User talk:Just plain Bill

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Hi. Bill here. carry on...

I will answer you here, so please watch this page if you start a new heading.
If I start one on your talk page, I will watch there, to keep the discussion on one page.

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[edit] Welcome

Hello, Just plain Bill, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! — Kbh3rdtalk 20:02, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

thanks! Just plain Bill 21:00, 22 December 2005 (UTC) mmm, tildes!

Thanks for the picture of the chinrest screw-thing for this article. Appreciated!--ViolinGirl♪ 22:49, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Violin bridge

Thanks for adding the picture. If you ever have the opportunity, it might be good to have a picture of the same bridge before and after fitting. — Kbh3rdtalk 18:20, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: de-stubify Nut (instrumental)?

Hehe, I stubbed a lot of articles around that time, but you've added good information to it. However I would have to disagree with you on the point that it supposedly "might never be much bigger"; I believe that all articles on a wiki can become more comprehensive, no matter how little there is to speak of it. Also, it's hard to say what is a stub and what isn't. According to WP:STUB, "it must be long enough to at least define the article's title, which generally means 3 to 10 short sentences". On my count, Nut (instrumental) is 5 long sentences.

It seems long enough and comprehensive enough to not be a stub, but feels too short if I remove the stub. What do you think? Help me out here, please :) -- Daverocks 11:16, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Violin

Hey, Bill. Thanks for all your work on the Violin article—you're a one-man WikiProject Violin. I've moved the open strings image back up to the top of the article, and also gone through and replaced the linked headers with "further information" thingamajigs. It's good that you're moving stuff around and bringing down the size of the article; I was wondering what your plan was for pages like Playing the violin, which is currently almost identical (as far as I can tell) to the main article text. Do you plan to abridge the corresponding sections in the violin article?

Keep up the good work :) —Miles←☎ 01:13, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

I second that good work comment ^ except in regard to the tailpiece article. I like your picture better. Thanks! And, thanks for letting me know! --ViolinGirl♪ 01:29, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Bill, I just realized who you were! LOL! --ViolinGirl♪ 23:19, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
I blog regularly there...right now my latest post is fourth from the top. ;) It's where you think it is. --ViolinGirl♪ 23:40, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Ok, I'll die of embarrasment if I'm wrong, but even if I am, you should join because I know you'd love it. V--------.com... :) --ViolinGirl♪ 23:58, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Ok, so here's the real link. [1] Enjoy... :D --ViolinGirl♪ 00:19, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: the picture...thanks! I'm working on a CLEP exam (See this...I'm working there while I study), and found it while studying...don't ask me how, you know how seductive those blue links are! ;) --ViolinGirl♪ 23:04, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

And WOOOOOT! We have a violin series! Wow, I bet you were influential in that?? NICE!!!--ViolinGirl♪ 23:06, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
ROFL...I literally gasped for breath when I saw that! LOL...wipes tears from eyes. Wow, I've got to quiet down or my parents will be up here..."WHAT ON EARTH IS WRONG WITH YOU, GIRL?" Thank you SO much, that was hilarious!--ViolinGirl♪ 23:55, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the story, I appreciate it...but don't quite get it, although I think I would with a little explaining. You mind?--ViolinGirl♪ 01:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey, Bill, I’m familiar with the account from Mark about the rolling away of the stone, but I’m not quite sure why it was funny that Rev. Isely kept asking “Who will roll away the stone?” I’m sorry…I seem to be really thick…*massages temples*--ViolinGirl♪ 15:51, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox

I would like you to know that I have moved the userbox you have created at "Just plain Bill/sequitur" to your user space: User:Just plain Bill/sequitur. Regards, Mike Rosoft 09:29, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

My fat fingers yet again, cheers for the fix. (Now I'll go over to your talk page and thank you properly.) Just plain Bill

[edit] Alasdair Fraser

Hi. I'm not sure what you did to piss off the guy that started Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alasdair Fraser but it's a pretty clear keep. You might want to add a full discography to the article though to prevent anyone else from attempting this!  :) —Wknight94 (talk) 02:40, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Not taking it personally, not even convinced he's annoyed. He describes himself as a stubborn argumentative sort, so this may just be his style. At any rate, I created the article to fill in a red link, and filled the stub with waffle that resembled a press release or advertisement; that may be what he took exception to. Just plain Bill 15:54, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Violin article

Aw, shucks. No apology needed. Just keep up your fine tuning (so to speak). ==ILike2BeAnonymous 01:47, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't quite get what you put on the talk page of the 'There is a difference' part in the Violin article... Lady Nimue of the Lake 10:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

It's just a list of things that may apply to violinists or fiddlers, some more, some less, some not at all. I meant it as food for thought more than anything else. Just plain Bill 03:31, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Vn bridge.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Vn bridge.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified 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.

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No problem, tag applied Just plain Bill 15:26, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Black hole (musical equipment)

Hi Bill. As you were involved in the AFD article, and seem like the expert on such things, I have closed the AFD on Black hole (musical equipment) as a redirect to Endpin. The talk page (Talk:Black hole (musical equipment) remains, as it has some potentially useful info on it, and what was in the Black hole (musical equipment) article itself remains in the redirect's history (here). All the best, Proto||type 14:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh, dear, now I've been labeled an "expert." You should know that "X" is an unknown quantity, "ex" is a has-been, and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure. Seriously, thanks, Prototype. cheers, _Just plain Bill 14:46, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Violin Construction

I've done the C-Bouts, the fine tuners and the chin to root pointers etc... I don't know how i'm going to fit the finger board idea on... andy idea would be appreciated Sotakeit 15:55, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Done - almost. Just need to know where the "nuts" are... Sotakeit 11:57, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cool picture

I love your picture of the mouse! it is so cute!! by the way bill i play the violon too!! cool man! Loo Loo :)

I too love your pictures! it is really cute! I play the viola, violin and piano. Talk to me on my talk page! Regeane Silverwolf 03:48, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I found the pic on Commons:Featured pictures __ Just plain Bill

Maybe you're pretty tired of this, but I lurve your piccies! Adorably cute, especially mouse! Lady Nimue of the Lake 08:30, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tuner

Hi Bill! I don't think we've come across each other on Wikipedia before. I made an edit here which I thought made more sense than what was there before. However, I was thinking that perhaps we both have different ideas of what we are talking about. What is the tuner you are referring to? --HappyCamper 04:50, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey there Happy Camper, I do think we have seen each other somewhere else... the tuners I'm talking about are the ones that screw into the holes of the tailpiece and hang out into the space between TP and bridge. That amounts to a fair chunk of metal for three or four of them. You say twisting the treble-side pegs isn't your thing; you've probably seen talk of Perfection planetary-geared pegs, and I can testify that they work fine, look like they'll last a long time. Be well, old bud, Just plain Bill 09:17, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bugle Calls

Hi Bill - I noticed that you've done some edits to the Bugle Call article. I have the resources to create the music files for all the calls, but am looking to confirm that the calls themselves are in the public domain. I am pretty sure most are since they are traditional military calls, and very old. Can you tell me of a reference that would show me that the calls are PD ?

I don't have a paper copy in my hand just now, but the Upton reference in Bugle call is about 140 years old, putting the US calls pretty solidly in the public domain. Last time I saw a copy was in the 1970's when I lifted out a harmony part for "Retreat" to play at a Scout camp. If you found a gov't publication with the calls in it, that would relieve the copyright burden as well, I imagine. Just plain Bill 03:26, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

(Seems to me that further additions to this discussion will be more visible / useful on Jazzmanian's talk page.) __Just plain Bill 06:12, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Strangs

Check this new discussion topic on that page when you've got a minute or three. +ILike2BeAnonymous 06:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

By now I know you've seen my response. __Just plain Bill 23:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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