Please watch User:DJ Sturm. His contributions are nothing but nationalistic and against npov. Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:51, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello Rod:
You marked my file "speedy deletion" I think. The file is:
Rvancoppacmotor12910.tif
I am the Manager of the company for this product and have legal rights to this picture in full as a representative of the company.
That said I am new at this and I fear that I am not doing something correct. I am so sorry for the problem I have caused and hope that you could possibly guide and help me a little with the issue
Thank you in advance.
Ruedi Van Coppenolle
Demag Cranes & Components Corp. Cleveland Ohio, 44129 <!- redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvancopp (talk • contribs) 13:37, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
I dont understand why you deleted black and white fine foods — Preceding unsigned comment added by James403 (talk • contribs) 00:33, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
You surprise me. I thought the article asserted importance very clearly. Of course, it didn't do so credibly (there was no sourcing), and arguably the importance was inadequate for Wikipedia, which of course has other priorities. Still, the claimed importance was sufficient for DGG to remove a PROD warning rather earlier. -- Hoary (talk) 01:11, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
That's OK. And enough of the mealy-mouthing on this: I think that you and I can both agree that it's a crappy article! -- Hoary (talk) 02:12, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I answered last night, but don't know whether you get notified about answers to that talk page, and I nearly lost it, so thought I'd copy the thread onto here:
Hi, the addition I made read "Duncan Hames recently voted in favour of increasing student tuition fees, breaking a Lib Dem manifesto pledge, and angering many.[1]" Could you please be more specific about any additional citations you feel this needs?86.174.130.197 (talk) 19:11, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
The source you cited did not mention either the manifesto pledge or "angering many", which I think would probably be incapable of proof. Meanwhile, I've reverted all your edits. In addition, "recently" is insufficiently precise for an encyclopedia as it dates too quickly and any case, your edits, targeting only LibDem MPS, would appear to demonstrate a lack of the neutrality essential here. Please review our major policies before making similar edits. Thanks. Rodhullandemu 19:15, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your advice, you make some good points. The manifesto pledge is easily cited using this [2], and I agree this needs to be included. I agree "recently" is imprecise, and I could instead state the date on which the vote took place, as backed up by the original reference. The 'angering many' is hard to refute given the huge public response and displays of anger. But I agree it is difficult to find specific references for this, and that simple news reports on the protests and petitions would not really be specific enough to the MP concerned. Therefore, I will accept this bit be removed, and only the voting record given until specific sources for this can be found. I am not trying to be partisan in any way, but merely following the recent events of yesterday's vote. My plan was to include this useful information not just in pages of the LibDems who voted for tuition fee rises, but in the pages of all the relevant and involved MPs. I was working my way down the list provided in the original citation. This includes 28 LibDems who voted for the tuition fee changes (which is what you saw me changing) but I was then going to do a similar short sentence for the 21 who voted against, and then also for the 6 Conservative MPs who rebelled and voted against. This is not representing my own views at all, but these are the only MPs whose votes were of interest (either by going against the original manifesto, or going against the majority of their party). Please let me know your thoughts, so we can resolve this.81.151.200.14 (talk) 12:38, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
The BBC (and the guardian, but it's just an identical list) is the only decent citation I have managed to find which lists the ways each relevant MP voted and comes from an impartial source (sites like LibDemvoice do the same, but add nothing to the BBC list, and do not include the conservative rebels.) ie, there is no site I can find which both lists the MPs votes and restates the pledge. However, I must say, having read the page on synthesis, I disagree that my sentence, with the two seperate citations, amounts to synthesis at all. In fact it parallels exactly the one example given which is deemed OK. I do not form a conclusion C from the two seperately cited statements, therefore there is no synthesis. eg. "MP x voted against the government's proposals (*cite BBC). This was in keeping with the LibDem pledge made in the 2010 manifesto (*cite manifesto)." There is no conclusion to be drawn from this whatsoever, in fact there is little more that could possibly be said (if you disagree, please let me know what conclusion you think these statements in combination are implying).
The undue weight consideration is one which is difficult to argue on both sides on little other than personal opinion, and I am grateful you are not pushing into that argument, which is bound to end eventually in a moot point. Just to put forward why I thought this particular vote was of importance enough to devote a short sentence to it:- it has been the first major vote to split the coalition (and in particular the LibDems) to such a strong degree, and to cause such uncertainty about the ways each individual MP would vote (with each LibDem being forced either to rebel against the government, or go against their manifesto pledge: both very noteworthy actions). Cheers86.145.170.169 (talk) 13:30, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi again, any responses to my answer? I wouldn't want to annoy people by going ahead and adding the sentence back in while it was still under discussion, but would like to get a decision... cheers109.152.88.14 (talk) 20:35, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
I was just wondering why you keep on removing my contributions to 'Birkenhead' 'Notable people'? (Jamessmithe (talk) 15:44, 11 December 2010 (UTC))
I'm assuming you haven't semi-protected your page yet because you want to be open to all inquiries etc., but I doubt anyone would have an issue given the crap being posted lately. --Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 00:44, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Rod
DZOK appears to be a joke - but has a long standing history of removals and reinstatements of the same "humorous" material. I'm not even sure if the radio station exists - the link to the Official Website gives a 404 error.
Do I just trim it again? or should it be considered for Speedy/Prod/AFD?
Arjayay (talk) 14:50, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Rod: In this edit you recommended taking a user page to WP:PROD or WP:AFD. Neither of those applies to user pages; they should be taken to WP:MFD instead. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:32, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rod, I recently noticed that you deleted Category:Portal:Kingdom of France. That's fine, my mistake. Here's my problem, I created the Portal:New Spain. However, when I tried to create the portal tab to place with an article related to the New Spain portal, the New Spain flag does not appear. I don't know what I have done wrong. I just can't figure it out. Have a look and you will see it does not appear, Category:New Spain portal. Yet I did create it with Template:New Spain, and with Template:Portal/Images/New Spain. Please help me, I cannot figure this one out. I will be very appreciative if you can solve this one for me! Thank you!--Chnou (talk) 23:03, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Regarding [1], does this sort of comment and behavior seem appropriate for positive collaboration and constructive discussion at ANI? -- Cirt (talk) 00:23, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Okay. -- Cirt (talk) 03:40, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry that I perceived errors in the ways that he handles himself on WP:ANI, but I honestly cannot see any sort of change in his behavior from two years ago. It seems the majority of people don't agree with me, but William S. Saturn calling me incompetent because of what I have observed over the past two years was a bit much. I'm not retaliating over his comments concerning my block, but they're certainly a factor as to why I felt the need to raise the issue, as it was done twice in the past.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:27, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
You are absolutely right, you don't have the authority to decline a speedy delete prior to discussion when it clearly meets the SD criteria. You are abusing your privilege. Twospoonfuls (ειπέ)
The page titled "Christopher T. York" was deleted a few minutes ago, however, all the information is valid (the sources are below) and it should be accounted for that a member of the American World Mountain Running team should be considered notable, especially to those interested in the world distance running scene.
http://www.usmrt.com/article-on-junior-team-member-chris-york http://www.usmrt.com/u-s-mountain-running-team-wins-silver-at-world-championships
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Tarahumara13 (talk) 03:34, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you, will do! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarahumara13 (talk • contribs) 03:39, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Certain pictures don't show up in the Human penis and Erection articles despite being in the edit box. Can you fix that? Thanks. LittleJerry (talk) 15:30, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I saw you're the admin who deleted the Brighton High School Students article by User talk:Tennisking5000. That article was created with the same vandalism/attack content of the same name by a different user User talk:AaronAppelle. Also it looks like both accounts are continuing to vandalize articles. Thanks Bhockey10 (talk) 22:38, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
The article University of Birmingham Debating Society is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of Birmingham Debating Society until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. andy (talk) 00:29, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Need to know a little more specifically how my Bill Barbini article was infringing. Classical musician bio's are often available in nearly identical form in many places around the Internet (via publicists, etc.). Here's the original article which the BOT tagged as infringing.
QUOTE Following his graduation from the Juilliard School, William Barbini became a member of the New York Philharmonic. While in New York, he performed frequently in chamber music ensembles. He was first violinist with the Gramercy String Quartet, the resident ensemble at Lehman College, Fordham University in the Bronx. The Quartet played a series of pre concert performances at Avery Fisher Hall and appeared jointly with Pierre Boulez and the New York Philharmonic. Other chamber music credits include performances with the Balihry Piano Trio, the Philharmonia String Quartet, and violin duos with Kineko Okumura. He has performed solo recitals and concertos with orchestras in this country and Europe. Some of these ensembles include: the New York Philharmonic, Tonkünstler Orchestre, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Lancaster Symphony, Niagara Falls Philharmonic, Sacramento Symphony and the Sacramento Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Barbini came to Sacramento in 1983 to serve as concertmaster of the Sacramento Symphony. A year later he joined the faculty of California State University at Sacramento as a member of the Music Department. He is currently the Music Director of the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento and serves as Concertmaster for the Classical Philharmonic, the Pro Art Symphony, Chico Symphony and the Monterey Symphony. Recently Mr. Barbini was invited to join the faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory. UNQUOTE
And here is the biographical portion of my article, which you deleted as a copyright infringement.
QUOTE After graduating from Juilliard (1970), Mr. Barbini joined the string section of the New York Philharmonic. During his tenure with the NY Phil, he frequently performed in chamber music ensembles, including principle violinist of the Gramercy String Quartet. Mr. Barbini appeared frequently with Pierre Boulez and the New York Philharmonic and served as concertmaster for the Joffrey Ballet. Mr. Barbini has performed numerous recitals and concerti with orchestras in Europe and USA. In 1983, Mr. Barbini was appointed concertmaster of the Sacramento Symphony, and in 1984 joined the Sacramento State Music Department. Mr. Barbini also serves on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, as the Music Director of the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento, and as Concertmaster of the Ariel Ensemble. UNQUOTE
I think we can both agree that facts are not subject to copyright. And there are only so many ways one can list a temporal sequence of biographical highlights in a person's life. So, please, tell me how you think this article should be written to avoid "copyright infringement." Thanks. Driz7 (talk) 00:42, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Can you explain why the Boneyard Press Wiki entry's site was deleted? It is a completely legitimate Wiki entry that was sanctioned by the company's creator, Hart D. Fisher. The company is a publishing house that produced many influential works over a span of several years and there is no reason why the article would've been inappropriate for Wikipedia. I work for Hart and we are trying to figure out why the page was taken down. Please contact me and let me know what we need to alter to get the page back up and operational. Thanks. Sopseudogoth (talk) 01:45, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Kind Sir, whack me with a Minnow if I mistake another User page for an article (be gentle). This lousy t-shirt (talk) 00:54, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Rod, the person may exist, but the claim that he played in the NFL is a hoax. Eagles 24/7 (C) 00:57, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm in the middle of a dispute with a brick wall and I don't know how to proceed. Selma Simpson has been editing articles using IMDB as a source for all types of personal biographical personal information (vital stats, religion, relationships) despite being requested ad nauseum by multiple editors not to do so in edit summaries and on her talk page. She created the article Joan Perry based solely on information culled from IMDB - when I stubbed it down to the basics she restored all of the info and sourced it to NNDB.com (also not a RS), all the while insisting the IMDB is a "very reputable database". Bottom line, she absolutely refuses to read WP:RS and WP:V and continues to edit without regard to policy. She has chosen not to listen to any of the advice myself and others have provided and just keeps editing away and reverting with vague edit summaries. Is this ANI worthy? Note that I have a niggling suspicion that this may be a return of a banned user as I've had this exact conversation before with another editor, but will follow that aspect up with an SPI if necessary. --Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 19:23, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
I respect your authorata, and I'm only trying to improve Wikipedia I know for a fact that Butters Stotch is a main character, on the official south park wikipedia they say he is the fifth character, I'm so super seriously, you guy. I even gave a reference on the SP website, he is listed 5th and they do names in alphabetical order except for main characters(they are put in role order) Sometimes he is seen with them instead of Kenny (Britany's New Look South Park, sometimes he's seen with all 5 (Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants) (Imagination Land Trilogy) (Chinpokomon), and sometimes Just with Cartman or by himself. (countless episodes) his role was considered to Prominent to be recurring Please Change it back. I also provided a reference which was removed immediately. (Dont say another word (talk) 00:57, 16 December 2010 (UTC))
Rod, from what I gather reading the links, everything points back to a single vendor. That vendor even trademarked Virtual Master Data Manager(tm). This is an area that I work in and believe that this article is self serving and promotes Quiplix products. Searches for VMDM do not return any hits other than those associated with this firm. It is merely their approach to Master Data Management. That was the basis for my claim that the article was a COI. Where is my reasoning flawed? Regards, TScabbard (talk) 02:13, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
When the term of copyright protection has expired, the work falls into the public domain. This means that the work has effectively become public property and may be used freely. Perhaps you could explain your rationale for the deletion of two graphics – one of which is a photograph taken over a hundred years ago, the other a much publicised and distributed image, from the article Thomas Ryder and Son.Weiterbewegung (talk) 16:36, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
It certainly helps me to comprehend the mentality of this place. Jobsworth or what?.Weiterbewegung (talk) 15:33, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Rodhullandemu, You recently deleted a talk page that I created to get 2 questions answered that I needed for editing a wikipage. Why was the page deleted?
22:15, 16 December 2010 Rodhullandemu (talk | contribs) deleted "Talk:Natural Philosophy Alliance" (G8: Talk page of a deleted or non-existent page) D c weber (talk) 16:59, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi.
My request is about the abrupt deletion of the new article about Artur Balder. There are enough and consistent references to keep it in the wikipedia. The references were below.
Id like to discuss this question, because I think the article should remain where it was.
Thanks
L. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lolox76 (talk • contribs) 19:25, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
You have removed a page about Iain Maclean - did you read it first?
Please explain exactly why you did this as the article is about someone who fulfills the requirement for a notable person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ifmaclean (talk • contribs) 22:29, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Rod,
You have deleted The PC Social Article. Please let me know what I should include to prevent this from being deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris.vargas52983 (talk • contribs) 22:40, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
No problem. very much understood. Can you reinstate the Article just so that I can see it and I can work on changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris.vargas52983 (talk • contribs) 23:42, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Which Sections need to be sourced for the article to be accepted? --Chris.vargas52983 (talk) 15:54, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Then I suggest you read the article again - there were links to at least three publications which discussed achievements by Iain Maclean. And as an example, if you put Iain Maclean, Ilog and Nissan into a google search box you should receive many hits. I am very annoyed that the page was deleted within 5 minutes of it being published without any attempt by you to ask questions first, and I cannot believe this is wikipedia's normal policy. Please re-instate the article immediately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ifmaclean (talk • contribs) 22:50, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
The user page was my first attempt at writing the biography as I did not understand your structure, it is a partial copy of the page you have deleted.
I think your beef is down to you thinking that I am the Iain Maclean in question, but I am his son, and I think what he has achieved has been remarkable - he has three world firsts in software development to his credit. I do not believe what I have written about him to be promotional, and if what is bothering you is the link to his current 'project' then I will happily remove it.
I have read a lot of biographies in wikipedia, and I do not regard what I have written so far to be terribly different, it just needs to be added to.
Thank you for restoring the page, however I am still concerned that such drastic action is available to a single individual, it is reminiscent of a failed communist state. Who can I refer my concern to within the organisation? Please understand that my complaint is not personal, it is about the infrastructure and process. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ifmaclean (talk • contribs) 09:10, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
I received notice that you had tagged the article Jeffrey Allen McHone for deletion - based upon it being advertising.
While the article does "sound" in the field of advertising this is because the biography is about a highly notable person in the history of advertising - specifically infomercials.
The article is not self promoting - nor suggestive of promoting any products - but as with anyone in advertising - their biography is going to show achievements in promotions - hence the need to show audience response and acclaim.
The article is also important because in gives insight and understanding into infomercial advertising - explaining and showing in real life context the terminology and workings of the media of infomercials.
Wiki contains very little information of this real life and technical nature of infomercials.
When Jeffrey McHone did his first infomercial – there was not even the term infomercial. It was a half hour program. Other than his advertising budgets – the entire industry maybe spent about $250,000. With McHone’s success and his weekly half million budgets – the stations sought after this business and others followed. Soon the half hour commercial – then named infomercial – became a 4 Billion dollar business – and one of if not the most important sources for cash flow revenue to television. What Facebook and Twitter are to social media Infomericals are to advertising.
Surely the person who was an industry pioneer and one of the most successful infomercial producers and stars is worthy of note for Wiki.
He is also highly respected member of the Tampa Florida community - as attested to by the information about his 60th Birthday.
If your concern is not with the topic or the person - but have some suggestions as to how to improve the article - please send me your input for my consideration.
Otherwise I would ask you to reconsider your position on this article and un tag for deletion
Thanks Mark mediawiz7 Mediawiz7 (talk) 17:14, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
File:Dobson and Barlow Factory TM84.png
Must be candidates for deletion!
And what about all the graphics on L. Gardner and Sons — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weiterbewegung (talk • contribs) 22:13, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Weiterbewegung (talk) 22:07, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I have edits the Ed Miliband page and you have Reverted them. I wanted to improve the article to include his Politics Views and separate Religious Views from his Personal life section to enrich the article, make it more readable and more organized. but I guess I have failed. if you can do that yourself, it would be great or maybe you can help do it. thanks -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 04:45, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hello, (been a while since we last communicated) User talk:Hinatajr232 seems to be making unconstructive edits on a daily basis to both Honorific nicknames in popular music and Britney Spears. I no longer work on Spears' article but I gave some leeway on the Honorific article by adding more credible sources that fit with the article guidelines, but Hinatajr232 seems hellbent on adding any source they can find regardless. This also seems to be their only reason for editing wikipedia. User has been issued several warnings by various editors by fails to respond in any way. The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 01:32, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for taking care of that. I didn't care about the insults posted in the edit summaries, as it's funny stuff and reflects on the poster. But I think he took shots at other editors too, as well as Buddha, which maybe should be zapped also. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:59, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rod&c I have to say that "Arguably the same sort of thing." here is one of the wittiest things I have seen here in many a long year. It made my morning and I am still chortling into my coffee as I type. Cheers DBaK (talk) 08:19, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
hello,
could you block this user? He is vandalizing the this article and in the edit summary he write mostly in capitals. Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:39, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
I am 99.99% certain this article is a hoax. The fact that it has survived here for three months short of four years, does not do our credibility any good ! Anyhow, as this is the first case that I have come across in my five years here, I am not too sure what the procedure is for an article like this. Over to you. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 19:03, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
There's some question on a blacklisting that you did. Can you take a look at the discussion at WT:WPSPAM#fluoridealert.org - blacklisting problem? and add any comments you feel appropriate? The action wasn't logged, and we're not able to locate a blacklisting discussion, so hoping you can provide some information on the reasons for the blacklisting. --- Barek (talk) - 21:28, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
The article Dani Harmer discography is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dani Harmer discography until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:25, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello R. Last August you blocked [2] 96.54.202.194 for three months due to the fact that their only edits are to add incorrect information (mostly birth, death etc dates) to numerous biographies. The IP returned today [3] and hit ten more articles. Several of these did not get reverted for more than an hour until I stumbled on them. Now they haven't edited beyond my final warning but I am wondering if a preventive block might not be in order. Especially in light of the fact that there have been no constructive edits from the IP that I can find. If not no worries I'll try to keep an eye on things. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 22:18, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rodhullandemu
I had originally started the article of Brograve Baronets as a separate page, but some bright spark decided to combine it all together the way it is now and I didn't have the time to reinstate it. But feel free. As to the Firebrace thing, I will have a look at it, see if I can clarify anything. Merry Xmas to you too! Cheers Brograve (talk) 07:13, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Merry Christmas, I wish you well and good health in 2011 :) — R2 21:02, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Can you please help me with starting a webpage name EVE foundation. It is an NGO that i support and wish for the world to know about.
You can use these links to know more: http://evelightalife.org/www.evelightalife.org/Welcome.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uVPG7TEkmE&feature=player_embedded
Why did you revert my correction on Dr. Who? Stephen Spielberg made a comment, but was not the director. All I did was make a correction.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.35.77.26 (talk) 04:01, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Please see User:Rodhullandemu/Archive/33#Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser.2FCheckPage, same again. Hope you had a good Christmas. Cheers, - Kingpin13 (talk) 00:23, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Grrr! I hate it when I get edit conflicted by just about word for word the edit I was making myself ☺ Cheers, Tonywalton Talk 00:56, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rod, please read my last edit on this, and might you keep a look out! Thanks, your friend, --Discographer (talk) 19:52, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you very much for working with me in 2010 to make the encyclopedia a better place. Regardless of any disagreements we may have had, I want to wish you all the very best for 2011. I look forward to working with you, and I hope for health and happiness to you and your family in the year to come. I therefore send you this glass of the cratur, so you can celebrate, whether it is Hogmanay or New Year's Day where you are. Warmest regards, --John (talk) 04:58, 1 January 2011 (UTC) |
Wikipedia is also not a fan page, as you'll see here: Wikipedia:Fancruft. The sources I used about Oprah and Philip Crosby came from MSNBC and the San Francisco Gate. You asked why it was important to type these disputes about Oprah's claims and I'll answer. Oprah's own family disputed the claims and it needs to be typed in her article that they did so.75.72.35.253 (talk) 16:36, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, sorry about that last edit i understand a youtube link cant be used however User:Sarahrocha, who is new to editing wikipedia has reverted their sales to 30 million on more than one occasion with no proof that they have sold under 40 million records. What do you recommend that i do? baring in mind they have sold 40 million records and although the youtube cannot be used it clearly states this fact Kind Regards Yids2010 (talk) 01:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Eh...? :) Drmies (talk) 02:10, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
So you reversed my amendment! Where is your evidence for Tony Banks being 2nd engineer? JK —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.161.134 (talk) 10:45, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Is it possible that someone is using my IP or such? I do remember visiting the pages mentioned as being vandalized, however I can assure you that I did not vandalize them. If you could please tell me what the edits in question are, I might be able to figure out what is going on. Thanks ahead of time for your cooperation. 24.250.41.41 (talk) 20:00, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Actually.... I didn't even own this computer until.. eh.. September 2010-ish, before that it was in a box, brand new. 24.250.41.41 (talk) 20:10, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Rod, Happy New Year. I hope you are feeling easier about the editing community and the December storm has passed. Glad you're still with us. Thanks for all the fish. Span (talk) 21:56, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Empire of Brazil is now a Featured Article candidate. Your opinion (either as support or oppose) is welcome. Here is the page: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Empire of Brazil/archive1. Kind regards, --Lecen (talk) 18:36, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Recently replied to the Genre topic on Talk:Paramore. While the genre of an article is not all that important, I'm detecting some bias perhaps from User:F-22 Raptored (could be wrong) and submitted as much as I could to support the inclusion of Emo. Shouldn't be a big issue but given his reply to User:Gantiganti, this could become something more than it should be? (though that could be just me) Thought I would be safe and ask if you could watch the page just incase. Thanks HrZ (talk) 06:41, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
The links aren't broken. I intentionally use permalinks so that if You choose to review the comment You made via your contribution history link, i save You from having to sift through irrelevant archives that often break at arbitrary dates to find the exact section or subsection. Warmest Regards, :)—thecurran Speak your mind my past 09:25, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
I saw Bob Holness in concert with Gerry Rafferty. Ergo, not an urban myth. Petermacgee (talk) 02:17, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Fair enough. I've just run the words "Jerusalem anthem Parry" through Google and it is described alot as a hymn, although mostly on YouTube cuts and individual websites. However, I see that although Naxos call it an anthem, Times Online uses both words.
As a former professional musician, my impression was that it is an anthem rather than a hymn for the reason I gave on my edit summary. In that sense, I'd compare it to "I Was Glad", or "Rule Britannia!" - in that it does not perform an act of worship to God or even revere Him as for example "Eternal Father," "Lord of All Hopefulness," "Lead Kindly Light," or any other. Notwithstanding that, I'm well aware that it is included in hymnals and sung in church settings. However, it was written as an anthem, though people occasionally speak of it as a "national hymn." But there are drives to make it an "English national anthem."
The big sports song that IS a hymn, is of course "Abide With Me." Now there, the words enter into a direct relationship with God. (But just to play devil's - ha, ha! - advocate, so do the words of "God Save The Queen," which is never described as a hymn . . .)
But "Jerusalem" really speaks about God and his perception of his role. I would have thought a pre-requisite of a hymn is the HUMAN, not the divine, perspective.
Those are my reasons, as well as the musical structure, which is to me anthemic, with its taglines at beginning and end, and in its melody, which in its climactic rise at the end, ("till we have BUILT," etc) also seems more anthemic.
However, if you wish to call it a hymn, fine. I can't offer more discussion than this, as I'm not an expert on hymns or Blake, so just giving my subjective reasons backed up by a few decades of performing and teaching experience. Thanks for calling mine "good faith" edits, and apologies for messing with the Blake title. (ignorance)FClef (talk) 01:12, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Dear rodhull, re my last message and my expression "general acceptance," just a further thought or two. Firstly, the word hymn comes from the Gk hymnos, meaning "song of praise" - but let that go, as many hymns express worship in other ways. Perhaps Jerusalem may have been adopted by the Church as a hymn and subsequently claimed as such. But that is putting the cart before the horse. Or reasoning "after the fact." Or as the lawyers put it, post hoc, propter hoc. ("After this, because of this.")
Meanwhile, as you undoubtedly will have sung many of these as well, what about "The Long and Winding Road" (Paul McCartney), "Morning Has Broken" (Cat Stevens), and, especially "You Raise Me Up." These all started life as songs but have gained a sacramental sort of significance. Would you call them hymns? And how about "You'll Never Walk Alone," which started life in "Carousel," and has become a devotional exercise in itself? Personally I would class all of these "anthems" (one or two are "songs"), but that doesn't lessen their spiritual force. Generically, "Jerusalem" is not a hymn.
Could you perhaps permit some references to it as an anthem in the article rather than do a blanket Undo of my edit? I have been editing on Wikipedia for some time and it is a long time since I had an edit completely reversed. On what authority did you do that, or is it just your feeling? As you see, I didn't materially alter the content or organisation of the article. Perhaps there is scope for both viewpoints?
I didn't reverse the Undo because I don't get into edit wars, but then again I try not to nullify other people's contributions. It is only the second time that I have encountered such a quick anniliation of my work - and thought - within minutes of completing it.
I'd be interested to hear your views, but ultimately will walk away (flight not flight) as it is better to be kind than right. I Again, can you cite or reference your viewpoint - or give comparables?
You can reply here or to my talk page. By the way, I love York. Lucky you!FClef (talk) 12:18, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Greetings.
Regarding the general issue with this user at ANI I wanted to let you know that I've backtracked through some of the user's edits and am tidying up some unusual things like formatting, ELs, etc.. S/He does have a lot of seemingly constructive edits and I'm uncertain why they would have "un-Wikified" some of their own edits in such unusual ways. Ironically, I reverted some things that the user had reverted other editors for doing the same thing on other articles. For any concerns feel free to look at my edit history around this timestamp. Here's my summary.
Cheers! ♪ Tstorm(talk) 13:57, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I see you left a note before I had completed my assessment. I have now made some comments on the article in relation to the GA criteria so I hope it will be clearer to you why I feel it needs attention. I am not making a comment on the previous review nor what has been done since then (I haven't analysed the history for development, only to check on stability) - I am just making an observation on the article as it appears today. I read it as a general reader looking for some information on the album, and I felt it wasn't giving me the sort of detail I would expect of a Good Article. I think it could, if some work were done on it. That, for me, is the main aim of GA reviews - to improve articles. SilkTork *YES! 00:13, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm not clear what's going on here. Either you are reviewing it independently and dispassionately with respect to WP:GA criteria, or [you are editing it]. I regard those two roles are being somewhat inconsistent. Please help me out here. Rodhullandemu 00:56, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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