ( talk) 02:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
My revert was a mistake, sorry. scetoaux ( talk) ( My contributions.) 20:22, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for reverting the vandalism to my userpage!
-- BorgQueen ( talk) 14:54, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm warmed to see your name popping up on my watchlist once more. :) Coming back from my break after a couple months really did me some good. You are ever dependable, and I look forward to seeing you around more! Cheers mate. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 01:55, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
[2], much appreciated. Cheers, Tiptoety talk 04:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey - I Edit conflicted with you as I was blocking an IP as an open proxy. I ended up undoing your 24 hour block and re-applying a 1 year block per {{ blocked proxy}}. Wanted to let you know, as the original blocking admin. The IP was 84.180.51.232 ( talk · contribs). Thanks! UltraExactZZ Claims ~ Evidence 14:04, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm wondering how you (as a founder) see Contemporary music in relation to the other (classical) music projects?
When I first saw the project I thought it was a great idea. I thought the project would concentrate expertise and the other projects could effectively defer to the project for all recent works, for example 21st century opera could be left to Contemp music, just as we leave Wagner to the Wagner Proj. and G&S to the G&S.
However I've now noticed that the project is bannering almost all classical music from the 19th century onwards: for example Edward Elgar and Gabriel Fauré who could not, by any stretch of the imagination be regarded as contemporary. I'm concerned that if the project has such a wide remit, it will be competing, rather than complementary to other projects. Best. -- Kleinzach ( talk) 02:42, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
Ah! Ow! Don't be talking! I was blue mouldy for the want of that pint.
See Subject, and thanks.
Best wishes, -- Shlishke ( talk) 13:39, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
[3]. You sure seem to be my little wiki-angle recently, reverting stuff from my talk page faster than I can, and it seems like even more times than I have :P Tiptoety talk 03:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
A belated thanks for the kind words on the essay. I've long enjoyed your list of "observations" and have occasionally quoted them to others. Raymond Arritt ( talk) 03:59, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
-- Maxim (talk) 12:06, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I didn't revert your edit, actually I reverted this [4], where the reference to Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian composer is misleading. It is a complex form of vandalism. ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 15:30, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Also edits like this [12]. ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 20:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Just a note to thank you for your articles on Obrecht and de Monte. I read the de Monte article the other day and was so pleased to find such informative, referenced information. This evening I looked up Obrecht, with the same result, and, aha, the same editor is behind it. It's really appreciated: I look at such articles partly as background to my history editing and partly as a way of checking round for what to listen to (I've got my wonderful Obrecht disc of Ave Regina Celorum on at the moment and am thinking of getting hold of some more of the same).
While I am here, I wonder if I could pick your brains. Working on Catherine de' Medici's patronage of the arts, I couldn't pin down the composer of the Ballet Comique de la Reine. He is mentioned in books as the "Sieur de Beaulieu" (sometimes spelled differently). I read also that another composer called "Cajetan" may have been involved. Since Claude Le Jeune (I've nicked your picture of him!) also wrote for court ballets, the observer's view that this was the "most learned and excellent music that had ever been sung or heard" bears thinking about. In short, do you know anything about the composer(s) of this music (for all I know, I may have the name(s) wrong, and we have an article on the culprit(s) already)?
Anyway, thanks again. The work you are doing is highly valuable, and I will be reading many more of your articles, I expect. qp10qp ( talk) 02:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
What were the chances of THAT! No, Friendly gave no warning. Now I'll start saying it! Cheers!~ Dark Zorro 00:26, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Sockpuppet attack!
Thought you should know so that you can prepare yourself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.189.142.173 ( talk) 11:52, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
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Amazing Anti-Vandal Work Especially all of those blocks you have done (yes i was snooping in your contribs)! Great Job! And truly, Happy Editing! Dark Zorro 14:53, 29 March 2008 (UTC) |
Sorry, thanks very much for pointing that out. I'll move it. I wondered why there wasn't an add a new section on there. Thanks for the heads up. Canterbury Tail talk 18:08, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Why'd you remove that question? I've put it back for now, because this is a reference desk, and we can't censor questions out of fear. I realize that some of the users responding were not helpful, but you can remove individual replies rather than the whole topic. JesusChristIsHere ( talk) 22:38, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Antandrus. If you ever get a chance, could you check something out for me (and for the encyclopedia, of course!)? I'm looking for the footnoted tempo marking in Ligeti's Continuum. Apparently the first sheet has prestissimo followed by an asterisk. I wish to know what the asterisk stands for, and whether there is any reference to Schumann in Continuum's tempo marking. (I only have a copy of the upper half of the first sheet, showing the asterisk, but not the explanation.) If you ever get around to it and feel like it. Best wishes. --- Sluzzelin talk 05:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Quoting your user page caption: "View from Gaviota Peak, southeast into Santa Barbara Channel; my house should be visible to the upper left, but it only takes up about a thousandth of a pixel."
I have a good magnifying glass. Which pixel is it please? Wanderer57 ( talk) 03:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Also, in your comment at User talk:Doc glasgow/The BLP problem, you mentioned a thread at WR. Please can you give the specifics? I went to WP:WR, found WikiReader (which was new to me), but could not find what you were referring to.
I much agree with your comment there, "fine and insightful". Thank you. Wanderer57 ( talk) 03:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
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— Malinaccier Public ( talk) 12:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Idontknow 610 TM 18:54, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, I've reverted this [14] with my statement please remain civil in reaction of this (Undid revision 202552119 by Tankred (talk) history falsification (anachronism) undone). User Gene Nygaard now blames me for being uncivil and says I am falsely accusing of incivility [15] and continues on the talk page [16]. I don't think I was uncivil when I asked other editor to remain civil when he accuses other editors from falsifying history. Thank you for your opinion. ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 14:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank You for locking the page that the IP hopping vandal was messing with, was waiting until that would happen.
TOL ( talk) 02:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Can you check my request to use NP Watcher - itll make my life easier patrolling the new pages. Thanks Fattyjwoods ( Push my button) 03:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Likewise. :) BTW, if you have time, I'd be interested in your thoughts on this? Also, are you familiar with the Working Group? Is it something that you might be interested in joining? -- El on ka 22:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
YOU KNOW THE SOURCE?
How do we know the image is Painting attributed to Titian c.1530? Wikipedia:Reliable sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.214.44.134 ( talk • contribs)
cant see image there. but they talk about Titian. How do we know the image is the same? Sorry bother you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.214.44.134 ( talk) 18:24, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
good research. still incomplete :( . better remove the image for now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.214.44.134 ( talk) 20:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
H there, Antandrus. I am going to try to write an article for Pony Island. I was wondering if you might be able to restore the deleted article to my userspace? Deleted article here. Thanks! Bstone ( talk) 20:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much or the encouragement on the Tchaikovsky article. I greatly appreciate it. Yesterday I removed the secton on "Musical Form" since it dealt mainly with the symphonies and not with T's music in general. (Maybe it will make a good separate article later—we'll see.) In its place I added a section on T's aesthetics, which seems to fit better with the article on the whole and as a follow-up to the section on Imperial Style and the now-much-truncated section on his musical style. It still seems rough but otherwise a good fit. Still, I'd really appreciate if you could look at it when you have some time. Thanks! Jonyungk ( talk) 17:33, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I must thank you for all the help you've given me whenever I was uncertain about a potential article's notability. But now I must also ask: Do you think that this lady is a notable subject: [17]? Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 01:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
If you have some sort of idea why editing the " Roman Polanski" to include the title of rapist is disruptive or vandalism you should explain why instead of just unilaterally deciding that it is. You should cite more than just you think it is and explain specifically why you think that it is. There are many other Wikipedia articles that are very similar with respect to people who are known for many different things, one of which is some sort of criminal act or acts. These articles include titles like, rapist, criminal, pedophile, murderer, thief, organized crime boss and many others. Just look at the OJ Simpson article, it makes reference to accusations against him for murder in the first sentence. Where this title is seems to be at issue for some reason. Wikipdeia articles are usually vastly different in their writing style and sometimes titles are places in different places throughout the articles. Since there is no debate as to whether Roman Polanski is a rapist or not, and since it is the one thing major thing he is known for outside of his movie career should it not be included in the first sentence? Is there a specific guideline as to where in an article a specific title that someone has earned throughout their life should be placed? Should a person's most prominent title be their career, their ethnicity, place of origin, or some other adjective that describes a notable feature of their life? What specific guideline specifies this? Should it merely be what the person is best known for, because Roman Polanski is very well known for having raped a 13 year old girl and for being a movie director. Many people would say he is not known for his acting as he has few notable roles, or writing as he has written very little, but these titles appear in the first sentence of his article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.170.202 ( talk) 03:33, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
You, and no one else, have not explained why this one word is vandalism. It cetainly appiles to him, and you are now saying that people have to decide wheter it applies by some sort of vote? That is certainly not neutrality. On what basis is this word vanalism?
The WP:BLP states "If an allegation or incident is notable, relevant, and well-documented by reliable published sources, it belongs in the article — even if it's negative and the subject dislikes all mention of it."
There is no mention as to what specific titles should be or should not be applied. The title of rapist in no way violates this policy, is well documented, and appiles to him under these guidelines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.170.202 ( talk) 04:05, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I never wrote that Roman Polanski was a douchebag, and you have still made no valid arguement as to why Roman Polanski should not be given the title of rapist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.170.202 ( talk) 04:12, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[18] Do you think this is a notable article to create? BTW, I think I forgot to thank you for your advice on my last visit, so: Thank you very much! Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 03:33, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Do you think any of these are notable enough to be made into articles? (If some are and others aren't, please point out which ones are notable by using numbers; there are five here in total. This will make it easier for me to identify which ones you mean. Thanks!) [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 04:45, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Dear Antandrus,
Thank you for your fine article on Rachmaninoff.
I serve on the music faculty at Cedarville University in Ohio, and in the course of my duties I am obligated to investigate an allegation of plagiarism against a student. The student handed in a paper directly copied and pasted from the Rachmaninoff article on Wikipedia. The student claims to have written a significant portion of the Wikipedia article (hardly a credible claim) and to have met and communicated with you about the article in a chat room.
As preposterous as this sounds, it is my job to look into it.
May I ask you most respectfully to write to me at johnmortensen [AT] cedarville [DOT] edu and let me know if you have ever had a chat room conversation resembling that mentioned above?
Please feel free to search the Cedarville University website for my name, so that you can be reassured that I am who I claim to be.
By answering this question you will be helping my university uphold standards of academic honesty and scholarly integrity.
Most Sincerely,
John J. Mortensen, DMA Associate Professor of Piano Director of Keyboard Studies Cedarville University Cedarville, Ohio —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.23.87.154 ( talk) 22:52, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the move to Sunil Kumar Ahuja. I had actually been wondering about that as I made the article. will381796 ( talk) 14:18, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
I really want to take the subsection Virginals out of the Harpsichord article and make a new article for Virginal. You may see that the same has been done for Spinet leaving a small stub and a redirect in the Harpsichord article.
I think this is warranted by the number of refs. to Virginal (22564 to date, although admittedly some of these have nothing to do with the keyboard instrument!), and also the impossibility to add subsections of Virginal, such as Muselaar, to Category:Keyboard instruments, etc.
However I don't feel I should do this without consultation - and I'm afraid, since we've already had intercourse, and you're an admin, you're my first choice!
I'd be glad to hear from you on this subject, and even gladder if you gave me the go-ahead. Many thanks. Nick Michael ( talk) 15:17, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi again, Antandrus! What would you say about this person; is he notable enough to be included in Wikipedia? [24] Thanks in advance!!! Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 01:37, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
And what about this one [25]? Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 02:50, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Greetings, esteemed Ant. Are you able to help out with a source that authoritatively tells us when Sax died, and puts to rest all the competing claims. I've raised the issue at Talk:Adolphe Sax#Date of death, so best to reply there if you have anything. Thanks. -- JackofOz ( talk) 11:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
I guess by now it's pretty predictable why I'm here; lol! But all the same, could you look this one over, and tell me if he's notable enough to be included? He has a lot of references cited, but with a historical figure, I'd still like a second opinion. There's another one in a moment; a modern one. I'll be right back with her. Thanks! [26] Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 17:42, 15 April 2008 (UTC) Here's the other one: [27]. BTW; he hasn't replied yet, but thanks again for directing me to TUF-Kat; of course, I'll ask him about her, as well, if you aren't certain. Thanks very much!!! Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 17:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
-- Cirt ( talk) 18:31, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I saw the image you created
and was wondering if you tell me what kind of software and data sources you used to create it. I know you said you used ArcGIS and publicly available data in the file comments, but I was hoping for some more detailed information so I know where to start. I don't really have the resources to buy any enterprise software, but I am an Engineering student and GIS interests me alot.
I think that's the first time my user page has been vandalized. Thanks for the quick reversion! nneonneo talk 01:40, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello. You dropped by my talk page a while back and commented on some of my observations on my user page, so I wanted to let you know that an RfC has been filed on me. Please feel free to drop by and comment, if you're interested, one way or the other. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ( talk / cont) 04:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I have another potential article I'd appreciate your feedback on, *lol*! Do you think this corporation is notable enough for Wikipedia? It has a lot of references (which seem reliable) cited, and it has a section on its awards, but all the same I want to make sure. Thank you in advance!!! [28] Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 01:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
-- Gatoclass ( talk) 11:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I couldn't find any third-party sites on him, so I have my doubts. But he has received a lot of Emmy nominations, one of which was a win, so I thought there might be a possibility. Could you please look this one over for me [34]? Thanks! Winnifred-Ian-Leonard-Harry-Ellen-Lucy-Marilyn-Ingrid-Nora-Amanda Walter-Ira-Lauren-Lalla ( talk) 02:04, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Antandrus, for reverting the vandalism to my user and talk pages. Much appreciated! Cheers, JNW ( talk) 03:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Antandrus, I wonder if you could spare a moment to glance over the above article, which I decided to throw up because I love my disc of this chap's music, which is gorgeous. In particular, could you check the ref to the CD booklet (I can't discover the correct way to format such a reference)? I've no idea about the musical technicalities and didn't try to summarise Caldwell's analyses, which were beyond me. But the article is better than nothing. Many thanks. qp10qp ( talk) 19:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thank you for your contribution to the Bartók text, I put a reply on the talk page of Bartók RobertKennesy ( talk) 09:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
What is the tunneling project going to do? I thought is unlikely the fact that the I-710 will be extend from my display of desktop.Too many people is frustrate over I-710 north extensions due to concerns of airpollutions, and communities.-- Freewayguy ( talk) 02:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for reverting vandalism on my user page. -- Aleen f1 03:40, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Archive 27: Late February to late April 2008. Barnstar, nice stuff, thanks, trolling, abuse, thanks, questions, thanks, etc. Various.
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Sluzzelîn pins Antandrus with the Society Barnstar, for words of wisdom and astute observations on Wikipedian behavior. Whenever I believe to have noticed a new behavioral pattern, I find it already listed among the (currently) 62 items. And every time I scan the list, I think "exactly!" more often than once. "There's definitely no logic / But yet so irresistible" This is also an excuse for expressing my appreciation of your musical contributions, and just in general, for sticking around and being antandruscious. --- Sluzzelin talk 05:02, 23 February 2008 (UTC) |
Get a life ;) S B H arris 22:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the revert! J.delanoy gabs adds 21:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
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Sorry to bother you, but I don't know any administrators and you might be interested in this issue. I found you on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Table dance page where I also followed the crumbs so-to-speak to a related problem. It appears that "Image:table Dance by David Shankbone.jpg" has become a bone of contention on three separate pages: Meatpacking District, Manhattan, Lower Manhattan, and Table dance. This gets a bit complicated because there has been a bit of an edit war going on all day and now some rather knowledgable IPs have become involved, coincidentally when one of the editors involved was warned for 3RR and 6RR(?) violations. I'm at a loss to figure out where exactly to report all this, as it fits more than one noticeboard criteria. Any advice would be helpful, or if you could take a moment to look into the matter yourself I would be very appreciative. Mstuczynski ( talk) 00:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
because I am stupid and fucked up =(...
p.s. would you check out my new article Screaming?Cholga talK! 04:10, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for the sober input. More help is needed though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Galassi ( talk • contribs) 21:15, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I noticed your watchlist subpage has a bunch of red links, are these articles your planning on making?-- Pewwer42 Talk 04:24, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
i was archiving my user pages —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.191.6.122 ( talk) 14:04, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Even though you blocked User:I.want.to.tellyou with the autoblock, shouldn't Tom.mevlie [1] also be blocked to prevent editing from another location? MBisanz talk 06:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
-- BorgQueen ( talk) 11:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus
Just to reassure you, this is the last time I'll be doing this exercise with students, so helping out wont condemn you to further appeals from me.
This quarter's student work is coming to completion, and I wonder if you'd consider giving a critique, a grade or suggestions of links to some larger Wikipedia projects for the ones that to me appear most "notable." The first is this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_jose_flea_market
Thanks,
Rudolph2007 ( talk) 17:33, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Great. Carrizo Plain isnt ready yet. They havent addressed my most recent comments. Rudolph2007 ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm glad to see you blocked the "... or something unpleasant will happen to you" editor. That dude is disturbing. I was going to try to get him blocked even though he hadn't been warned 3 times - but I figured WP:AIV would refuse. Is there a mechanism for immediate blocking for editors like this? -- JaGa ( talk) 23:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the cleanup! :) – Clockwork Soul 17:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey PFHLai! just dropping by to say thank you for nominating for DYK some of the articles I've been writing recently on giant California oil fields -- I really thought no one would notice, and it's kind of nice ... no, I take that back, it's really nice. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 22:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for the reverts on the userpage. It's taken me a while to notice you did them! BigHairRef | Talk 01:16, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:54, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
-- Gatoclass ( talk) 08:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the reverting vandalism in my user page. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 13:28, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Can you please explain why you continue reverting my clean up efforts to my OWN talk page? My ban has been lifted, I'd like to remove all of the little messages people love to send if they judge an edit to be vandalism.
Let me edit my own talk page, thanks.
BTW, the edits that caused my ban were honest efforts to find pictures for templates that more accurately reflected the subject under discussion. 98.210.190.11 ( talk) 21:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I am somewhat confused by your actions concerning this user's talk page. First of all, if you intended to prevent him from editing his own talk page, semiprotection would have sufficed, and full protection has the wonderful side benefit of preventing anyone but admins from warning him should he go on another vandalism spree. Second, I am aware of no policy prohibiting the removal of warnings from one's own talk page; on the contrary I'd been under the impression that there wasn't even consensus that this is a bad thing. I would appreciate it if you would clear this up for me.-- Dycedarg ж 21:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
It's a dilemma - see my answer on the project. My intention was first to draw attention to the box and then go further if there was strong support, however I've never done a template deletion and I'm not sure of the pitfalls. Best, -- Kleinzach ( talk) 02:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
My revert was a mistake, sorry. scetoaux ( talk) ( My contributions.) 20:22, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for reverting the vandalism to my userpage!
-- BorgQueen ( talk) 14:54, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm warmed to see your name popping up on my watchlist once more. :) Coming back from my break after a couple months really did me some good. You are ever dependable, and I look forward to seeing you around more! Cheers mate. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 01:55, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
[2], much appreciated. Cheers, Tiptoety talk 04:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey - I Edit conflicted with you as I was blocking an IP as an open proxy. I ended up undoing your 24 hour block and re-applying a 1 year block per {{ blocked proxy}}. Wanted to let you know, as the original blocking admin. The IP was 84.180.51.232 ( talk · contribs). Thanks! UltraExactZZ Claims ~ Evidence 14:04, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm wondering how you (as a founder) see Contemporary music in relation to the other (classical) music projects?
When I first saw the project I thought it was a great idea. I thought the project would concentrate expertise and the other projects could effectively defer to the project for all recent works, for example 21st century opera could be left to Contemp music, just as we leave Wagner to the Wagner Proj. and G&S to the G&S.
However I've now noticed that the project is bannering almost all classical music from the 19th century onwards: for example Edward Elgar and Gabriel Fauré who could not, by any stretch of the imagination be regarded as contemporary. I'm concerned that if the project has such a wide remit, it will be competing, rather than complementary to other projects. Best. -- Kleinzach ( talk) 02:42, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
Ah! Ow! Don't be talking! I was blue mouldy for the want of that pint.
See Subject, and thanks.
Best wishes, -- Shlishke ( talk) 13:39, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
[3]. You sure seem to be my little wiki-angle recently, reverting stuff from my talk page faster than I can, and it seems like even more times than I have :P Tiptoety talk 03:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
A belated thanks for the kind words on the essay. I've long enjoyed your list of "observations" and have occasionally quoted them to others. Raymond Arritt ( talk) 03:59, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
-- Maxim (talk) 12:06, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I didn't revert your edit, actually I reverted this [4], where the reference to Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian composer is misleading. It is a complex form of vandalism. ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 15:30, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Also edits like this [12]. ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 20:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Just a note to thank you for your articles on Obrecht and de Monte. I read the de Monte article the other day and was so pleased to find such informative, referenced information. This evening I looked up Obrecht, with the same result, and, aha, the same editor is behind it. It's really appreciated: I look at such articles partly as background to my history editing and partly as a way of checking round for what to listen to (I've got my wonderful Obrecht disc of Ave Regina Celorum on at the moment and am thinking of getting hold of some more of the same).
While I am here, I wonder if I could pick your brains. Working on Catherine de' Medici's patronage of the arts, I couldn't pin down the composer of the Ballet Comique de la Reine. He is mentioned in books as the "Sieur de Beaulieu" (sometimes spelled differently). I read also that another composer called "Cajetan" may have been involved. Since Claude Le Jeune (I've nicked your picture of him!) also wrote for court ballets, the observer's view that this was the "most learned and excellent music that had ever been sung or heard" bears thinking about. In short, do you know anything about the composer(s) of this music (for all I know, I may have the name(s) wrong, and we have an article on the culprit(s) already)?
Anyway, thanks again. The work you are doing is highly valuable, and I will be reading many more of your articles, I expect. qp10qp ( talk) 02:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
What were the chances of THAT! No, Friendly gave no warning. Now I'll start saying it! Cheers!~ Dark Zorro 00:26, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Sockpuppet attack!
Thought you should know so that you can prepare yourself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.189.142.173 ( talk) 11:52, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
Amazing Anti-Vandal Work Especially all of those blocks you have done (yes i was snooping in your contribs)! Great Job! And truly, Happy Editing! Dark Zorro 14:53, 29 March 2008 (UTC) |
Sorry, thanks very much for pointing that out. I'll move it. I wondered why there wasn't an add a new section on there. Thanks for the heads up. Canterbury Tail talk 18:08, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Why'd you remove that question? I've put it back for now, because this is a reference desk, and we can't censor questions out of fear. I realize that some of the users responding were not helpful, but you can remove individual replies rather than the whole topic. JesusChristIsHere ( talk) 22:38, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Antandrus. If you ever get a chance, could you check something out for me (and for the encyclopedia, of course!)? I'm looking for the footnoted tempo marking in Ligeti's Continuum. Apparently the first sheet has prestissimo followed by an asterisk. I wish to know what the asterisk stands for, and whether there is any reference to Schumann in Continuum's tempo marking. (I only have a copy of the upper half of the first sheet, showing the asterisk, but not the explanation.) If you ever get around to it and feel like it. Best wishes. --- Sluzzelin talk 05:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Quoting your user page caption: "View from Gaviota Peak, southeast into Santa Barbara Channel; my house should be visible to the upper left, but it only takes up about a thousandth of a pixel."
I have a good magnifying glass. Which pixel is it please? Wanderer57 ( talk) 03:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Also, in your comment at User talk:Doc glasgow/The BLP problem, you mentioned a thread at WR. Please can you give the specifics? I went to WP:WR, found WikiReader (which was new to me), but could not find what you were referring to.
I much agree with your comment there, "fine and insightful". Thank you. Wanderer57 ( talk) 03:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
— $PЯINGεrαgђ 02:00 4 April, 2008 (UTC)
— Malinaccier Public ( talk) 12:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Idontknow 610 TM 18:54, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, I've reverted this [14] with my statement please remain civil in reaction of this (Undid revision 202552119 by Tankred (talk) history falsification (anachronism) undone). User Gene Nygaard now blames me for being uncivil and says I am falsely accusing of incivility [15] and continues on the talk page [16]. I don't think I was uncivil when I asked other editor to remain civil when he accuses other editors from falsifying history. Thank you for your opinion. ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 14:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank You for locking the page that the IP hopping vandal was messing with, was waiting until that would happen.
TOL ( talk) 02:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Can you check my request to use NP Watcher - itll make my life easier patrolling the new pages. Thanks Fattyjwoods ( Push my button) 03:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Likewise. :) BTW, if you have time, I'd be interested in your thoughts on this? Also, are you familiar with the Working Group? Is it something that you might be interested in joining? -- El on ka 22:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
YOU KNOW THE SOURCE?
How do we know the image is Painting attributed to Titian c.1530? Wikipedia:Reliable sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.214.44.134 ( talk • contribs)
cant see image there. but they talk about Titian. How do we know the image is the same? Sorry bother you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.214.44.134 ( talk) 18:24, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
good research. still incomplete :( . better remove the image for now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.214.44.134 ( talk) 20:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
H there, Antandrus. I am going to try to write an article for Pony Island. I was wondering if you might be able to restore the deleted article to my userspace? Deleted article here. Thanks! Bstone ( talk) 20:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much or the encouragement on the Tchaikovsky article. I greatly appreciate it. Yesterday I removed the secton on "Musical Form" since it dealt mainly with the symphonies and not with T's music in general. (Maybe it will make a good separate article later—we'll see.) In its place I added a section on T's aesthetics, which seems to fit better with the article on the whole and as a follow-up to the section on Imperial Style and the now-much-truncated section on his musical style. It still seems rough but otherwise a good fit. Still, I'd really appreciate if you could look at it when you have some time. Thanks! Jonyungk ( talk) 17:33, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I must thank you for all the help you've given me whenever I was uncertain about a potential article's notability. But now I must also ask: Do you think that this lady is a notable subject: [17]? Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 01:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
If you have some sort of idea why editing the " Roman Polanski" to include the title of rapist is disruptive or vandalism you should explain why instead of just unilaterally deciding that it is. You should cite more than just you think it is and explain specifically why you think that it is. There are many other Wikipedia articles that are very similar with respect to people who are known for many different things, one of which is some sort of criminal act or acts. These articles include titles like, rapist, criminal, pedophile, murderer, thief, organized crime boss and many others. Just look at the OJ Simpson article, it makes reference to accusations against him for murder in the first sentence. Where this title is seems to be at issue for some reason. Wikipdeia articles are usually vastly different in their writing style and sometimes titles are places in different places throughout the articles. Since there is no debate as to whether Roman Polanski is a rapist or not, and since it is the one thing major thing he is known for outside of his movie career should it not be included in the first sentence? Is there a specific guideline as to where in an article a specific title that someone has earned throughout their life should be placed? Should a person's most prominent title be their career, their ethnicity, place of origin, or some other adjective that describes a notable feature of their life? What specific guideline specifies this? Should it merely be what the person is best known for, because Roman Polanski is very well known for having raped a 13 year old girl and for being a movie director. Many people would say he is not known for his acting as he has few notable roles, or writing as he has written very little, but these titles appear in the first sentence of his article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.170.202 ( talk) 03:33, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
You, and no one else, have not explained why this one word is vandalism. It cetainly appiles to him, and you are now saying that people have to decide wheter it applies by some sort of vote? That is certainly not neutrality. On what basis is this word vanalism?
The WP:BLP states "If an allegation or incident is notable, relevant, and well-documented by reliable published sources, it belongs in the article — even if it's negative and the subject dislikes all mention of it."
There is no mention as to what specific titles should be or should not be applied. The title of rapist in no way violates this policy, is well documented, and appiles to him under these guidelines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.170.202 ( talk) 04:05, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I never wrote that Roman Polanski was a douchebag, and you have still made no valid arguement as to why Roman Polanski should not be given the title of rapist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.170.202 ( talk) 04:12, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[18] Do you think this is a notable article to create? BTW, I think I forgot to thank you for your advice on my last visit, so: Thank you very much! Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 03:33, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Do you think any of these are notable enough to be made into articles? (If some are and others aren't, please point out which ones are notable by using numbers; there are five here in total. This will make it easier for me to identify which ones you mean. Thanks!) [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 04:45, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Dear Antandrus,
Thank you for your fine article on Rachmaninoff.
I serve on the music faculty at Cedarville University in Ohio, and in the course of my duties I am obligated to investigate an allegation of plagiarism against a student. The student handed in a paper directly copied and pasted from the Rachmaninoff article on Wikipedia. The student claims to have written a significant portion of the Wikipedia article (hardly a credible claim) and to have met and communicated with you about the article in a chat room.
As preposterous as this sounds, it is my job to look into it.
May I ask you most respectfully to write to me at johnmortensen [AT] cedarville [DOT] edu and let me know if you have ever had a chat room conversation resembling that mentioned above?
Please feel free to search the Cedarville University website for my name, so that you can be reassured that I am who I claim to be.
By answering this question you will be helping my university uphold standards of academic honesty and scholarly integrity.
Most Sincerely,
John J. Mortensen, DMA Associate Professor of Piano Director of Keyboard Studies Cedarville University Cedarville, Ohio —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.23.87.154 ( talk) 22:52, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the move to Sunil Kumar Ahuja. I had actually been wondering about that as I made the article. will381796 ( talk) 14:18, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
I really want to take the subsection Virginals out of the Harpsichord article and make a new article for Virginal. You may see that the same has been done for Spinet leaving a small stub and a redirect in the Harpsichord article.
I think this is warranted by the number of refs. to Virginal (22564 to date, although admittedly some of these have nothing to do with the keyboard instrument!), and also the impossibility to add subsections of Virginal, such as Muselaar, to Category:Keyboard instruments, etc.
However I don't feel I should do this without consultation - and I'm afraid, since we've already had intercourse, and you're an admin, you're my first choice!
I'd be glad to hear from you on this subject, and even gladder if you gave me the go-ahead. Many thanks. Nick Michael ( talk) 15:17, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi again, Antandrus! What would you say about this person; is he notable enough to be included in Wikipedia? [24] Thanks in advance!!! Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 01:37, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
And what about this one [25]? Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 02:50, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Greetings, esteemed Ant. Are you able to help out with a source that authoritatively tells us when Sax died, and puts to rest all the competing claims. I've raised the issue at Talk:Adolphe Sax#Date of death, so best to reply there if you have anything. Thanks. -- JackofOz ( talk) 11:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
I guess by now it's pretty predictable why I'm here; lol! But all the same, could you look this one over, and tell me if he's notable enough to be included? He has a lot of references cited, but with a historical figure, I'd still like a second opinion. There's another one in a moment; a modern one. I'll be right back with her. Thanks! [26] Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 17:42, 15 April 2008 (UTC) Here's the other one: [27]. BTW; he hasn't replied yet, but thanks again for directing me to TUF-Kat; of course, I'll ask him about her, as well, if you aren't certain. Thanks very much!!! Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 17:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
-- Cirt ( talk) 18:31, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I saw the image you created
and was wondering if you tell me what kind of software and data sources you used to create it. I know you said you used ArcGIS and publicly available data in the file comments, but I was hoping for some more detailed information so I know where to start. I don't really have the resources to buy any enterprise software, but I am an Engineering student and GIS interests me alot.
I think that's the first time my user page has been vandalized. Thanks for the quick reversion! nneonneo talk 01:40, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello. You dropped by my talk page a while back and commented on some of my observations on my user page, so I wanted to let you know that an RfC has been filed on me. Please feel free to drop by and comment, if you're interested, one way or the other. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ( talk / cont) 04:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I have another potential article I'd appreciate your feedback on, *lol*! Do you think this corporation is notable enough for Wikipedia? It has a lot of references (which seem reliable) cited, and it has a section on its awards, but all the same I want to make sure. Thank you in advance!!! [28] Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 01:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
-- Gatoclass ( talk) 11:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I couldn't find any third-party sites on him, so I have my doubts. But he has received a lot of Emmy nominations, one of which was a win, so I thought there might be a possibility. Could you please look this one over for me [34]? Thanks! Winnifred-Ian-Leonard-Harry-Ellen-Lucy-Marilyn-Ingrid-Nora-Amanda Walter-Ira-Lauren-Lalla ( talk) 02:04, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Antandrus, for reverting the vandalism to my user and talk pages. Much appreciated! Cheers, JNW ( talk) 03:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Antandrus, I wonder if you could spare a moment to glance over the above article, which I decided to throw up because I love my disc of this chap's music, which is gorgeous. In particular, could you check the ref to the CD booklet (I can't discover the correct way to format such a reference)? I've no idea about the musical technicalities and didn't try to summarise Caldwell's analyses, which were beyond me. But the article is better than nothing. Many thanks. qp10qp ( talk) 19:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thank you for your contribution to the Bartók text, I put a reply on the talk page of Bartók RobertKennesy ( talk) 09:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
What is the tunneling project going to do? I thought is unlikely the fact that the I-710 will be extend from my display of desktop.Too many people is frustrate over I-710 north extensions due to concerns of airpollutions, and communities.-- Freewayguy ( talk) 02:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for reverting vandalism on my user page. -- Aleen f1 03:40, 30 April 2008 (UTC)