Archive 38: March 2012 through December 2014. Please do not edit this page -- use my regular talk page instead, as I will not see your message here.
Hi Antandrus, thanks for spotting the Grove pirates. I fixed this one and added a bit more.
Um, do you know your Austrian archdukes? A conundrum arouse for which I got stuck; it's on the talk page. Best wishes, Opus33 ( talk) 17:12, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
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Does this article deserve FA status? Please see this discussion. Best wishes, Gidip ( talk) 19:35, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Antandrus...you can self award this, but I wanted to give it to you anyway...I'm sorry if you're not having the fun you used to have...our best contributors such as you are oftentimes overlooked, ignored and unrecognized...but all around, you are arguably one of the finest Wikipedians...and I really do appreciate all your fine work!-- MONGO 02:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Anyway, I share the feeling that the joy has gone out of this place. The main issue as I see it is that Wikipedia is not coming to terms with the fact that it is a maturing project. Most of the articles that most people care about have already been written, and most of those are pretty decent. So there are fewer opportunities for the everyday Joe to contribute. The project has also accreted its own bureaucracy with goals and priorities that do not necessarily coincide with those of the people on the line doing the actual work. I could go on but you've heard the song before. Short Brigade Harvester Boris ( talk) 04:18, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
(outdent) You made me wonder... and this is the featured article on the day of my first edit as a registered editor. KillerChihuahua ?!? 05:38, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You have a new message at Wikipedia talk:School and university projects/NNU Class Project/Winter 2012#Main points from April 6 IRC meeting's talk page. 04:28, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Would you mind commenting on this edit? There seems to be a lot of confusion all over the place. I don't know about such things. Thanks Span ( talk) 14:48, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Just commenting on the Rachmaninoff-type issue. There really should be no confusion. A person was born whenever they were born, and that doesn't change just because their life continues into the next century. There is a rule for converting Julian dates that occurred in the 19th century, which is to add 12 days to get to Gregorian. That rule applies to Rachmaninoff, born 20 March 1873 Julian = 1 April 1873 Gregorian. There is another rule for converting Julian dates that occurred in the 20th century, which is to add 13 days to get to Gregorian. That rule does not apply to Rachmaninoff, because he wasn't born in the 20th century. He gets the 19th-century 12-day rule.
I'm aware that various people have taken the view that the date should change when the centuries change. Rachmaninoff himself apparently celebrated his own birthday on 2 April (which would have been the correct date had he been born in the 20th century, except he wasn't) and that date also appears on his grave. But that date is simply wrong. Vladimir Nabokov was another case in point. He was born 10 April 1899 Julian = 22 April 1899 Gregorian. His birth date was often shown as 23 April 1899 in references published in the 20th century, so in Speak, Memory he went to the trouble of explaining why 23 April was wrong and 22 April was correct. This was despite the fact that he had deliberately celebrated it on 23 April and would continue to do so, because that meant he shared his birthday with William Shakespeare - except that's rubbish as we don't know when Willy boy was born at all. All we have is a baptism date. I'm surprised Nabokov didn't know that. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 23:43, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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hi, do you think this website ( Parade (magazine)) would be a reliable source to add to List of modern dictators as a reference to the term "dictator"? you can see my edits of the page on its history. -- 58.165.38.201 ( talk) 23:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
your sources are great, i have used them. thank you. -- 58.165.38.201 ( talk) 05:02, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
This embarrassing piece of PR fluff is causing me new white hairs. I rewrote the article so it would be acceptable, but the editors involved (three, all of whom have done nothing but edit this article and add references to Bar-Niv in other articles) have taken deep umbrage. Now someone has anonymously restored the original claptrap.
Perhaps if you were to revert them, they would understand that it is not just me that finds this stuff inappropriate. Thanks, -- Ravpapa ( talk) 05:17, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Reply to Antandrus Who is "he" in "At least he's trying to cite"? The false sockpuppet accusation was dismissed by Wiki investigators before you wrote the following: "The sockpuppet is obvious". You should be more careful with how fast and how blindly you agree with your friend ravpapa. I am beyond needing Wiki for my promotion, it won't add a penny to my pay, nor will it give me extra engagements which I can't oblige anyway. Yes, I am reading this too. I do and did let other people write articles about me, etc. I didn't initiate the article, nor was I involved in its preparation. Once it was published (I take it, with the consent of one of the experienced Wiki editors), all I did was correcting mistakes and putting things in the right order and under the right subjects. TY Rami Bar-Niv Barniv ( talk) 21:27, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
As a courtesy, I'm informing you that I mentioned you at ANI, where I criticised your edit to Template talk:Infobox classical composer. I hope that on reflection, you might agree with me that a more accurate summary of the closing admin's subsequent comments was indeed possible. -- RexxS ( talk) 18:53, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for placing a single composer in the context of Renaissance music, a single mass in the context of parody mass, and for watching a vast number of articles for accuracy, with a vision for the broader pespective, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:16, 28 April 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks for having my back on this article [2] turns out User:Tyros1972 gave me a warning on my talk page :/ . Whatever I'm just going to lol the whole thing off hopefully. Dan653 ( talk) 01:35, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi pal, I saw that you'd edited the Platform Holly page, and I have an aerial of it from 3/08 if you'd like to add one. Pretty good detail on the equipment above deck. Contact me via email, because I'm seldom on wiki lately. ciao Jw4nvc ( talk)
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Hello. There are still some articles at Wikipedia:School and university projects/NNU Class Project/Winter 2012/Student list that need moving to the mainspace. Some have rubbish references and could be AfDd, so best not move those. But many just need a bit of cleanup and a move. If you have time to do a few, we would be much obliged. Best, Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 12:47, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I noticed you listed yourself as a participant of the Energy WikiProject.
There are 2 new outlines in this area that attempt to consolidate Wikipedia's coverage of their respective subjects, gathering and organizing the articles about them into one place and including descriptions for convenience. The purposes of these outlines are to make it easier for readers to survey or review a whole subject, and to choose from Wikipedia's many articles about it.
The new energy outlines are:
Please take a look at them, and....
For more information about the format and functions of outlines, see Wikipedia:Outlines.
Building outlines of existing material (such as Wikipedia) is called " reverse outlining". Reverse outlines are useful as a revision tool, for identifying gaps in coverage and for spotting poor structuring.
Revising a work with multiple articles (such as Wikipedia) is a little different than revising a paper. But the general principles are the same...
As you develop these outlines, you may notice things about the articles they organize. Like what topics are not adequately covered, better ways to structure and present the material, awkward titles, articles that need splitting, article sections lacking {{ Main}} links, etc.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Outlines.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
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P.S.: see also
Outline of energy
I did my best, but I'm certain there is much missing. Please take a crack at it. The Transhumanist 03:28, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
There's a new user adding original research to the Bo Guagua page. Not really sure what to do about him/her. See the most recent diff [3]. Among that is unsourced info and original research. I don't want to get into a weird edit war with some completely new user, or get them banned and scare them away from the project. Any suggestions? There should be a protocol for dealing with this situation. I've been here two years but haven't actually come across someone belligerently adding OR to a BLP. The Sound and the Fury ( talk) 21:46, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
STOP using lame excuse "original research", if any of those things are NOT facts, feel free to delete them. stop vandalizing the whole page! I challenge you to show me any of those "original research" are not FACTS. Go ahead, i will be waiting.
are you bo guagua's personal publicist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CC6B:6B90:953E:CF78:4C31:415F ( talk) 22:30, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Such a strange username. I just noticed this one too:
2001:DA8:B000:6709:7D9D:1E7B:276:B263 ( talk · contribs)
Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 21:49, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus. I saw your posts here and thought you could help me by responding to my post at Miscellaneous Violin purchase. -- JeffreyBillings ( talk) 15:50, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you are the one who blocked User:Changli1200. Based on past behaviour I believe he is a sock of User:Saint Artjunkie, but this is beside the problem. The same person has returned as User:Timsmith8976 and then User:90.211.75.73 with exactly the same edits, so they may both need to be blocked. The page may need to be semi-protected as well. -- Muhandes ( talk) 21:53, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus:
Please look at the following:
Another user and I are discussing revamping the List of Baroque composers to use a tabular format (similar to List of Renaissance composers)
I would like your input. I believe it would help improve the structure of the list and help users more easily find information about various composers; more so than it does now.
Thanks,
FS7-- FeanorStar7 ( talk) 23:51, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
I guess I didn't realize that a guitar is a transposing instrument, sounding notes one octave lower than written. I've played guitar before, but it's been a long time ago. Being more of a violinist (6 years in middle school to high school) I was sure the D-string on a violin and D-string on a guitar were the same pitch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.87.170.71 ( talk) 19:10, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is User:Riyas202. Thank you. Jasper Deng (talk) 02:33, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Nice occasionally to add something to the encyclopedia that belongs there and isn't in Grove: Nicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli. Taking bets for how long before it gets a "needs image of composer" or "C-class stub" tag... :-) (btw, can you delete the sandbox page for me?) -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 15:58, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I leave the room for two minutes and my userpage disappears - thankfully there are helpful folk like you around to fix it. As a token of my appreciation: cake! Yunshui 雲 水 14:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC) |
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For your kind words on ANI, thanks. That means a lot to me. Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 15:07, 19 June 2012 (UTC) |
Firstly, thanks for your essay, it was an interesting read to get a feel for what it's like to be an experienced Wikipedian dealing with community issues.
Secondly, I've fixed {{ anchored list}} - it was generating invalid anchor names. Unfortunately this means any old links to list items in your essay will now be broken.
··gracefool ☺ 21:55, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
{{anchor|1}}
at the front of point 1 in the essay, and similar for the other points. I can do that without much trouble, so please reply here if it is wanted.
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talk) 07:31, 23 June 2012 (UTC)Hey Antandrus,
I'm looking for a better way to solve the confusion with the articles about Venetian Music. I've listed the pages involved and I'm suggesting a way to solve it, on my talk page. Since you commented about it, I thought maybe you would want to take a glance at it. :)
Here's the direct link User_talk:RenatoBorges
RenatoBorges ( talk) 05:43, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
—Preceding undated comment added 05:37, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
I have an editor who has followed me to multiple articles for about a year now. He insists on arguing ad nauseum over every single minute detail. He will insist that if I don't give in to his content demands taking every minute detail through every step of WP:DR. If there is a 3rd opinion, he will extract the one bit of advice that backs up his comments and ignore everything that contradicts it. It is starting to make me very irritable as I would much rather be working on content, however, if I simply give in, his edits are often focused on shifting POV towards particular nationalist viewpoints. What do you think I should do? Wee Curry Monster talk 09:46, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
You seem to do better with difficult IPs and edits to music articles than I do. Perhaps you could take a look at the Poulenc article? Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 02:20, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Good day. I cite US LAW, my article also does not contain copyright material from the book I cite. I only cite FACTS, HISTORY, context, provide references and links...
Thank you... It is legal.
Christopher Origer 21:02, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Nathan2055 talk - contribs 21:19, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
I noticed you tried to reason with this user regarding his FAIR USE disclaimer. I've been going on and off with him since last night when he was posting chapters of this supposed book of his.
Just an FYI note that he deleted your comment on his talk page and put up his FAIR USE notice again. I'm confident that this editor will not be constructive in any way, and will eventually be blocked. See this diff to my talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk%3AManway&diff=500606388&oldid=500605430 - interesting for an editor who has been registered for less than 24 hours.
I'm not sure who to take this up with. But he's a definite thorn in our sides and will sooner or later be removed.
Thanks for your help on this. Any little bit is greatly appreciated. Regards, -- Man way 21:37, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Just saw this: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Priestblock_25487:_A_Memoir_of_Dachau_:_Fr._Jean_Bernard&diff=prev&oldid=500711926 - he needs a healthy dose of WP:OWN. I'll try once more, counsel him on that policy. Don't expect much, though, but you're right - AGF is needed. Once more, my friends, once more into the breach.... -- Man way 22:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
My Sincere Thanks. I contend, not strawman....But we will leave that for now....
Christopher ORIGER
Christopher Origer 00:10, 5 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopheroriger ( talk • contribs)
Christopher Origer 00:25, 5 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopheroriger ( talk • contribs)
Antandrus: One more PS. Everything I wrote to begin with WAS MINE. All I had done at one point was to take the beginning of the first Chapter of the book and included that in the Article. Per Title 17 U.S.C. It IS/WAS FAIR SCHOLARLY USE of the DATA. They kept deleting my drafts and my submittals.....
Thanks for the Reference to THE NINTH DAY. I saw this film at an International Film Festival I volunteered at in Minneapolis a few years ago. It was one of the most emotional films I have ever seen. PURE MORAL COURAGE in the face of Tyranny. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopheroriger ( talk • contribs) 02:43, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks,
Christopher Christopher Origer 00:40, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank You. Talk to you soon. The Film is well worth watching. Yes, I have been to Dachau a few times. Thank you for linking Prof. Marcuses page.
Kind regards,
Christopher
Christopher Origer 04:11, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandarus. Hope you are well. Had to shift focus for a while. Hope to talk more when I can start working on my family history/Luxembourg history and Priestblock again. Talk to you soon. Cheers Christopher Origer 19:18, 17 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopheroriger ( talk • contribs)
Forgive me for I know you must be busy, but on the basis of our brief acquantance I would appreciate your opimion on Talk:Tree shaping#Adding Book. Did I do right? Many thanks Mcewan ( talk) 01:38, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Could you have a look this ANI Page. There is an issue with an editor and even the ANI page is being vandalized and seems out-of-control. If not desired , by yourself, could you please introduce another administrator to this job? Repeated requests and warnings are not functioning anymore for this spilled over ruckus. Thanks! 99.251.125.65 ( talk) 02:30, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
If you are not yet aware of Calling All Dawns, you need to acquire that album post-haste. I guarantee that, given your musical acumen, you'll get a number of eargasms. — Coren (talk) 19:49, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
From 2004. Can you remember where you sourced this from? I am studying the growth of articles in Wikipedia! Quisquiliae ( talk) 15:54, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, I was browsing through your list of contribs when I noticed that you wrote about a cut-and-paste move to Juan Pujol. Since I enjoy recovering obscure or semi-obscure page history, I've history merged it for you, so all your edits are finally where they're meant to be. Therefore I've removed the note about the cut and paste move from your contribs page. Hope you don't mind. Graham 87 05:38, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello! I recently found your maps of the oil fields in California, like this one. I've been having a hell of a time trying to figure a way to turn GIS files from DOGGR into .kml format so I can see them (specifically the oil fields) as overlays on Google Earth. Would you be able to help me with that at all?
Thanks! -- CumbiaDude ( talk) 01:01, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Have you seen the recent New Yorker article on him? I know almost nothing technical about the violin and/or violinists, and I found the article absorbing. I have a link to the abstract here. You can take a look and see if it is worth your while pursuing. Bielle ( talk) 03:26, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
why waste all of your time on tees hey? what up yo mander? really, why should we waste our time with this the MOS proves it is true do you think the MOSes are liars yo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.30.247.200 ( talk) 03:51, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Watch User talk:Hot Stop Ground Zero. Well, Until he learns-- intelati/ talk 03:58, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
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really nice essay :) AIB 17:27, 10 September 2012 (UTC) |
I wasn't expecting to like this, but it made me smile all the way through. Imagine if the sound was anything other than YouTube. Bielle ( talk) 03:06, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Antandrus, I saw that you were the main contributor to French classical music, so you might be interested in a classical music edit-a-thon organised for 8-14 October, to coincide with the Australian ABC Classic FM radio countdown themed Music of France. There will also be a meetup in Sydney, so we are using Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/October 2012 as our main collaboration page. I hope you'll be able to find time to participate online. John Vandenberg ( chat) 05:34, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Antandrus.
Thanks for your support at Talk:Enigma Variations#Wikipedia's Outdated Article. I must get around to reading Sir Padgett's blog in full; I'm sure it's full of fascinating insights. But I confess I'm afraid I might be converted from my current pet theory, which can be fully explained in a short paragraph rather than 36 chapters, a prologue and an epilogue. Ein Feste Burg must have been mentioned in the literature before Sir Padgett came up with it, but we don't mention it.
We really do need to clean the article up, though. I now support having a separate article where the major theories are covered, showing what prominent commentators have had to say pro and con each one. Without, of course, coming to our own wiki-conclusions. Whaddaya reckon? -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 01:10, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
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You have edited the article Wind quintet in the past.
A discussion is taking place at Talk:Wind quintet over the criteria for inclusion of artists in the "Prominent wind quintets" section, where the vast majority of entries are WP:Redlinks. The proposal is that listed quintets should either have their own Wikipedia article or should have a link to a reliable source (not the quintets own PR, but an external source) to show that they are notable.
Please add your opinion here. - Thanks - Arjayay ( talk) 09:26, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
Just wanted to let you know that I've archived my talk page. You can view them in my talk page. Cmach7 ( talk) 00:54, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
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Almost without exception, the only aspect of Christmas I like is the music -the older, the more traditionally arranged, the better. I do have one "new" recording we play a lot. Have a listen to the Robi Botos (pronounced as if it were written: Robbie Boatawsh) Trio's "Christmas Eve". Do you have a favourite to recommend, one that I might not have experienced yet? Bielle ( talk) 19:56, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
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I would like to sincerely apologize for my stupidity in the last week. I just got angry because I was blocked. If FisherQueen had sent me a message instead of just blocking me, I would not have gotten so angry. When my movie is a little bit more publicized, I would like to make the page again. This time I will have correct sources, get Wizard or some other magazine to write an article, and get everything together. I would really like to be forgiven and once again I am sorry for my idiotics.
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Happy Holidays, Antandrus! And a big thank you from me for being such ever-reassuring (dare I say noble?) presence here. May you have a wonderful music-filled Christmas and a very happy new year. Voceditenore ( talk) 07:49, 22 December 2012 (UTC) |
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From the frozen wasteland of Nebraska, USA! MONGO 12:15, 25 December 2012 (UTC) |
User:Pigsonthewing (Andy Mabett) has used Boxing Day to commission a bot to remove the request on composers pages not to add an infobox: and moreover this has been effected within four hours without any formal notification to the project (or anywhere else) has used Boxing Day as the day to remove pertinent infobox comments relating to biographical infoboxes in articles on classical music and composers. The discussion is taking place at Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Removal_of_comments. Can you please take a look at this matter and see what needs to be done? Thanks, Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 21:59, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus - I see another has beaten me to it on this one - what to do, do you think, about this rather aggressive intervention? PS compliments of the season, happy 2013, etc. etc. Best, -- Smerus ( talk) 22:02, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
I thought that you deserved something a bit extra for all of the amazing work you've done for the project.
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Hi there! I hope you have been having a merry Christmas, and have been well. I'm also wondering if you happen to know of or have access to any recordings of either of the Miserere settings by Herr Hassler? I have come up completely dry on this one. CPDL has scores for them and a (dopey) computerized playback option, which I may have to resort to, but it would be nice to hear actual human beings singing it/them instead. I'm casting around for repertory to plug into the March concert of a group of which I've just been named the interim music director. I'm not especially familiar with his music, and have some 40-45 voices and 8 brass players at my disposal. Schütz has been deemed too challenging (a great pity in my view) though they might just dislike singing in German, but we've got some Gabrieli, the Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary, as well as the Rutter Gloria (!) and RVW's O Clap Your Hands, a personal favorite. Any thoughts on any of this I will be glad to hear. Au revoir! -- Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 01:28, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello, me again. I am hearing a rumor that some of the music in Purcell's Funeral Music for Queen Mary is in fact by Thomas Morley, not Purcell. Do you happen to know anything about that? Merci! -- Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 15:46, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus,
Could you tell me whether the following statement corresponds to your expectations for a publication in my next book in French-speaking countries, or if it lacks an element declaration :
« Photo by Antandrus, SantaBarbaraOranges.jpg. Source http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=File%3ASantaBarbaraOranges.jpg. Reproduced under license cc-by-sa-3.0 Unported - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en ».
I thank you in advance, Arevalb — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.203.105.29 ( talk) 10:23, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus,
I thank you very much indeeed for your prompt reply, Best regards. Arevalb. Arevalb ( talk) 10:12, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hello, Antandrus! It's been a while. I happened upon the Jean-Baptiste Lully article the other day. It's awful! I have begun writing an entirely new one, based on Marcelle Benoit's Dictionary article (which is very solid, by Herbert Schenider) and especially Jerome de La Gorce's fat book which is 100% trustworthy and full of new facts and insights. I'm writing it right now on my word-processor, haven't touched the Wiki article at all. But I don't want to cause turmoil at Wiki. What is the best way to proceed? Write my bio, delete the one currently there, put in my new one (and insert solid footnotes)??? Then move on an patch up the Music section, saying something about his operas (none of which are even named!)Or should I just leave things alone? Patricia M. Ranum ( talk) 16:15, 3 February 2013 (UTC)ranumspa
Greetings, O Lord Antandrus.
I wonder if you've ever come across the conductor and BBC music producer Edward Clark (1888-1962) in your travels. I realise you're an early music specialist and he was very much a contemporary music specialist, but you get around and you know your stuff. I'm hoping he rates a fairly substantial article in New Grove, and if so, can I impose on you to send me a copy of whatever they have to say?
I have to admit his name meant absolutely nothing to me a month ago. I'd just written José Cubiles, who played the world premiere of Nights in the Gardens of Spain, where I read that the UK premiere in 1921 was played by the composer (Manuel de Falla), and the conductor on that occasion was one Edward Clark. Edward who?, I asked myself. Red link, no entry in Grove V, obviously a non-entity who just happened to be in the right place and the right time for that particular performance. I put him to one side of my brain, but when I had the chance I thought I'd better at least check him out.
Well, what a revelation! World premieres and British premieres by the dozen (incl. Verklärte Nacht orch. version, The Firebird 1919 Suite, and Doktor Faust), either as conductor or producer; student, close friend and chief champion of Schoenberg for decades; intimate with Berg, Webern, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Walton, Bartok, Dallapiccola, Britten and too many others to list here; heavyweight of the BBC's Contemporary Music Department; created the structure of the BBC Symphony Orchestra; second husband of Elisabeth Lutyens; his first wife was a traitor who spent a year in jail after the war; President of the ISCM; Stravinsky wept when he heard he'd died ... the more I looked, the more fascinating information I kept finding. I'm sure there's more yet.
My assessment is that he was a profoundly important figure in the history of (particularly British and European) 20th century music, whose name should mean a great deal to any student of this subject - but he's almost completely fallen through the cracks of history. I'm keen to wiki-publish my article asap. The current version is in my sandbox. It contains a great deal of detail and I'm still at the stage of separating the wheat from the chaff, but there's just so much good stuff that getting rid of material is a real challenge. And now I want even more. I can't believe New Grove doesn't have him, and I could not possibly do without it, even if just to corroborate material I've already sourced.
Over to you. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 11:13, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, please consider that your edit in Gustav Mahler was unnecessary, as interwiki-links are solved differently now. My proposal: it would be best if you "revert" your said edit yourself. Thanks and regards, Gerhardvalentin ( talk) 18:08, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus...you have almost nine years of editing, no blocks, no controversies of note, and 100,000 excellent edits. Thank you!...-- MONGO
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Hi Antandrus, you were mentioned at ANI by this editor, who failed to notify you. The thread is at Bullying and ownership concerns at Talk:Johann Sebastian Bach and Sparrow Mass over the use of infoboxes. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 06:10, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Missed it yesterday, but thanks for nine years of improving the world! -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 23:30, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Greetings, Antandrus! If we have not met, I'm AutomaticStrikeout. I've come here to ask you to take part in the survey at User:AutomaticStrikeout/Are admins interested in a RfB?. I am trying to gauge the general level of interest that administrators have in running for cratship, as well as pinpoint the factors that affect that interest level. Your input will be appreciated. Happy editing, AutomaticStrikeout ( T • C • Sign AAPT) 02:15, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Hey there, my favorite admin musicologist, long time since I've bothered you. If you have the time and inclination, could you take a look at the recent editing history on the Boulanger article. I was unhappy with an unsourced addition to the lead and then realized that what was in the lead wasn't really supported in the body, so I removed a piece. User:Maunus (I didn't even know he'd relinquished his tools until I checked just now - wonder why) reverted me but didn't fix the problem. I understand his substantive point but am unhappy with the fact that the lead and sourcing doesn't comply with guidelines. I also don't have the books available to me that you have to fix it properly (and I am rather busy on other issues, too). Anyway, it seems a bit nervy of me to ask you to do the work I'm unwilling to do, but I've never been accused of lack of chutzpah. Besides, you can always say no. Regards.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 01:10, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 02:02, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
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Can you give me some help with Interac (Japan)? Please see the Tak page for the last year of discussion. Taurus669 ( talk) 02:43, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
As, proverbially, no good deed goes unpunished, I take the liberty of mentioning that User:Brianboulton and I have Gustav Holst up for FAC. Knowing that you are a musician, and one, moreover, who has contributed to the article, I invite you to look in the FAC discussion: if you have the time and the inclination BB and I will be greatly indebted. Tim riley ( talk) 18:16, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
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Richard Wagner (1813–83) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor primarily known for his operas. His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements. These innovations greatly influenced the development of classical music; his Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Wagner revolutionised opera through his concept of synthesising the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts. He first realised these ideas in his four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung. He had his own opera house built at Bayreuth, containing many novel design features, where his most important stage works continue to be performed in an annual festival run by his descendants. Wagner's controversial writings on music, drama and politics have attracted extensive comment in recent decades, especially where they express antisemitic sentiments. The effect of his ideas can be traced in many of the arts throughout the 20th century. ( Full article...)
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Hi Antandrus,
You took a lovely photo of hummingbird sage. Would be possible to use your photo for some plant ID signs if I credit you as the photographer?
Thank you,
Sara — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.170.63.171 ( talk) 16:21, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, I don't know if this is still on your watchlist, but just a note to say that I added an image of the title page of his El melopeo y maestro and an external link to the complete copy of the treatise. Feel free to tweak the image caption and/or link description. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 18:56, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
The Britten article is at peer review. I'm dropping this note as you have contributed extensively to the article, and if you have time and inclination to look in at the PR that would be very welcome. Tim riley ( talk) 17:29, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
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I've just created a wiki page for the free open source Avare aviation app that provides GPS location on FAA charts along with FAA static and dynamic aviation data. I noticed that doing a search for Avare turns up the Avaré, São Paulo page that gets about 12 views daily so I named my page Avare gps. The app currently gets over 100 new installs daily, and I don't know how that will eventually translate to daily wiki page views. Especially once one of the big aviation publications publishes a positive review, which is increasingly likely.
Now I'm thinking it was a mistake to name the page "Avare gps" because aviators and Brazilians alike will probably just search "avare" to find either the app or the city. Few aviators would think to add "gps" to the app name, and few non-Brazilians would think to use the accented "é" or add "São Paulo" (or maybe even Brazil). So I started reading War & Peace, aka Wikipedia:Disambiguation and woke three days later with a realization: Antandrus could sort this out in the time it would take me to do the pre-flight checks on an airplane. :)
Would you be willing to bless the Avare page with a quick disambiguation solution? Jw4nvc ( talk) 19:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus--
Last night I posted the following question on Jerome Kohl's talkpage, and as you see, he has suggested in response that an administrator may be needed to fix it. Rather than just throwing this out at random at the Help desk, I knew that you would understand capitalization rules for French titles. The text of the article does use the lower-case m; I think the article title is the only problem. Thanks for your help. Milkunderwood ( talk) 17:42, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Antandrus. Our paths haven't been crossing much of recent times. Good to see you're still very much around, and as a token of the respect in which I know many hold you, please accept this:
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Hello,
Antandrus,
I was reading your user page and found, in the box regarding Administrative stuff, that
the link at the very end leads to a 404 page. I'm not sure if this information is available elsewhere but I thought I'd let you know that the link doesn't work.
Happy editing,
Liz
Read!
Talk! 20:14, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
P.S. I used to live in SB so it was nice to see the local photo! L.
i like your list - well done - and shamefully recognize some of my own weaknesses within. Well done! Obi-Wan Kenobi ( talk) 01:36, 16 October 2013 (UTC) |
Hi there! I noticed that you are credited for creating an image of oil fields in California, and I'm wondering if you have an image of the entire state. Or, even better, do you have ArcGIS shapefiles for California's Oil Fields? I'm having a really tough time tracking them down! If you do and would be willing to share, I'd really appreciate it if you got in touch with me - adamdorr @ ucla dot edu. Thanks!
Hi — I appreciate the time you've been taking to deal with the changes to dates in the List of Renaissance composers. I see that you've now removed the temporary edit protection there — but I think we may not have seen the end of this. In the Baroque list the same editor keeps adding composers who even on the most broad criteria don't belong there. As I don't have the ability to alter protection settings, can I ask you consider temporary protection there? —( RT) talk 11:22, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
How are you doing, Antandrus? Hope you are well. This message is not about anything in particular. I just noticed it's been such a long time since we last spoke and I didn't want you to think I was studiously ignoring you or anything like that. I've been busy on and off Wikipedia and the time has just flown. Anyhow, all the best again.-- Folantin ( talk) 13:37, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Antandrus,
I'm interested in incorporating one or two of your photos into a history of oil spills that I am compiling in my spare time at NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration). In particular, there are some nice shots of the Lakeview Gusher site attributed to you. Do I need to do anything special to obtain your blessing?
Thanks,
gary — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gshigenaka ( talk • contribs) 21:24, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I've been busy with carpenteriana on my website (st. Cecilia and st. Charles Borromeo, plus the Jesuits of Trevoux) so hadn't checked in since last May. That month and day that someone inserted was NOT a discovery: must have been a prank inspired by the day the person visited the page? Patricia M. Ranum ( talk) 20:59, 11 November 2013 (UTC)Ranumspa
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According to Josh Fox's new documentary "Frackland II", the Los Angeles oil field is once again a productive field and is currently being fracked for methane. Do you know anything about this development? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joelleitner510 ( talk • contribs) 02:43, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, I I feel something should be done about long-term disruption featuring edits like [5]. Page protection? Unfortunately the people active at WP:RPP are too soft when it comes to page protection. Regards, Toccata quarta ( talk) 17:22, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Dior of course, but also your insightful essay that I recently stumbled upon. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. Happy New Year, and happy editing. Safehaven86 ( talk) 04:57, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Antandrus, I noticed on your user page that you noted that your highest edit count ranking was #20. I was curious about this, for the selfish reason that my edit count is now a bit higher than yours (chalk that up to me basically having no life). So I went and checked, and found that your highest ranking was in fact #22 (#21 if you count this change). According to the revision history search tool, you changed your highest edit count ranking from #21 to #20 in February 2008. (You were also ranked #23 until this removal of a bot from the list). It seems I do in fact need a life. :-) Graham 87 13:45, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, since you appear to be interested a lot in Renaissance music, I figured you could help with the following: one editor has just changed the birth date of the entry for Johannes de Lymburgia from "1340" to "c. 1370", and his date of death from "1440" to "1430". The aforementioned link is a redirect to the page Johannes de Limburgia, which has the data "fl. 1408 - 1430". Your insights are welcome. Thanks, Toccata quarta ( talk) 09:52, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Antandrus -
I am working on a project related to the oil fields in the San Joaquin Valley in California. I came across the great maps highlighting various fields in some articles. Is there a general version of the map available where no particular field is highlighted?
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MCEngin ( talk • contribs) 19:41, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
The article Vox Christi describes the utterances of Christ in J. S. Bach's Matthäusp. as being in recitativo accompagnato "highlighted by an accompanying string quartet". I looked at my score and what I see is that Christ is accompanied by 2 violins, a viola and the continuo. To me 2 violins, a viola and the continuo do not make "an accompanying string quartet". Therefore my opinion is that the use of the term "string quartet" on that page is erroneous and does not describe the situation accurately. I tried to argue this on the article's talk page but without success. What do you think? Contact Basemetal here 17:18, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi there! I saw your named on Wikiproject United States and your interest in California. I'm new to Wikipedia editing and would like to contribute to this area as well. Do you have any suggestions for articles that need work? I lived and traveled throughout northern California for the most part, so that's the geographic area I'm most comfortable with/have interest in. But I'm of course willing to help out however I can with the project. Looking forward to hearing from you, Thanks! ArielEBarry ( talk) 03:45, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this manuscript version of the Prelude in C-sharp minor (BWV 849) from WTC I?
If you look at m. 11 (RH Note: written in 1st line C-clef/LH), m. 12 (RH) and m. 13 (RH), the F-double-sharp (which is in modern editions of course written as a double-sharp) is in this manuscript written as an F-sharp. Same thing at m. 35 (RH/LH), m. 36 (RH/LH) and m. 37 (RH).
The F-double-sharp being written consistently as F-sharp in so many cases in the manuscript and it being so written in all relevant cases (i.e. it being nowhere written as a double-sharp) seems to preclude this being an isolated mistake.
The idea behind this seems to be that the accidental is written relative to the key signature.
In other words the F-sharp in the key signature and the F-sharp in the staff seem to work cumulatively to give an F-double-sharp.
In contrast, in our current convention, staff accidentals override whatever is at the key signature.
What do you think of these examples? Are you at all familiar with this way of writing accidentals? Have you seen it used anywhere else?
I could find nothing in the Accidental (music) WP article on this sort of convention.
If what's going on in this manuscript is indeed an alternative convention that was in use somewhere at some point, it would seem important to talk about it in the article, if only for the benefit of readers who'll have come across cases such as the one I've come across.
Contact Basemetal here 21:49, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
That all makes a lot of sense. But it's curious that none of us usual suspects have ever come across this before now. Which suggests the practice was comprehensively suppressed, despite its apparent merits. Fascinating stuff. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:45, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Sorry about that. I read and re-read the sentence several times earlier today and I hesitated to make an edit, but ultimately I couldn't make the sentence work in my head at the time. After reading your edit summary, I understand now, but I still can't help but feel a bit burned by the (arguably tricky) phrasing. :-) -- MZMcBride ( talk) 05:16, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Antandrus, if you have the time and are willing, could you please consider taking a look here in your capacity as administrator, and reverting if you agree? Thanks, -- Smerus ( talk) 21:20, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, excuse me for IP-based block evading on your talkpage but I've been left no other choice to reach my fellow editors. I found you, Acalamari, and Al Ameer son under "A" on the list of administrators. I checked further only to see if you had recently edited. I've asked others for help before, typing long personalized messages, but for the first time I'm going to tell each of you three pretty much the same thing, and point you to some diffs that you may judge the situation if you choose to.
I was blocked without warning or explanation close to two years ago. My blocker said I was a sockpuppet. I never did that, I abandoned a single prior account for privacy reasons. I felt the need to be honest and upfront about this in my very first edit, here: [6]. Ironically my blocker took this as ammunition to block me as a sockpuppet.
I tried the usual avenues of appeal but found the deck stacked against me at every turn. In my opinion, the administrators that monitor the block appeals notification page reject an extremely high percentage. None would listen to me, and most just say "sock," or "I don't believe you," or "you must never criticize your blocker." I tried Arbcom, who declined without explanation. WP:BASC, the Arbcom subgroup charged with considering block appeals, had a reject rate of literally 92 percent the last time it released its statistics.
I've tried other things but I've somehow amassed a bunch of administrative participants that follow me around everytime I try anything, saying "block him, block him, block him." It is like a gang of schoolyard bullies chasing the awkward new kid around the playground yelling at him. I can't shake them off, they won't go away and they sabotage any attempt I make to get unblocked.
Anyhow this runs on too long. You can read the latest thing I tried, an RFC/U, here: [7]. It's long but tells you the story. My fan club sabotaged it with a lot of negative commentary. Those people making the bad comments are largely not normal RFC/U participants, rather they followed me there from my talkpage they watchlisted, so they can criticize me more. I never sockpuppeted. If you want to know the worst thing I ever did, a lot of people seem to think it's this: [8]. The part where I call Nomoskedasticity a provocateur and so forth. I am not proud of that, it was a WP:CIV violation but the back-story there is that I had just a day before read Youreallycan plaintively ask Nomoskedasticity to leave him alone after two years of wikihounding. That's here: [9]. I was uncivil, but I viewed myself as confronting a bully. I was shocked at the behavior that occurs at WP:AN/ANI, but I wasn't really *saying* that Nomoskedasticity never contributed anything constructive, I was genuinely *asking* that. I slipped, okay, but a fair review of my editing history shows a constructive editor. I shouldn't be blocked forever for saying that to Nomoskedasticity.
To wrap this up: I need a defender who is an admin. Somebody willing to stick up for me, and say "lets follow policies in handling him." This is because I have so many attackers and suspicion-mongers that sabotage every community process I try to undertake. I don't like to ask for a defender, but without administrator buttons I'm at the mercy of any administrator, and there are several that have acted against me without any policy at all. I hope one or all three of you will help me. Thank you for even considering it. This is Colton Cosmic. 14:47, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
PS: I like the picture at the top of the aspen and fir grove. Everywhere I travel I am always looking at trees as I go. I planted some swamp white oak trees and some column juniper and various other ones. I am always thinking about those and how they might turn out, years from now. Colton. 14:55, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Antandrus/Archive38,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the
Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. (You say I've not been doing much besides checking my watchlist for a couple years now
- you're still here, ain't you?
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Best regards, — Scott • talk 19:04, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Ten years! The wonderful world of Wikipedia ten years ago...when giants like Antandrus ruled! That was before the birth of MONGO even...it must have been a much more cordial and peaceful place back then! Congrats!-- MONGO 19:39, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
broad perspective
Thank you for placing a single composer in the context of
Renaissance music, a single mass in the context of
parody mass, and for watching a vast number of articles for accuracy, with a vision for the broader pespective, - you are an
awesome Wikipedian!
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:16, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Two years ago, you were the 110th recipient of my Pumpkin Sky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, - thank you for 10 years of broader perspective! After the Passion, I am busy with Cantiones sacrae, hit the Main page before I got where I wanted it ;) - I am going to thank the arbitrators for my 2-comment-restriction, helping not to waste time, - I don't understand though why they blessed only two people that way ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:21, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
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Mr. Antandrus,
Thanks for your note. I thought when piano expert David Dubal mentioned several times on his WQXR.org radio program "Reflections from the Keyboard" during his Rachmaninoff series that he was born on April 2nd that he knew what he was talking about. I did not know about the conversion giving one date, but Rachmaninoff himself used a different one. Why did he do that? Why did he not celebrate on April 1st?
Larry88kc ( talk) 06:27, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus. I was just nosily browsing your User:Antandrus/watch page (I got there by seeing what Antony Hopkins links to), and noticed Andrej Eschpaj. I think you'll find this is blue linked under Andrei Eshpai. And Boris Tischtschenko is surely Boris Tishchenko. Two down, 4 zillion to go. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:55, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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Just a spontaneous stupid question. Would it make sense to have an article Scale run? Is there anything interesting to say about scale runs in the first place? They're not trivial to perform on piano or guitar at least, and apparently neither on violin ... and "I have to practice my scales" is something I hear from musicians all the time, so it seems to me that the topic is not obviously unencyclopedic or un-fruitful (fruitless?). Would love to hear your thoughts. -- Florian Blaschke ( talk) 01:24, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
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#58 of your Observations list is not only brilliant, but eloquently put. I'm glad that I discovered your pages. Disclaimer: Given your musical inclination, I hope you're not offended by this WikiLove coming from a "banjo player". Alas, someone has to keep the instrument and genre alive... :) Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (Talk) 13:10, 27 July 2014 (UTC) |
Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon: Saturday, September 6 from 11am to 4pm | |
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Hello Antandrus, I am looking for an adminstrator who is neutral and/or who knows something about the arts, specifically philosophy and even more specifically, philosophy of the left. Are you, or do you know any adminstrators/editors such as this who could look at a Afd page. The article is on the subject of 'Gary Tedman', I believe the discussion on this Afd page has been biased from the beginning. I am quite new to Wikipedia and am wondering if the lack of sympathy of the participants could or should be counteracted by those with an alternative or more knowledgable view of the subject (they almost all seem to say the same things over and over and do not engage in any serious debate about the subject). Thank you Aestheticinfo 20:39, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
Under the section Possible musical themes the current article mentions my melodic solution 'A Might Fortress' without providing an accurate attribution or relevant link to my free eBook Elgar's Enigmas Exposed in which that solution is fully presented. The conductor and composer Adina Spire did not originate that melodic solution, but merely endorsed it publicly in a performance with the Bezdin Ensemble. The article also advances the patently absurd assertion that Elgar allegedly disapproved of hymn tunes. The facts plainly prove otherwise, for his personal library contained multiple hymnals as well as a copy of John Brownlie's Hymns of the Early Church. Such a claim overlooks the influence of early hymn tunes on The Dream of Gerontius, not to mention Elgar's own contributions to Protestant and Catholic hymnals and other forms of sacred music. No informed Elgar scholar would ever contend Elgar despised hymns when some of his favorite composers (Bach, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, and Wagner) quote hymns in their music, specifically Ein feste Burg. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertPadgett ( talk • contribs)
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The Admin's Barnstar | |
Your calm wisdom in admin matters is always appreciated. MONGO 16:08, 4 September 2014 (UTC) |
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Hola - Been recently having a go at updating various articles on musical instruments, and then I read this article. While admiring the obvious effort that must have gone into it, the time spent and all... I.. am lost for words. (a bit of a problem for a newbie editor.} Willing to assist in any democratic, courteous and, how to put it - don't want to offend here... effort that actually seems informed by knowledge of the subject. Was confused/exasperated enough by the text to mess up with my own typos.. User:Pupsikon Pupsikon 06:54, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, I was wondering if you think that Special:Contributions/94.124.138.40 is worthy of a block? Lots of edits from the IP over the past year, all disruptive and some difficult to detect. Thanks! -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 07:45, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi mate, you blocked ((User:Pgarret)) for sock-puppetry but I couldn't find a corresponding SPI. He's been a thorn-in-the-side for a number of editors and topic areas and if his problematic edits extend to other articles, I'd be keen to review them with a viewing to doing some cleaning up. Cheers, St★lwart 111 22:17, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hello fellow comrade. I would like to request that you delete LEDB as it is a senseless redirect to List of Dragon Ball characters. I want to point out to you that it is not even an acronym, definitely not one for the latter link. I must say that I was the IP user who originally tagged it, with the intention of bringing it to the attention of dear sysops such as yourself. No action was taken as of yet. As for the range blocks you performed on 175... and 208... I feel it is my duty to make you aware that the puppetmaster Wiki-star ( talk · contribs · logs)/ Dragonron ( talk · contribs · logs)/ Taracka ( talk · contribs · logs) is the one behind all the anon vandalism (you're going to have to trust me, I have been closely following the sock cases with diligence. This has been going on for more than a decade, and I must convey that I am nauseated by this persons' continuous actions. Currently on English Wikiquote, this moron poses a problem, constantly creating socks to either blindly revert any and all contributions, or just blatantly vandalize. I can give you an entire history lesson of this menace if you so desire, along with a slew of his other puppet names. If only further action can be taken against him. Think perhaps a community WP:BAN can be put into place. I don't know. What I do find is that LEDB was created by another abuser, Power level (Dragon Ball) ( talk · contribs · logs), whom I find suspect as well. Look further into this, but delete the aforementioned redirect first. Thanks for your time. You have my blessings, and I have your respect. Farewell. Zarbon 12:43, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
answer the question please — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoaringFlamer41 ( talk • contribs) 18:53, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
for you help with Ararat arev socks. Got back yesterday after 3 days away and found my PC with 3 fouled fans! By the time I'd managed to get them replaced (new power supply and sound card required) I had to go out for a fantastic meal, so no time to deal with them until just now when I set my PC back up. Dougweller ( talk) 06:35, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Wishing you a "Feliz Navidad and a Prospero Año Nuevo" (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year) Tony the Marine ( talk)
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Archive 38: March 2012 through December 2014. Please do not edit this page -- use my regular talk page instead, as I will not see your message here.
Hi Antandrus, thanks for spotting the Grove pirates. I fixed this one and added a bit more.
Um, do you know your Austrian archdukes? A conundrum arouse for which I got stuck; it's on the talk page. Best wishes, Opus33 ( talk) 17:12, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey guys!
I'm dropping you a note because you filled out the New Page Patrol survey, and indicated you'd be interested in being contacted about follow-up work. This is to notify you that we've finally released both the initial documentation about the project and also the engagement strategy, which sets out how we plan to work with the community on this. Please give both a read, and leave any comments or suggestions you have on the talkpage, on my talkpage, or in my inbox - okeyeswikimedia.org.
It's awesome to finally get to start work on this! :). Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 01:53, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Does this article deserve FA status? Please see this discussion. Best wishes, Gidip ( talk) 19:35, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Antandrus...you can self award this, but I wanted to give it to you anyway...I'm sorry if you're not having the fun you used to have...our best contributors such as you are oftentimes overlooked, ignored and unrecognized...but all around, you are arguably one of the finest Wikipedians...and I really do appreciate all your fine work!-- MONGO 02:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Anyway, I share the feeling that the joy has gone out of this place. The main issue as I see it is that Wikipedia is not coming to terms with the fact that it is a maturing project. Most of the articles that most people care about have already been written, and most of those are pretty decent. So there are fewer opportunities for the everyday Joe to contribute. The project has also accreted its own bureaucracy with goals and priorities that do not necessarily coincide with those of the people on the line doing the actual work. I could go on but you've heard the song before. Short Brigade Harvester Boris ( talk) 04:18, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
(outdent) You made me wonder... and this is the featured article on the day of my first edit as a registered editor. KillerChihuahua ?!? 05:38, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You have a new message at Wikipedia talk:School and university projects/NNU Class Project/Winter 2012#Main points from April 6 IRC meeting's talk page. 04:28, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Would you mind commenting on this edit? There seems to be a lot of confusion all over the place. I don't know about such things. Thanks Span ( talk) 14:48, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Just commenting on the Rachmaninoff-type issue. There really should be no confusion. A person was born whenever they were born, and that doesn't change just because their life continues into the next century. There is a rule for converting Julian dates that occurred in the 19th century, which is to add 12 days to get to Gregorian. That rule applies to Rachmaninoff, born 20 March 1873 Julian = 1 April 1873 Gregorian. There is another rule for converting Julian dates that occurred in the 20th century, which is to add 13 days to get to Gregorian. That rule does not apply to Rachmaninoff, because he wasn't born in the 20th century. He gets the 19th-century 12-day rule.
I'm aware that various people have taken the view that the date should change when the centuries change. Rachmaninoff himself apparently celebrated his own birthday on 2 April (which would have been the correct date had he been born in the 20th century, except he wasn't) and that date also appears on his grave. But that date is simply wrong. Vladimir Nabokov was another case in point. He was born 10 April 1899 Julian = 22 April 1899 Gregorian. His birth date was often shown as 23 April 1899 in references published in the 20th century, so in Speak, Memory he went to the trouble of explaining why 23 April was wrong and 22 April was correct. This was despite the fact that he had deliberately celebrated it on 23 April and would continue to do so, because that meant he shared his birthday with William Shakespeare - except that's rubbish as we don't know when Willy boy was born at all. All we have is a baptism date. I'm surprised Nabokov didn't know that. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 23:43, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi! You are mentioned in a post that will run on the Wikimedia Foundation blog this week describing some of the editors who signed up for HighBeam accounts and their motivations for doing so. I just wanted to let you know. If you'd rather not be mentioned, please respond below or on my talk page. Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 18:41, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Inherently funny topics should have funny articles, no ? -- ERIC CARTMAN IS THE BOSS ( talk) 01:09, 11 April 2012 (UTC) WHY YOU NO ANSWER ?!!!!!
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hi, do you think this website ( Parade (magazine)) would be a reliable source to add to List of modern dictators as a reference to the term "dictator"? you can see my edits of the page on its history. -- 58.165.38.201 ( talk) 23:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
your sources are great, i have used them. thank you. -- 58.165.38.201 ( talk) 05:02, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
This embarrassing piece of PR fluff is causing me new white hairs. I rewrote the article so it would be acceptable, but the editors involved (three, all of whom have done nothing but edit this article and add references to Bar-Niv in other articles) have taken deep umbrage. Now someone has anonymously restored the original claptrap.
Perhaps if you were to revert them, they would understand that it is not just me that finds this stuff inappropriate. Thanks, -- Ravpapa ( talk) 05:17, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Reply to Antandrus Who is "he" in "At least he's trying to cite"? The false sockpuppet accusation was dismissed by Wiki investigators before you wrote the following: "The sockpuppet is obvious". You should be more careful with how fast and how blindly you agree with your friend ravpapa. I am beyond needing Wiki for my promotion, it won't add a penny to my pay, nor will it give me extra engagements which I can't oblige anyway. Yes, I am reading this too. I do and did let other people write articles about me, etc. I didn't initiate the article, nor was I involved in its preparation. Once it was published (I take it, with the consent of one of the experienced Wiki editors), all I did was correcting mistakes and putting things in the right order and under the right subjects. TY Rami Bar-Niv Barniv ( talk) 21:27, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
As a courtesy, I'm informing you that I mentioned you at ANI, where I criticised your edit to Template talk:Infobox classical composer. I hope that on reflection, you might agree with me that a more accurate summary of the closing admin's subsequent comments was indeed possible. -- RexxS ( talk) 18:53, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for placing a single composer in the context of Renaissance music, a single mass in the context of parody mass, and for watching a vast number of articles for accuracy, with a vision for the broader pespective, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:16, 28 April 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks for having my back on this article [2] turns out User:Tyros1972 gave me a warning on my talk page :/ . Whatever I'm just going to lol the whole thing off hopefully. Dan653 ( talk) 01:35, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi pal, I saw that you'd edited the Platform Holly page, and I have an aerial of it from 3/08 if you'd like to add one. Pretty good detail on the equipment above deck. Contact me via email, because I'm seldom on wiki lately. ciao Jw4nvc ( talk)
Thanks for devandalising my user page!!! User: Adam mugliston has given you a c ookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.
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Right . . . thank you for convincing me that Wikipedia is completely unreliable, I've already started to spread the word. ( 67.238.253.102 ( talk) 01:29, 12 May 2012 (UTC))
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Hello. There are still some articles at Wikipedia:School and university projects/NNU Class Project/Winter 2012/Student list that need moving to the mainspace. Some have rubbish references and could be AfDd, so best not move those. But many just need a bit of cleanup and a move. If you have time to do a few, we would be much obliged. Best, Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 12:47, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I noticed you listed yourself as a participant of the Energy WikiProject.
There are 2 new outlines in this area that attempt to consolidate Wikipedia's coverage of their respective subjects, gathering and organizing the articles about them into one place and including descriptions for convenience. The purposes of these outlines are to make it easier for readers to survey or review a whole subject, and to choose from Wikipedia's many articles about it.
The new energy outlines are:
Please take a look at them, and....
For more information about the format and functions of outlines, see Wikipedia:Outlines.
Building outlines of existing material (such as Wikipedia) is called " reverse outlining". Reverse outlines are useful as a revision tool, for identifying gaps in coverage and for spotting poor structuring.
Revising a work with multiple articles (such as Wikipedia) is a little different than revising a paper. But the general principles are the same...
As you develop these outlines, you may notice things about the articles they organize. Like what topics are not adequately covered, better ways to structure and present the material, awkward titles, articles that need splitting, article sections lacking {{ Main}} links, etc.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Outlines.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
The Transhumanist 00:45, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
P.S.: see also
Outline of energy
I did my best, but I'm certain there is much missing. Please take a crack at it. The Transhumanist 03:28, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
There's a new user adding original research to the Bo Guagua page. Not really sure what to do about him/her. See the most recent diff [3]. Among that is unsourced info and original research. I don't want to get into a weird edit war with some completely new user, or get them banned and scare them away from the project. Any suggestions? There should be a protocol for dealing with this situation. I've been here two years but haven't actually come across someone belligerently adding OR to a BLP. The Sound and the Fury ( talk) 21:46, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
STOP using lame excuse "original research", if any of those things are NOT facts, feel free to delete them. stop vandalizing the whole page! I challenge you to show me any of those "original research" are not FACTS. Go ahead, i will be waiting.
are you bo guagua's personal publicist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CC6B:6B90:953E:CF78:4C31:415F ( talk) 22:30, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Such a strange username. I just noticed this one too:
2001:DA8:B000:6709:7D9D:1E7B:276:B263 ( talk · contribs)
Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 21:49, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus. I saw your posts here and thought you could help me by responding to my post at Miscellaneous Violin purchase. -- JeffreyBillings ( talk) 15:50, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you are the one who blocked User:Changli1200. Based on past behaviour I believe he is a sock of User:Saint Artjunkie, but this is beside the problem. The same person has returned as User:Timsmith8976 and then User:90.211.75.73 with exactly the same edits, so they may both need to be blocked. The page may need to be semi-protected as well. -- Muhandes ( talk) 21:53, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus:
Please look at the following:
Another user and I are discussing revamping the List of Baroque composers to use a tabular format (similar to List of Renaissance composers)
I would like your input. I believe it would help improve the structure of the list and help users more easily find information about various composers; more so than it does now.
Thanks,
FS7-- FeanorStar7 ( talk) 23:51, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
I guess I didn't realize that a guitar is a transposing instrument, sounding notes one octave lower than written. I've played guitar before, but it's been a long time ago. Being more of a violinist (6 years in middle school to high school) I was sure the D-string on a violin and D-string on a guitar were the same pitch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.87.170.71 ( talk) 19:10, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
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Nice occasionally to add something to the encyclopedia that belongs there and isn't in Grove: Nicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli. Taking bets for how long before it gets a "needs image of composer" or "C-class stub" tag... :-) (btw, can you delete the sandbox page for me?) -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 15:58, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I leave the room for two minutes and my userpage disappears - thankfully there are helpful folk like you around to fix it. As a token of my appreciation: cake! Yunshui 雲 水 14:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC) |
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Firstly, thanks for your essay, it was an interesting read to get a feel for what it's like to be an experienced Wikipedian dealing with community issues.
Secondly, I've fixed {{ anchored list}} - it was generating invalid anchor names. Unfortunately this means any old links to list items in your essay will now be broken.
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at the front of point 1 in the essay, and similar for the other points. I can do that without much trouble, so please reply here if it is wanted.
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talk) 07:31, 23 June 2012 (UTC)Hey Antandrus,
I'm looking for a better way to solve the confusion with the articles about Venetian Music. I've listed the pages involved and I'm suggesting a way to solve it, on my talk page. Since you commented about it, I thought maybe you would want to take a glance at it. :)
Here's the direct link User_talk:RenatoBorges
RenatoBorges ( talk) 05:43, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
—Preceding undated comment added 05:37, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
I have an editor who has followed me to multiple articles for about a year now. He insists on arguing ad nauseum over every single minute detail. He will insist that if I don't give in to his content demands taking every minute detail through every step of WP:DR. If there is a 3rd opinion, he will extract the one bit of advice that backs up his comments and ignore everything that contradicts it. It is starting to make me very irritable as I would much rather be working on content, however, if I simply give in, his edits are often focused on shifting POV towards particular nationalist viewpoints. What do you think I should do? Wee Curry Monster talk 09:46, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
You seem to do better with difficult IPs and edits to music articles than I do. Perhaps you could take a look at the Poulenc article? Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 02:20, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Good day. I cite US LAW, my article also does not contain copyright material from the book I cite. I only cite FACTS, HISTORY, context, provide references and links...
Thank you... It is legal.
Christopher Origer 21:02, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Nathan2055 talk - contribs 21:19, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
I noticed you tried to reason with this user regarding his FAIR USE disclaimer. I've been going on and off with him since last night when he was posting chapters of this supposed book of his.
Just an FYI note that he deleted your comment on his talk page and put up his FAIR USE notice again. I'm confident that this editor will not be constructive in any way, and will eventually be blocked. See this diff to my talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk%3AManway&diff=500606388&oldid=500605430 - interesting for an editor who has been registered for less than 24 hours.
I'm not sure who to take this up with. But he's a definite thorn in our sides and will sooner or later be removed.
Thanks for your help on this. Any little bit is greatly appreciated. Regards, -- Man way 21:37, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Just saw this: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Priestblock_25487:_A_Memoir_of_Dachau_:_Fr._Jean_Bernard&diff=prev&oldid=500711926 - he needs a healthy dose of WP:OWN. I'll try once more, counsel him on that policy. Don't expect much, though, but you're right - AGF is needed. Once more, my friends, once more into the breach.... -- Man way 22:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
My Sincere Thanks. I contend, not strawman....But we will leave that for now....
Christopher ORIGER
Christopher Origer 00:10, 5 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopheroriger ( talk • contribs)
Christopher Origer 00:25, 5 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopheroriger ( talk • contribs)
Antandrus: One more PS. Everything I wrote to begin with WAS MINE. All I had done at one point was to take the beginning of the first Chapter of the book and included that in the Article. Per Title 17 U.S.C. It IS/WAS FAIR SCHOLARLY USE of the DATA. They kept deleting my drafts and my submittals.....
Thanks for the Reference to THE NINTH DAY. I saw this film at an International Film Festival I volunteered at in Minneapolis a few years ago. It was one of the most emotional films I have ever seen. PURE MORAL COURAGE in the face of Tyranny. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopheroriger ( talk • contribs) 02:43, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks,
Christopher Christopher Origer 00:40, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank You. Talk to you soon. The Film is well worth watching. Yes, I have been to Dachau a few times. Thank you for linking Prof. Marcuses page.
Kind regards,
Christopher
Christopher Origer 04:11, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandarus. Hope you are well. Had to shift focus for a while. Hope to talk more when I can start working on my family history/Luxembourg history and Priestblock again. Talk to you soon. Cheers Christopher Origer 19:18, 17 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopheroriger ( talk • contribs)
Forgive me for I know you must be busy, but on the basis of our brief acquantance I would appreciate your opimion on Talk:Tree shaping#Adding Book. Did I do right? Many thanks Mcewan ( talk) 01:38, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Could you have a look this ANI Page. There is an issue with an editor and even the ANI page is being vandalized and seems out-of-control. If not desired , by yourself, could you please introduce another administrator to this job? Repeated requests and warnings are not functioning anymore for this spilled over ruckus. Thanks! 99.251.125.65 ( talk) 02:30, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
If you are not yet aware of Calling All Dawns, you need to acquire that album post-haste. I guarantee that, given your musical acumen, you'll get a number of eargasms. — Coren (talk) 19:49, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
From 2004. Can you remember where you sourced this from? I am studying the growth of articles in Wikipedia! Quisquiliae ( talk) 15:54, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, I was browsing through your list of contribs when I noticed that you wrote about a cut-and-paste move to Juan Pujol. Since I enjoy recovering obscure or semi-obscure page history, I've history merged it for you, so all your edits are finally where they're meant to be. Therefore I've removed the note about the cut and paste move from your contribs page. Hope you don't mind. Graham 87 05:38, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello! I recently found your maps of the oil fields in California, like this one. I've been having a hell of a time trying to figure a way to turn GIS files from DOGGR into .kml format so I can see them (specifically the oil fields) as overlays on Google Earth. Would you be able to help me with that at all?
Thanks! -- CumbiaDude ( talk) 01:01, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Have you seen the recent New Yorker article on him? I know almost nothing technical about the violin and/or violinists, and I found the article absorbing. I have a link to the abstract here. You can take a look and see if it is worth your while pursuing. Bielle ( talk) 03:26, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
why waste all of your time on tees hey? what up yo mander? really, why should we waste our time with this the MOS proves it is true do you think the MOSes are liars yo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.30.247.200 ( talk) 03:51, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Watch User talk:Hot Stop Ground Zero. Well, Until he learns-- intelati/ talk 03:58, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
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I wasn't expecting to like this, but it made me smile all the way through. Imagine if the sound was anything other than YouTube. Bielle ( talk) 03:06, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Antandrus, I saw that you were the main contributor to French classical music, so you might be interested in a classical music edit-a-thon organised for 8-14 October, to coincide with the Australian ABC Classic FM radio countdown themed Music of France. There will also be a meetup in Sydney, so we are using Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/October 2012 as our main collaboration page. I hope you'll be able to find time to participate online. John Vandenberg ( chat) 05:34, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Antandrus.
Thanks for your support at Talk:Enigma Variations#Wikipedia's Outdated Article. I must get around to reading Sir Padgett's blog in full; I'm sure it's full of fascinating insights. But I confess I'm afraid I might be converted from my current pet theory, which can be fully explained in a short paragraph rather than 36 chapters, a prologue and an epilogue. Ein Feste Burg must have been mentioned in the literature before Sir Padgett came up with it, but we don't mention it.
We really do need to clean the article up, though. I now support having a separate article where the major theories are covered, showing what prominent commentators have had to say pro and con each one. Without, of course, coming to our own wiki-conclusions. Whaddaya reckon? -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 01:10, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
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You have edited the article Wind quintet in the past.
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Almost without exception, the only aspect of Christmas I like is the music -the older, the more traditionally arranged, the better. I do have one "new" recording we play a lot. Have a listen to the Robi Botos (pronounced as if it were written: Robbie Boatawsh) Trio's "Christmas Eve". Do you have a favourite to recommend, one that I might not have experienced yet? Bielle ( talk) 19:56, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
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I would like to sincerely apologize for my stupidity in the last week. I just got angry because I was blocked. If FisherQueen had sent me a message instead of just blocking me, I would not have gotten so angry. When my movie is a little bit more publicized, I would like to make the page again. This time I will have correct sources, get Wizard or some other magazine to write an article, and get everything together. I would really like to be forgiven and once again I am sorry for my idiotics.
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Happy Holidays, Antandrus! And a big thank you from me for being such ever-reassuring (dare I say noble?) presence here. May you have a wonderful music-filled Christmas and a very happy new year. Voceditenore ( talk) 07:49, 22 December 2012 (UTC) |
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From the frozen wasteland of Nebraska, USA! MONGO 12:15, 25 December 2012 (UTC) |
User:Pigsonthewing (Andy Mabett) has used Boxing Day to commission a bot to remove the request on composers pages not to add an infobox: and moreover this has been effected within four hours without any formal notification to the project (or anywhere else) has used Boxing Day as the day to remove pertinent infobox comments relating to biographical infoboxes in articles on classical music and composers. The discussion is taking place at Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Removal_of_comments. Can you please take a look at this matter and see what needs to be done? Thanks, Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 21:59, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus - I see another has beaten me to it on this one - what to do, do you think, about this rather aggressive intervention? PS compliments of the season, happy 2013, etc. etc. Best, -- Smerus ( talk) 22:02, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
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Hi there! I hope you have been having a merry Christmas, and have been well. I'm also wondering if you happen to know of or have access to any recordings of either of the Miserere settings by Herr Hassler? I have come up completely dry on this one. CPDL has scores for them and a (dopey) computerized playback option, which I may have to resort to, but it would be nice to hear actual human beings singing it/them instead. I'm casting around for repertory to plug into the March concert of a group of which I've just been named the interim music director. I'm not especially familiar with his music, and have some 40-45 voices and 8 brass players at my disposal. Schütz has been deemed too challenging (a great pity in my view) though they might just dislike singing in German, but we've got some Gabrieli, the Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary, as well as the Rutter Gloria (!) and RVW's O Clap Your Hands, a personal favorite. Any thoughts on any of this I will be glad to hear. Au revoir! -- Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 01:28, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello, me again. I am hearing a rumor that some of the music in Purcell's Funeral Music for Queen Mary is in fact by Thomas Morley, not Purcell. Do you happen to know anything about that? Merci! -- Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 15:46, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus,
Could you tell me whether the following statement corresponds to your expectations for a publication in my next book in French-speaking countries, or if it lacks an element declaration :
« Photo by Antandrus, SantaBarbaraOranges.jpg. Source http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=File%3ASantaBarbaraOranges.jpg. Reproduced under license cc-by-sa-3.0 Unported - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en ».
I thank you in advance, Arevalb — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.203.105.29 ( talk) 10:23, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus,
I thank you very much indeeed for your prompt reply, Best regards. Arevalb. Arevalb ( talk) 10:12, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hello, Antandrus! It's been a while. I happened upon the Jean-Baptiste Lully article the other day. It's awful! I have begun writing an entirely new one, based on Marcelle Benoit's Dictionary article (which is very solid, by Herbert Schenider) and especially Jerome de La Gorce's fat book which is 100% trustworthy and full of new facts and insights. I'm writing it right now on my word-processor, haven't touched the Wiki article at all. But I don't want to cause turmoil at Wiki. What is the best way to proceed? Write my bio, delete the one currently there, put in my new one (and insert solid footnotes)??? Then move on an patch up the Music section, saying something about his operas (none of which are even named!)Or should I just leave things alone? Patricia M. Ranum ( talk) 16:15, 3 February 2013 (UTC)ranumspa
Greetings, O Lord Antandrus.
I wonder if you've ever come across the conductor and BBC music producer Edward Clark (1888-1962) in your travels. I realise you're an early music specialist and he was very much a contemporary music specialist, but you get around and you know your stuff. I'm hoping he rates a fairly substantial article in New Grove, and if so, can I impose on you to send me a copy of whatever they have to say?
I have to admit his name meant absolutely nothing to me a month ago. I'd just written José Cubiles, who played the world premiere of Nights in the Gardens of Spain, where I read that the UK premiere in 1921 was played by the composer (Manuel de Falla), and the conductor on that occasion was one Edward Clark. Edward who?, I asked myself. Red link, no entry in Grove V, obviously a non-entity who just happened to be in the right place and the right time for that particular performance. I put him to one side of my brain, but when I had the chance I thought I'd better at least check him out.
Well, what a revelation! World premieres and British premieres by the dozen (incl. Verklärte Nacht orch. version, The Firebird 1919 Suite, and Doktor Faust), either as conductor or producer; student, close friend and chief champion of Schoenberg for decades; intimate with Berg, Webern, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Walton, Bartok, Dallapiccola, Britten and too many others to list here; heavyweight of the BBC's Contemporary Music Department; created the structure of the BBC Symphony Orchestra; second husband of Elisabeth Lutyens; his first wife was a traitor who spent a year in jail after the war; President of the ISCM; Stravinsky wept when he heard he'd died ... the more I looked, the more fascinating information I kept finding. I'm sure there's more yet.
My assessment is that he was a profoundly important figure in the history of (particularly British and European) 20th century music, whose name should mean a great deal to any student of this subject - but he's almost completely fallen through the cracks of history. I'm keen to wiki-publish my article asap. The current version is in my sandbox. It contains a great deal of detail and I'm still at the stage of separating the wheat from the chaff, but there's just so much good stuff that getting rid of material is a real challenge. And now I want even more. I can't believe New Grove doesn't have him, and I could not possibly do without it, even if just to corroborate material I've already sourced.
Over to you. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 11:13, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, please consider that your edit in Gustav Mahler was unnecessary, as interwiki-links are solved differently now. My proposal: it would be best if you "revert" your said edit yourself. Thanks and regards, Gerhardvalentin ( talk) 18:08, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus...you have almost nine years of editing, no blocks, no controversies of note, and 100,000 excellent edits. Thank you!...-- MONGO
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Missed it yesterday, but thanks for nine years of improving the world! -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 23:30, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hey there, my favorite admin musicologist, long time since I've bothered you. If you have the time and inclination, could you take a look at the recent editing history on the Boulanger article. I was unhappy with an unsourced addition to the lead and then realized that what was in the lead wasn't really supported in the body, so I removed a piece. User:Maunus (I didn't even know he'd relinquished his tools until I checked just now - wonder why) reverted me but didn't fix the problem. I understand his substantive point but am unhappy with the fact that the lead and sourcing doesn't comply with guidelines. I also don't have the books available to me that you have to fix it properly (and I am rather busy on other issues, too). Anyway, it seems a bit nervy of me to ask you to do the work I'm unwilling to do, but I've never been accused of lack of chutzpah. Besides, you can always say no. Regards.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 01:10, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 02:02, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
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Can you give me some help with Interac (Japan)? Please see the Tak page for the last year of discussion. Taurus669 ( talk) 02:43, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
As, proverbially, no good deed goes unpunished, I take the liberty of mentioning that User:Brianboulton and I have Gustav Holst up for FAC. Knowing that you are a musician, and one, moreover, who has contributed to the article, I invite you to look in the FAC discussion: if you have the time and the inclination BB and I will be greatly indebted. Tim riley ( talk) 18:16, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
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Richard Wagner (1813–83) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor primarily known for his operas. His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements. These innovations greatly influenced the development of classical music; his Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Wagner revolutionised opera through his concept of synthesising the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts. He first realised these ideas in his four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung. He had his own opera house built at Bayreuth, containing many novel design features, where his most important stage works continue to be performed in an annual festival run by his descendants. Wagner's controversial writings on music, drama and politics have attracted extensive comment in recent decades, especially where they express antisemitic sentiments. The effect of his ideas can be traced in many of the arts throughout the 20th century. ( Full article...)
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Hi Antandrus,
You took a lovely photo of hummingbird sage. Would be possible to use your photo for some plant ID signs if I credit you as the photographer?
Thank you,
Sara — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.170.63.171 ( talk) 16:21, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, I don't know if this is still on your watchlist, but just a note to say that I added an image of the title page of his El melopeo y maestro and an external link to the complete copy of the treatise. Feel free to tweak the image caption and/or link description. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 18:56, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
The Britten article is at peer review. I'm dropping this note as you have contributed extensively to the article, and if you have time and inclination to look in at the PR that would be very welcome. Tim riley ( talk) 17:29, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm
Liam987. I wanted to let you know that one or more of
your recent contributions have been undone, to
Lorenzo de' Medici because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, you can use the
sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on
my talk page. The reverted edit can be found
here.
Liam987
(talk) 14:19, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
I've just created a wiki page for the free open source Avare aviation app that provides GPS location on FAA charts along with FAA static and dynamic aviation data. I noticed that doing a search for Avare turns up the Avaré, São Paulo page that gets about 12 views daily so I named my page Avare gps. The app currently gets over 100 new installs daily, and I don't know how that will eventually translate to daily wiki page views. Especially once one of the big aviation publications publishes a positive review, which is increasingly likely.
Now I'm thinking it was a mistake to name the page "Avare gps" because aviators and Brazilians alike will probably just search "avare" to find either the app or the city. Few aviators would think to add "gps" to the app name, and few non-Brazilians would think to use the accented "é" or add "São Paulo" (or maybe even Brazil). So I started reading War & Peace, aka Wikipedia:Disambiguation and woke three days later with a realization: Antandrus could sort this out in the time it would take me to do the pre-flight checks on an airplane. :)
Would you be willing to bless the Avare page with a quick disambiguation solution? Jw4nvc ( talk) 19:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus--
Last night I posted the following question on Jerome Kohl's talkpage, and as you see, he has suggested in response that an administrator may be needed to fix it. Rather than just throwing this out at random at the Help desk, I knew that you would understand capitalization rules for French titles. The text of the article does use the lower-case m; I think the article title is the only problem. Thanks for your help. Milkunderwood ( talk) 17:42, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Antandrus. Our paths haven't been crossing much of recent times. Good to see you're still very much around, and as a token of the respect in which I know many hold you, please accept this:
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On behalf of the People Encouraging Niceness (and/or Eschewing Nastiness) In Society Society, I hereby award you the PENISS Prize. The prize is the highest (and sole) honour in the gift of the Society and is awarded irregularly, on merit. It entitles the awardee to the postnominal letters P.E.N.I.S.S. (in appropriate contexts, of course). It confers automatic membership of the Society, and it thus bestows the power to award the prize to others*, and they to others, in perpetuity. . Remember, the more PENISSes in the world, the better for all of us. What a nice thought. Please continue your good work! |
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[pleasantries] 19:52, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
Antandrus,
I was reading your user page and found, in the box regarding Administrative stuff, that
the link at the very end leads to a 404 page. I'm not sure if this information is available elsewhere but I thought I'd let you know that the link doesn't work.
Happy editing,
Liz
Read!
Talk! 20:14, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
P.S. I used to live in SB so it was nice to see the local photo! L.
i like your list - well done - and shamefully recognize some of my own weaknesses within. Well done! Obi-Wan Kenobi ( talk) 01:36, 16 October 2013 (UTC) |
Hi there! I noticed that you are credited for creating an image of oil fields in California, and I'm wondering if you have an image of the entire state. Or, even better, do you have ArcGIS shapefiles for California's Oil Fields? I'm having a really tough time tracking them down! If you do and would be willing to share, I'd really appreciate it if you got in touch with me - adamdorr @ ucla dot edu. Thanks!
Hi — I appreciate the time you've been taking to deal with the changes to dates in the List of Renaissance composers. I see that you've now removed the temporary edit protection there — but I think we may not have seen the end of this. In the Baroque list the same editor keeps adding composers who even on the most broad criteria don't belong there. As I don't have the ability to alter protection settings, can I ask you consider temporary protection there? —( RT) talk 11:22, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
How are you doing, Antandrus? Hope you are well. This message is not about anything in particular. I just noticed it's been such a long time since we last spoke and I didn't want you to think I was studiously ignoring you or anything like that. I've been busy on and off Wikipedia and the time has just flown. Anyhow, all the best again.-- Folantin ( talk) 13:37, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013
by The Interior ( talk · contribs), Ocaasi ( talk · contribs)
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Hello Antandrus,
I'm interested in incorporating one or two of your photos into a history of oil spills that I am compiling in my spare time at NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration). In particular, there are some nice shots of the Lakeview Gusher site attributed to you. Do I need to do anything special to obtain your blessing?
Thanks,
gary — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gshigenaka ( talk • contribs) 21:24, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I've been busy with carpenteriana on my website (st. Cecilia and st. Charles Borromeo, plus the Jesuits of Trevoux) so hadn't checked in since last May. That month and day that someone inserted was NOT a discovery: must have been a prank inspired by the day the person visited the page? Patricia M. Ranum ( talk) 20:59, 11 November 2013 (UTC)Ranumspa
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According to Josh Fox's new documentary "Frackland II", the Los Angeles oil field is once again a productive field and is currently being fracked for methane. Do you know anything about this development? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joelleitner510 ( talk • contribs) 02:43, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, I I feel something should be done about long-term disruption featuring edits like [5]. Page protection? Unfortunately the people active at WP:RPP are too soft when it comes to page protection. Regards, Toccata quarta ( talk) 17:22, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Dior of course, but also your insightful essay that I recently stumbled upon. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. Happy New Year, and happy editing. Safehaven86 ( talk) 04:57, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Antandrus, I noticed on your user page that you noted that your highest edit count ranking was #20. I was curious about this, for the selfish reason that my edit count is now a bit higher than yours (chalk that up to me basically having no life). So I went and checked, and found that your highest ranking was in fact #22 (#21 if you count this change). According to the revision history search tool, you changed your highest edit count ranking from #21 to #20 in February 2008. (You were also ranked #23 until this removal of a bot from the list). It seems I do in fact need a life. :-) Graham 87 13:45, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello Antandrus, since you appear to be interested a lot in Renaissance music, I figured you could help with the following: one editor has just changed the birth date of the entry for Johannes de Lymburgia from "1340" to "c. 1370", and his date of death from "1440" to "1430". The aforementioned link is a redirect to the page Johannes de Limburgia, which has the data "fl. 1408 - 1430". Your insights are welcome. Thanks, Toccata quarta ( talk) 09:52, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Antandrus -
I am working on a project related to the oil fields in the San Joaquin Valley in California. I came across the great maps highlighting various fields in some articles. Is there a general version of the map available where no particular field is highlighted?
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MCEngin ( talk • contribs) 19:41, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
The article Vox Christi describes the utterances of Christ in J. S. Bach's Matthäusp. as being in recitativo accompagnato "highlighted by an accompanying string quartet". I looked at my score and what I see is that Christ is accompanied by 2 violins, a viola and the continuo. To me 2 violins, a viola and the continuo do not make "an accompanying string quartet". Therefore my opinion is that the use of the term "string quartet" on that page is erroneous and does not describe the situation accurately. I tried to argue this on the article's talk page but without success. What do you think? Contact Basemetal here 17:18, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi there! I saw your named on Wikiproject United States and your interest in California. I'm new to Wikipedia editing and would like to contribute to this area as well. Do you have any suggestions for articles that need work? I lived and traveled throughout northern California for the most part, so that's the geographic area I'm most comfortable with/have interest in. But I'm of course willing to help out however I can with the project. Looking forward to hearing from you, Thanks! ArielEBarry ( talk) 03:45, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this manuscript version of the Prelude in C-sharp minor (BWV 849) from WTC I?
If you look at m. 11 (RH Note: written in 1st line C-clef/LH), m. 12 (RH) and m. 13 (RH), the F-double-sharp (which is in modern editions of course written as a double-sharp) is in this manuscript written as an F-sharp. Same thing at m. 35 (RH/LH), m. 36 (RH/LH) and m. 37 (RH).
The F-double-sharp being written consistently as F-sharp in so many cases in the manuscript and it being so written in all relevant cases (i.e. it being nowhere written as a double-sharp) seems to preclude this being an isolated mistake.
The idea behind this seems to be that the accidental is written relative to the key signature.
In other words the F-sharp in the key signature and the F-sharp in the staff seem to work cumulatively to give an F-double-sharp.
In contrast, in our current convention, staff accidentals override whatever is at the key signature.
What do you think of these examples? Are you at all familiar with this way of writing accidentals? Have you seen it used anywhere else?
I could find nothing in the Accidental (music) WP article on this sort of convention.
If what's going on in this manuscript is indeed an alternative convention that was in use somewhere at some point, it would seem important to talk about it in the article, if only for the benefit of readers who'll have come across cases such as the one I've come across.
Contact Basemetal here 21:49, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
That all makes a lot of sense. But it's curious that none of us usual suspects have ever come across this before now. Which suggests the practice was comprehensively suppressed, despite its apparent merits. Fascinating stuff. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:45, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Sorry about that. I read and re-read the sentence several times earlier today and I hesitated to make an edit, but ultimately I couldn't make the sentence work in my head at the time. After reading your edit summary, I understand now, but I still can't help but feel a bit burned by the (arguably tricky) phrasing. :-) -- MZMcBride ( talk) 05:16, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Antandrus, if you have the time and are willing, could you please consider taking a look here in your capacity as administrator, and reverting if you agree? Thanks, -- Smerus ( talk) 21:20, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, excuse me for IP-based block evading on your talkpage but I've been left no other choice to reach my fellow editors. I found you, Acalamari, and Al Ameer son under "A" on the list of administrators. I checked further only to see if you had recently edited. I've asked others for help before, typing long personalized messages, but for the first time I'm going to tell each of you three pretty much the same thing, and point you to some diffs that you may judge the situation if you choose to.
I was blocked without warning or explanation close to two years ago. My blocker said I was a sockpuppet. I never did that, I abandoned a single prior account for privacy reasons. I felt the need to be honest and upfront about this in my very first edit, here: [6]. Ironically my blocker took this as ammunition to block me as a sockpuppet.
I tried the usual avenues of appeal but found the deck stacked against me at every turn. In my opinion, the administrators that monitor the block appeals notification page reject an extremely high percentage. None would listen to me, and most just say "sock," or "I don't believe you," or "you must never criticize your blocker." I tried Arbcom, who declined without explanation. WP:BASC, the Arbcom subgroup charged with considering block appeals, had a reject rate of literally 92 percent the last time it released its statistics.
I've tried other things but I've somehow amassed a bunch of administrative participants that follow me around everytime I try anything, saying "block him, block him, block him." It is like a gang of schoolyard bullies chasing the awkward new kid around the playground yelling at him. I can't shake them off, they won't go away and they sabotage any attempt I make to get unblocked.
Anyhow this runs on too long. You can read the latest thing I tried, an RFC/U, here: [7]. It's long but tells you the story. My fan club sabotaged it with a lot of negative commentary. Those people making the bad comments are largely not normal RFC/U participants, rather they followed me there from my talkpage they watchlisted, so they can criticize me more. I never sockpuppeted. If you want to know the worst thing I ever did, a lot of people seem to think it's this: [8]. The part where I call Nomoskedasticity a provocateur and so forth. I am not proud of that, it was a WP:CIV violation but the back-story there is that I had just a day before read Youreallycan plaintively ask Nomoskedasticity to leave him alone after two years of wikihounding. That's here: [9]. I was uncivil, but I viewed myself as confronting a bully. I was shocked at the behavior that occurs at WP:AN/ANI, but I wasn't really *saying* that Nomoskedasticity never contributed anything constructive, I was genuinely *asking* that. I slipped, okay, but a fair review of my editing history shows a constructive editor. I shouldn't be blocked forever for saying that to Nomoskedasticity.
To wrap this up: I need a defender who is an admin. Somebody willing to stick up for me, and say "lets follow policies in handling him." This is because I have so many attackers and suspicion-mongers that sabotage every community process I try to undertake. I don't like to ask for a defender, but without administrator buttons I'm at the mercy of any administrator, and there are several that have acted against me without any policy at all. I hope one or all three of you will help me. Thank you for even considering it. This is Colton Cosmic. 14:47, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
PS: I like the picture at the top of the aspen and fir grove. Everywhere I travel I am always looking at trees as I go. I planted some swamp white oak trees and some column juniper and various other ones. I am always thinking about those and how they might turn out, years from now. Colton. 14:55, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Antandrus/Archive38,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the
Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. (You say I've not been doing much besides checking my watchlist for a couple years now
- you're still here, ain't you?
)
Best regards, — Scott • talk 19:04, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Ten years! The wonderful world of Wikipedia ten years ago...when giants like Antandrus ruled! That was before the birth of MONGO even...it must have been a much more cordial and peaceful place back then! Congrats!-- MONGO 19:39, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
broad perspective
Thank you for placing a single composer in the context of
Renaissance music, a single mass in the context of
parody mass, and for watching a vast number of articles for accuracy, with a vision for the broader pespective, - you are an
awesome Wikipedian!
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:16, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Two years ago, you were the 110th recipient of my Pumpkin Sky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, - thank you for 10 years of broader perspective! After the Passion, I am busy with Cantiones sacrae, hit the Main page before I got where I wanted it ;) - I am going to thank the arbitrators for my 2-comment-restriction, helping not to waste time, - I don't understand though why they blessed only two people that way ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:21, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
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Mr. Antandrus,
Thanks for your note. I thought when piano expert David Dubal mentioned several times on his WQXR.org radio program "Reflections from the Keyboard" during his Rachmaninoff series that he was born on April 2nd that he knew what he was talking about. I did not know about the conversion giving one date, but Rachmaninoff himself used a different one. Why did he do that? Why did he not celebrate on April 1st?
Larry88kc ( talk) 06:27, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus. I was just nosily browsing your User:Antandrus/watch page (I got there by seeing what Antony Hopkins links to), and noticed Andrej Eschpaj. I think you'll find this is blue linked under Andrei Eshpai. And Boris Tischtschenko is surely Boris Tishchenko. Two down, 4 zillion to go. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:55, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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Just a spontaneous stupid question. Would it make sense to have an article Scale run? Is there anything interesting to say about scale runs in the first place? They're not trivial to perform on piano or guitar at least, and apparently neither on violin ... and "I have to practice my scales" is something I hear from musicians all the time, so it seems to me that the topic is not obviously unencyclopedic or un-fruitful (fruitless?). Would love to hear your thoughts. -- Florian Blaschke ( talk) 01:24, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
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#58 of your Observations list is not only brilliant, but eloquently put. I'm glad that I discovered your pages. Disclaimer: Given your musical inclination, I hope you're not offended by this WikiLove coming from a "banjo player". Alas, someone has to keep the instrument and genre alive... :) Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (Talk) 13:10, 27 July 2014 (UTC) |
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Hello Antandrus, I am looking for an adminstrator who is neutral and/or who knows something about the arts, specifically philosophy and even more specifically, philosophy of the left. Are you, or do you know any adminstrators/editors such as this who could look at a Afd page. The article is on the subject of 'Gary Tedman', I believe the discussion on this Afd page has been biased from the beginning. I am quite new to Wikipedia and am wondering if the lack of sympathy of the participants could or should be counteracted by those with an alternative or more knowledgable view of the subject (they almost all seem to say the same things over and over and do not engage in any serious debate about the subject). Thank you Aestheticinfo 20:39, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
Under the section Possible musical themes the current article mentions my melodic solution 'A Might Fortress' without providing an accurate attribution or relevant link to my free eBook Elgar's Enigmas Exposed in which that solution is fully presented. The conductor and composer Adina Spire did not originate that melodic solution, but merely endorsed it publicly in a performance with the Bezdin Ensemble. The article also advances the patently absurd assertion that Elgar allegedly disapproved of hymn tunes. The facts plainly prove otherwise, for his personal library contained multiple hymnals as well as a copy of John Brownlie's Hymns of the Early Church. Such a claim overlooks the influence of early hymn tunes on The Dream of Gerontius, not to mention Elgar's own contributions to Protestant and Catholic hymnals and other forms of sacred music. No informed Elgar scholar would ever contend Elgar despised hymns when some of his favorite composers (Bach, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, and Wagner) quote hymns in their music, specifically Ein feste Burg. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertPadgett ( talk • contribs)
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Your calm wisdom in admin matters is always appreciated. MONGO 16:08, 4 September 2014 (UTC) |
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Hola - Been recently having a go at updating various articles on musical instruments, and then I read this article. While admiring the obvious effort that must have gone into it, the time spent and all... I.. am lost for words. (a bit of a problem for a newbie editor.} Willing to assist in any democratic, courteous and, how to put it - don't want to offend here... effort that actually seems informed by knowledge of the subject. Was confused/exasperated enough by the text to mess up with my own typos.. User:Pupsikon Pupsikon 06:54, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Antandrus, I was wondering if you think that Special:Contributions/94.124.138.40 is worthy of a block? Lots of edits from the IP over the past year, all disruptive and some difficult to detect. Thanks! -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 07:45, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Upcoming SoCal edit-a-thons: UC Riverside (10/21, 10am-3pm) and Unforgetting L.A. (10/25, 9am-5pm) | |
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Dear fellow Wikipedian, The Southern California Wikipedia community has two more events scheduled for the month of October: a water-related edit-a-thon at UC Riverside, and an Unforgetting L.A. event at the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar in conjunction with L.A. as Subject! As part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries and to celebrate Open Access Week, UC Riverside is participating alongside other Western Waters Digital Library members in an edit-a-thon focusing on water issues. Join students and faculty learning how to edit! This event will take place on Tuesday, October 21 from 10am to 3pm at UCR's Orbach Science Library ( map). RSVPs are requested here. The Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon and training workshop will take place at the 9th annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, and is hosted by online magazine East of Borneo in partnership with L.A. as Subject. Join us on Saturday, October 25 from 9am to 5pm at the USC Doheny Memorial Library ( map). Beginners welcome! Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 ( talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:06, 17 October 2014 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list. |
Hi mate, you blocked ((User:Pgarret)) for sock-puppetry but I couldn't find a corresponding SPI. He's been a thorn-in-the-side for a number of editors and topic areas and if his problematic edits extend to other articles, I'd be keen to review them with a viewing to doing some cleaning up. Cheers, St★lwart 111 22:17, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Wik-Ed Women editing session (11/11, 6-10pm), and join our new Facebook group! | |
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Dear fellow Wikipedian, The LA Wikipedia community has a new Facebook group! Become a member to keep up to date with all of our upcoming events and to connect with local Wikipedians! In addition, we have one upcoming event: the third Wik-Ed Women editing session will take place on Tuesday, November 11 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 ( talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 19:20, 4 November 2014 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list. |
Wik-Ed Women editing session CANCELED | |
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Due to health issues affecting one of the organizers, the third Wik-Ed Women editing session (originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 11) has been canceled. We expect the series to pick up again sometime in December. Sorry for the inconvenience, and hope to see you in the near future! Calliopejen1 ( talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 03:08, 7 November 2014 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list. |
I noticed the message you recently left to a newcomer. Please remember not to bite the newcomers. If you see someone make a common mistake, try to politely point out what they did wrong and how to correct it. Possible compromised account? this edit, this edit, this edit. Block saying "You're banned - get lost"? DSCrowned( talk) 01:38, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding your account security. Thank you. DSCrowned( talk) 08:07, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
L.A. meetup: December 14 edit-a-thon at the California African American Museum | |
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Dear fellow Wikipedian, East of Borneo's "Unforgetting L.A." edit-a-thon series continues this weekend at the California African American Museum! Please join us this Sunday, December 14 from 11am to 4pm. Beginners welcome! You'll learn to create new articles that improve Wikipedia's coverage of African American art in Los Angeles, past and present. Please click here for full event details and to RSVP if you plan to attend. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 ( talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:25, 10 December 2014 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list. |
Hello fellow comrade. I would like to request that you delete LEDB as it is a senseless redirect to List of Dragon Ball characters. I want to point out to you that it is not even an acronym, definitely not one for the latter link. I must say that I was the IP user who originally tagged it, with the intention of bringing it to the attention of dear sysops such as yourself. No action was taken as of yet. As for the range blocks you performed on 175... and 208... I feel it is my duty to make you aware that the puppetmaster Wiki-star ( talk · contribs · logs)/ Dragonron ( talk · contribs · logs)/ Taracka ( talk · contribs · logs) is the one behind all the anon vandalism (you're going to have to trust me, I have been closely following the sock cases with diligence. This has been going on for more than a decade, and I must convey that I am nauseated by this persons' continuous actions. Currently on English Wikiquote, this moron poses a problem, constantly creating socks to either blindly revert any and all contributions, or just blatantly vandalize. I can give you an entire history lesson of this menace if you so desire, along with a slew of his other puppet names. If only further action can be taken against him. Think perhaps a community WP:BAN can be put into place. I don't know. What I do find is that LEDB was created by another abuser, Power level (Dragon Ball) ( talk · contribs · logs), whom I find suspect as well. Look further into this, but delete the aforementioned redirect first. Thanks for your time. You have my blessings, and I have your respect. Farewell. Zarbon 12:43, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
answer the question please — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoaringFlamer41 ( talk • contribs) 18:53, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
for you help with Ararat arev socks. Got back yesterday after 3 days away and found my PC with 3 fouled fans! By the time I'd managed to get them replaced (new power supply and sound card required) I had to go out for a fantastic meal, so no time to deal with them until just now when I set my PC back up. Dougweller ( talk) 06:35, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Wishing you a "Feliz Navidad and a Prospero Año Nuevo" (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year) Tony the Marine ( talk)
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