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[edit] Ace in the Hole (1951 film)

Hello,

You deleted the link I placed in the Ace in the Hole film page and wrote it was a "vanity link." Maybe this is common practice, but I felt your action was unfair. I placed the link there for people looking for more information and analysis on the film. I had noticed that the page for the film Scarlet Street had a link and enjoyed reading it so I figured others might have the same reaction to my own link to Ace in the Hole. It was not intended for "vanity" at all. I'm very proud of the link and felt it worthy of being placed for others to learn more about the film. Is that not what an external link should achieve?

Hello, User:Clydefro.
It is indeed "common practice" on Wikipedia to remove links to a site that are added by the person who created or runs the site, or somehow has a vested interest in that site. The reasoning behind this is that a Web author is not the best judge of the "notability" of his or her site. If a site is truly notable then someone other than the site's author will think so and link to it. For example, even though I think that my site on TV criticism (www.tvcrit.com) has notable information to add to numerous TV articles, I recognize that I have a vested interested in tvcrit.com and thus I do not link to it.
Wikipedia used to refer to an author linking to his/her own sites as "vanity" linking or "spam" linking--much as a "vanity press" publishes works written by the owner of the press. I went over to check on this Wikipedia policy just now and see that they've renamed it "conflict of interest". The principle remains the same, however.
I see you undid or "reverted" my deletion of your links. I don't believe in engaging in "revert wars" and won't delete it again, but you should know that some Wikipedia editors are very pugnacious about deleting conflict-of-interest links (I'll stop calling them "vanity links" now!). If you continue linking to your own site, you'll find the links will often be deleted.
And in a final bit of Wikipedia etiquette, you are encouraged to sign comments by placing --~~~~ at the end of them. It'll result in something like, --Jeremy Butler 13:34, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Office (US)

Hi Jeremy,
I was wondering if you could give me a reply over on The Office (US) talk page regarding external linking. I've been scratching my head over this for a few different articles and the Wikipedia style guide doesn't specifically help me. Any suggestions are appreciated :) Mrtea (talk) 03:30, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Template:television-screenshot

I was just checking out your template... it looks like a good idea, but I realized it's nothing official yet. Maybe you could start a discussion on the copyright tags page about it to see what the concensus is. If it goes over well, we could get it listed as an option for Licensing when uploading images. Mrtea (talk) 20:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing me to copyright tags. I found there is already a template for TV: {{tv-screenshot}}! I didn't find it previously because I had searched for TV (capitalized!) and "television". In any event, we should use {{tv-screenshot}}, fer shure! --Jeremy Butler 20:19, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] A long-delayed answer

Wikipedia_talk:Disambiguation_and_abbreviations#Where_does_one_find_Wiki_abbreviations.3F Cheers! Chris the speller 17:22, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Film/television stills

After thinking about this a bit, I think that you're right. I'll undo my changes to the tv/film screenshot templates shortly. Cheers, JYolkowski // talk 03:25, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Videography

I've made reverts and left a message on User talk:Bob Kiger. Apparently he never got the welcome mat! --AlexWCovington (talk) 05:05, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kwapis Formatting

Personally the image cutting into the first section doesn't bother me. I prefer that to the large amount of blank space. I haven't come across any guideline regarding this particular situation. If you think the other way is better then go ahead and change it, it's not a big deal to me. Qutezuce 20:05, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wilmette History

I don't remember what my sources were. If there are errors, feel free to correct them. I'm not going to contest it since I'm no Wilmette expert. --flyhighplato 20:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfD vote

Hi, Since you are an experienced editor who has edited articles about acting in the past, I'm asking if you could take a look at this AfD regarding Jason Bennett. This article was posted by an editor who claims that he is one of the great acting teachers, but to me it sounds like an advertisement. SInce I am not an actor I am only able to judge based on the claims the article makes, since I cannot find ANY third-party sources regarding his notability, only listings in commercial directories of acting schoools. If you have the time, your vote and comment would be appreciated. Thank you, Marcuse 16:01, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alabama Public Radio and user namespace

I see you deleted the link to a user namespace in Alabama Public Radio. I haven't seen this before. Is there a Wikipedia policy against linking to user namespaces? What might be the rationale behind that? Thanks any further clarification. --Jeremy Butler 15:38, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't know of a settled policy in this area, but WP:SELF covers very similar ground: article pages shouldn't contain links that are specific to the fact that the article is part of Wikipedia. That you are a Wikipedia user may be significant while that article is in Wikipedia, but is irrelevant if the article is copied to another site, printed out, or what-have-you. Of course, if you're sufficiently notable, there should be a page at Jeremy Butler about you. --bjh21 16:42, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pre-Code

Again, who the hell do you think you are to gut sourced and cited edits to pre-Code movies as "too long"?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.19.67.28 (talk • contribs).

  • Hi again, Robert! - Ali-oops✍ 06:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cinematography

Jeremy - wow, thank you so much for the cleanup on the Cinematography article. I had been sweating over that in several phases yesterday and your clean up is extremely helpful. You're right - still much more work to be done. Also still struggling with what information belongs in Cinematography as opposed to Cinematographer. Thanks for your contributions. Another couple passes and we'll get this thing into much better shape. LACameraman 17:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Jeremy - I saw that you just recently reorganized the Cinematography article. No real issues with the new flow, but I also saw that you cut the passage on digital imaging - you feel this is something more suited for the Cinematographer article? I've been debating that myself. LACameraman 21:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Filmmaking

Hey, I decided to finally get together and try to start a WikiProject for Filmmaking. Currently the temporary page is User:Girolamo Savonarola/wikiproject until I have a few more editors - enough to justify making it into a proper Project. Anyhow, just wanted to invite you to participate, and of course offer any comments you may have on the project. Thanks! (PS - don't forget to sign here as well.) Girolamo Savonarola 20:41, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Woody Mellor" AKA Joe Strummer

This is pretty common knowledge to many Clash/Strummer fans. He's acknowledged as "Woody" on the back of the 101'ers Album "Elgin Avenue Breakdown," the 101'ers of course being Joe's pre-Clash band. Jlee562 05:24, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I see. Interesting! --Jeremy Butler 11:59, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tuscaloosa

Hey Jeremy, Thank you for admiting my site www.JobsTuscaloosa.com to the list of external links on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscaloosa%2C_Alabama page. I can understand why you removed the link to www.SchoolsInTuscaloosa.com. It is a nearly empty message board. I've had a lot of difficulty getting any kind of traffic flowing to the site therefore there are very few discussions on it. The jobs site has begun to pick up a little momentum though. As far as I know, it is the only place where one can post Tuscaloosa jobs for free. Dan Sullivan - Tuscaloosa, Alabama 09:36, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sound film/aesthetics

Hi, Jeremy. I'll take it point by point:

(1) As it stands, the article doesn't claim that L'Âge d'or experiments singificantly with sound, but simply that it is the first instance of the medium of sound cinema judged to be of great aesthetic import, in whatever way--in this case, as one of the signal examples of the surrealist movement. I don't believe there's anything controversial in how it's currently represented.

(2) Le Million does have a place in the discussion as an important early commercial sound film that indeed experiments aesthetically with audio. Would you like to take a stab at it? Or I can...

(3) I'm not clear how you would go about contrasting the "masterpieces" of the late silent cinema with "more pedestrian works of the early sound era" in a way that would be less subjective than what's there now...which compares apples to apples: during the span 1927-1931, there were many more works of art widely regarded as great in the realm of silent cinema than in sound cinema. Before M, the best of the silents were much better than the best of the sound films. That's pretty straightforward and again, I think, not controversial. Comparing the best of the silents to the mediocrities of sound (a) doesn't seem fair and (b) elides the fact that most silent films--like most sound films of any age--were also mediocre...as we would expect in any creative industry. But maybe you've got a different angle on this. I look forward to hearing about it.

Best, Dan—DCGeist 22:38, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:GilmoreGirls.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:GilmoreGirls.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the file also doesn't have a copyright tag, then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Abu Badali 13:19, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] attempting to edit template infobox television

Hi . I appreciate your work in adding more categories to the template. Television and television industry staff have had a significant impact on American culture. I am having a doozy of a time entering theme music composer to the television infobox. I tried to add it on the syntax section of template:infobox television and my edit did not result in the addition of theme music composer. Any tips? Thanks. Dogru144 14:14, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

From looking at that template, I see that someone else helped you out. Regards, --Jeremy Butler 12:13, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Documentary film

Why did you insert words like "poop" on the page? That doesn't seem like you. --Scottandrewhutchins 19:44, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Woops. I reverted some edits back to the wrong version. --Jeremy Butler 16:38, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bringing Up Baby

Hi, your vast experience may be able to help save Image:Bringing up baby.jpg. A look at its edit history will show you that your claim that it is not a screenshot gave rise to its current status on the deletion list. Maybe you can help, for example by providing the necessary "source information", something I am unable to do.

As deadlines seem to become shorter with every new year (only 48 hours now), something would have to be done about it right now.

Thanks in advance, and all the best, <KF> 18:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

And thanks for the explanation! <KF> 15:07, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lowell George

I vaguely remembered something about him being on F Troop, so I searched "Lowell George F Troop" on google.com. The first hit is a you tube clip of his appearance in the show if you want to check it out! (John User:Jwy talk) 15:49, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup tags

Just thought I'd let you know, "cleanup-date" is now simply "cleanup". Rgds, Rich Farmbrough, 09:03 6 February 2007 (GMT).

[edit] League of Copyeditors

Hi there! I came across your edits and noticed that you do a fair amount of copy-editing. I'm a member of the League of Copyeditors, a project dedicated to managing the sizable backlog of articles needing a copy-edit. We're always looking for new members, and you'd make a great addition to the project! We've started a participation drive for the remainder of February. If you're interested, you can help clear the backlog by adopting the following goals each week:

Thanks, and happy editing! BuddingJournalist 08:06, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of single-camera sitcoms

I see you created the article List of single-camera sitcoms with an entry for Rude Awakenings. This is the title of a new comedy/drama series which has just started in New Zealand, and unless you had some inside knowledge that it was in production, I assume you meant a different program of the same name, or perhaps Rude Awakening (TV series). Can you fix or disambiguate it, since I'm not sure what the correct action is. Thanks.-gadfium 00:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ellis Paul FAC

Hi Jeremy. Was searching around trying to find other persons interested in folk music and was pleased to find you (since I've run across your name before - we may have even communicated via e-mail in the past). I'm relatively new to Wikipedia - got involved to enhance the Ellis Paul article. Had NO idea what I was getting myself into.  :-) Received the GA rating on 1-25-07 and nominated the article for FA on 2-8-07. So far so good. Please take a look and, if you're willing and able, offer your support. Thanks! (If the Ellis Paul article goes all the way...or I should say *when* it goes all the way) I may start to work on some others.....since folk musicians are sadly so under-represented.) Kmzundel 01:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guthrie Anecdote (Philadelphia Lawyer)

The source for the Guthrie anecdote is liner notes for the 4 Cd set of the Moses Asch recordings. Since I do not own the set I did not put down the exact source. If looked up the source would it be valid? Do I need have a page number and an exact quote? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thomasgwilson (talk • contribs) 14:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC).

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