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[edit] Trobairitz

What's the origin of the sound file on the above-captioned article? Remembering you said you were musically inclined, I'm tempted to think you might have sung it...(that and the muted metronome in the background tells me it's isn't something I'll find in a store). If it is you...a truly amazing voice. —ExplorerCDT 06:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

  • The reason I thought metronome was that the tap in the background was a consistent 48 beats per minute and sounded with that typical metronomic "tahck." Still wonderful though. Do you do professional work / weddings, etc?—ExplorerCDT 07:11, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • P.S. If you need a keyboard player, I did take 17 years of piano. —ExplorerCDT 07:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

There's no need to re-record. I notice it only because I've analyzed so many recordings, I actually pick up background sounds before I actually get to listen to the performer. (Long story as to why) I'd bet if you asked 10 people, all 10 wouldn't notice it. —ExplorerCDT 07:23, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming Articles

Is it possible to rename an article, and if so, how do you do it? LovePatsyCline 20:28, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aaaaand...

Mail. Cheers, Moreschi Deletion! 09:53, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Possibly I just forgot to click the send button. Anyway, should be working now...Moreschi Deletion! 17:05, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
This is getting farcical: I've replied and I'll send a duplicate via Wikipedia e-mail. Moreschi Deletion! 18:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Which one did you get, was it the one I sent via your userpage? I sent a copy of that to myself, which I got straight away. BTW, if you sent me a response I'm not seeing it. Possibly via-userpage Wikipedia e-mail is working better. Cheers, Moreschi Deletion! 18:58, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

More. If it doesn't work I'll send a duplicate via the wiki-mail. Cheers, Moreschi Deletion! 15:27, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fjuckby

Thanks for adding the pronunciation to the article. I cannot figure out how to play the file, so I don't know whether it is correct. Perhaps someone else will be able to confirm it. -- Jreferee 19:00, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

The present pronunciation sounds like "Fuke bee" but I figured it would sound like "Fuck by." The article received DYK status and any pronunciation is better than none (makes the article look more like the Stockholm article). Again, thanks for adding the pronunciation to the article. -- Jreferee 19:30, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
I haven't heard 'Fjuckby' said by a native speaker. The article was on the list of potential DYK articles and not going to make DYK status since it was a stub. It seemed an interesting topic so I took some time to expand the article to meet DYK requirements. The article is listed with WikiProject Sweden, so if the pronunciation is off, they may catch it. -- Jreferee 19:39, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit War at Joyce Kilmer

As you can see, I can be quite the pedantic, persistent asshole when it comes to matters of self-deluded principle. —ExplorerCDT 09:52, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Are the citations now sufficient? —ExplorerCDT 07:39, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Yes, thanks :) Have a good rest of your vacation. Mak (talk) 13:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
      • Vacation sucks...too much of certain people...might be getting back to NYC faster than I originally intended. —ExplorerCDT 22:36, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
        • Haha, yeah, I know what you mean. Now I'm on what's supposed to be a weekend vacation, but now there's an ice storm to contend with, so I don't know when I'll be back. 69.19.14.33 15:34, 14 January 2007 (UTC)(User:Makemi behind firewall)

[edit] Exceeding and pleasant rarity

[1] I just about fall out of my chair when someone comes along who actually knows something in this out-of-the-way area. IP at Penn. Wonder who it is ... it's a smallish world in our area. LOL. Have a great weekend!  :) Antandrus (talk) 23:48, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it's pretty nice when that happens :) Did you see the stuff on Tarquinia Molza recently, though? I wasn't quite sure what stance to take on that one, especially since I didn't still have all the sources on me. You have a great weekend too! I'm out of town tomorrow. Cheers, Mak (talk) 02:31, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please help me

The same user is starting to threaten me. Please stop it SaterJater 16:12, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

The "threatening user" is now blocked, move along! --RobertG ♬ talk 16:15, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rock Trial

This article has been proposed for deletion. You can vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rock Trial. -- Ssilvers 23:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi. You wrote: "They seem to have their own wiki, they can easily move this article there." What are you referring to? MUGSS? I don't see an article, and if I did, I would suggest that it be deleted, as I don't think student theatre groups should have their own articles. I would think, however, that it is appropriate to note in the University of Manchester article that they have a G&S Society.... What do you think about that? Best regards, -- Ssilvers 20:47, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. I assumed that by "wiki" you meant a Wikipedia article. -- Ssilvers 04:11, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sourced edits repeatedly removed without good reason

Hello, I've been editing for a short time and already I'm involved in what looks like becoming a continuing edit war with anonymous people who keep removing material of mine that is properly sourced - at first on the pretext that the subject of my material hadn't been shown to exist, which I have since refuted with independent evidence. See my last few posts on the National anarchism Talk page; since I wrote those it's happened again, only this time without even the pretence of an explanation. I may have overreacted when I called it vandalism, I'm not sure, but the edits are plainly irrational and the first ones were malicious since the edit summary justified them by assuming bad intentions on my part. I wonder if you can advise me on how to proceed if it keeps on recurring? Please reply on my user talk page. Thanks. Gnostrat 17:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Just a note to say that the material that was being vandalised (if I'm justified in using that term) has now been moved over to another article and hopefully this will resolve the problem. If it doesn't, I might still need that advice. Thanks for your welcome, by the way. Gnostrat 15:12, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Check out this page

Please go to the Lord of the Goblinstone page friend. It's really cool and it will be a huge hit. Leave your comments on the Discussion page for User: Gmeman. It's worth it, trust me. P.S Thanks for your help, the tight user has gone now. SaterJater 17:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ernest Hilbert

Hi Makemi. I just added a page for poet and librettist Ernest Hilbert, yesterday. Immediately afterward, a friend of his edited it to add a (humorously) untrue story about Ernie and Iris Murdoch. But shortly after that, you deleted the untrue story. I wanted to thank you for your vigilance, but also to ask you how you came upon it? Are you a friend of Ernie Hilbert's? Or was it some kind of coincidence? Just trying to learn about the vagaries of Wikipedia editing. Thanks. QuizzicalBee 19:52, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Now you see it, now you don't

You've got mail. Antandrus (talk) 23:45, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Hilda+Thekla.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Hilda+Thekla.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. MECU≈talk 23:59, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second Booke of Songes

Hi Makemi. I thought I'd let you know I just created a page for The Second Booke of Songes or Ayres by John Dowland to start indexing the songs within that publication and list the songs so that people can continue the work we've done with I saw my Lady weep and Flow my tears and carry this over into the 20 or so other songs contained in The Second Booke. Anyway just thouth I'd let you know. Now I guess I should create my user page. Talk to you later. --Norman D Wakefield 04:57, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


Thanks for editing the formating. I'll be adding more content later this week. Norman D Wakefield 06:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Impressive stuff, it would be my pleasure. Thanks for the heads up. BTW, have you checked out WP:WIAGA as of late? Cheers, Moreschi Deletion! 08:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 23 January 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hortus deliciarum, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomanganitalk 10:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfDs

If you have a chance, you might like to weigh in on the AfDs for:

  • Sinfonicron
  • Wobbly Dog Productions
  • Penn Singers -- This one had been AfD'd previously.
  • Empire Lyric Players

and

  • Montreal West Operatic Society.

Regards, -- Ssilvers 21:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bollocks

Hey, endorsing obvious prods is when you get to be creative, right? Ah, that essay is fantastic. Anyway, would you mind taking the semi-protection off my userpage? The conversation on a forum that I suspect accidentally kicked off the thing has ended, so I think it'll be O.K. Cheers, Moreschi Deletion!

Hmmm. I suppose there is that. That we aren't meant to have too much fun is basically what Wikipedia:Courtesy blanking is all about: it's back-up for those who come here, post vanity, and then make colossal asses of themselves at AfD - it's all right, dear, Jimbo'll blank it for you so it doesn't show up on Google. I remember getting cheesed off about that once when an AfD had been blanked: an AfD in which several wikieditors had put considerable time and effort into uncovering a pretty darn clever hoax. Anyway, someone mailed me a copy of this article, which contained the most outrageous vanity you'll ever see, before it got deleted, so that was O.K. I'll go and make up for it. Thanks for the unprotection. Cheers, Moreschi Deletion! 18:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Read and responded. Cheers, Moreschi Deletion! 21:40, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Groan. These forums again - anyway, would you mind putting the semiprotection back on my userpage? I don't suppose this is the last of the silliness. Sorry to be a pain. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 20:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Well, with a bit of luck - fingers crossed touching wood - , in a week I'll be able to attend to this protection business myself:) Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 20:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA. I think valid criticisms were raised in areas that I need to work on, so I've withdrawn my name. I intend to work on addressing the concerns that were raised, and think I need to work contributing without allowing myself to become as stressed as I have been at times, which did result in some inappropriate behavior. Perhaps I may re-explore adminship at some point in the future, but it's a little early to consider that. Again, thank you. Fan-1967 21:36, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Return from Wikibreak, etc.

Hey, greetings! I looked at the edit you mentioned: all appears ok to me. I think the anon's explanation of the development of the modes from the hexachords, and so forth, is pretty accurate. Antandrus (talk) 00:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kjell

Thanks for the help. I am very new here and it sometimes takes me a few minutes to figure out how to do something. So please be patient with my messing around on the pages, if I don't manage something I'll ask for help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kjell.kuehne (talk • contribs).

Sure, no problem. Mak (talk) 05:39, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] deletion

Hey, thanks for deleting Well Hungarians. I didn't manage to put the notice on the creator's talk page in time, can you tell me who they were please? Thanks, delldot | talk 05:54, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! (Go figure, right?) delldot | talk 06:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ==

[edit] definition deletion

Hi Makemi, I was in the process of adding a definition of Office Business Applications today when the page was deleted by you with the comment (advert). Can you elaborate why you took that action and what is needed to meet review requirements? Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kzahmed (talk • contribs) 07:23, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Thank you

Hi Makemi, Being a beginner is a tad bit overwhelming and there is a lot to remember. So your welcome is appreciated. I had read all of those you listed plus a few but I suspect a few missteps are inevitable *sigh*. Constructive criticism always helps. Thank you again. Aradanryl 13:56, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] hallo

Shadin 18:53, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Uh, hello. Mak (talk) 19:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

AElfric 04:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)Ælfric Ælfric 23:00, 2 February 2007

Thank you for your comments. I am a new Wikipedia contributor. I have a Ph.D. in English literature. My website is www.carmenbutcher.com. I have published a few books in Old English, on Benedict of Nursia, on medieval women mystics, and in linguistics. I have published with Cambridge University Press, Heinle Thomson, Mercer University, and Paraclete Press, for example. I cut the bibliographies and tried to make my articles more appealing to a general audience. Thanks for the suggestions! I'm still learning how to do this! Best wishes, Carmen Butcher

[edit] Block of User:ReportingRover

The user has posted an unblock request and looking into the basics it does seem that there might be something in the article they wrote rather than it just being an attack. Since I haven't looked too deeply at the subject, nor am I aware of any other background on the matter, can you take a look in on their talk page, comment and/or unblock as appropriate. --pgk 10:38, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jerome of blah

Thank you for expanding wikipedia with that --I'll bring the food (Talk - Contribs - My Watchlist) 04:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] template

go ahead and delete the template if you care so much Soakologist 23:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm sorry I offended you, it wasn't my intent. Mak (talk) 23:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Organ project

Hello... an honest-to-goodness WikiProject Pipe Organ has been proposed to clean up the myriad organ-related articles... would you be interested in joining? I ask because you are one who has edited organ-related pages frequently in the past. If you're interested, add your name at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Pipe Organ. Yay pipe organs! —Cor anglais 16 (talk) 16:26, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

I've requested a peer review for Agrippina (opera) at Wikipedia:Peer review/Agrippina (opera): all opinions welcome and requested. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 16:10, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stop Vandalizing!

You just deleted a bunch of content from the Cyndi Lauper page. I worked very hard on what you tried to get rid of. If I see anymore of this you will be reported to Wikipedia! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chad427 (talk • contribs) 19:20, 10 February 2007 (UTC).

I removed redlinks. The image was deleted by someone else. Feel free to report me to whomever you wish to. Mak (talk) 19:23, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not gonna report you but I was pissed at the time because I spent a long time making the pages that were in fact in existence but half of them turned to red links afterwards I linked it back to the discography page, where all the links are there. However if you do something like this again I will report you.

I really am not sure what you think I've done. You might want to check the diff again. Mak (talk) 02:24, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Well your edit made that happen all the links were blue and there until your revision.

[edit] Thank you!

"I am the Edison Phonograph." (help·info)
"I am the Edison Phonograph." (help·info)
Jenny Lind sings at Castle Clinton (in Battery Park).
Jenny Lind sings at Castle Clinton (in Battery Park).

Thanks so much and congratulations on achieving our first featured sound. Here's a priceless antique in gratitude (still operational). Oh, and for your beautiful vocal performance you also get the "Voice of Wikipedia" commemorative lithograph of Swedish soprano Jenny Lind at Castle Clinton (chosen for the very idiosyncratic reason that I don't know much about music but am obsessed with New York City history).--Pharos 01:27, 11 February 2007 (UTC)



Aw, thanks :) That's sweet. Mak (talk) 02:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


I dont know who to get to there talk pages

[edit] Your voice

Is beautiful--Orgullomoore 00:22, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thanks for the welcome!

I appreciate it! Gretab 21:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem! Welcome! Mak (talk) 22:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recordings

User:Moreschi suggested I might write to you. I understand that you "do" recordings for Wikipedia. I'm a professional counter-tenor singer - can I be of any help? Opera extracts, vocal techniques, etc.--voxclamans 00:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Campaign songs

Thanks for being willing to help out with the campaign songs. I've been hoping to record these for a while, as it's a type of music that has a very direct connection to history. I'll probably get a chance to take the book out of the library again tomorrow. Some of my favorites as I recall were "Hunters of Kentucky" (glorification of Andrew Jackson at New Orleans), "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" (a real classic) and "Lincoln and Liberty" (catchy, and directly linking him to as many states as possible). There are also some truly rank attack songs, which could be fun and interesting historically when people think such a thing is new. If you can pick up a copy, I suppose I can just point you to the appropriate sections. Otherwise, just e-mail me so I can send you the images of the scores (I can't send attachments through the Wikipedia e-mail page.)--Pharos 01:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Brilliant. That's an alligator horse of a recording (in a good way!). Now Jacksonian populism can be heard as well as read. Thanks so much.--Pharos 17:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Liz Shaw

EXCUSE ME? WHy did you DELETE my pagE! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Malibugirl (talk • contribs).

Hmmmm. Judging by the google cache, that article was one of the worst violations of WP:BLP I've ever seen: judging by the deletion log, someone had complained, and I can't say I'm surprised. If the page is to be rewritten it must comply with WP:BLP, WP:NPOV, and WP:N, in addition to WP:ATT and WP:RS. Not that I speak for Makemi, of course, but at a guess I would say that answers your question. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 09:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Moreschi basically has it. Without using the alphabet soup, articles about living people need to be written very carefully. They need to be written from a neutral point of view, and they need to be well sourced. This article was about a person who is on the line between sufficiently notable and not sufficiently notable for Wikipedia. Doing a cost-benefit analysis, I felt it would be better for the article to be deleted, at least for now. Mak (talk) 15:19, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Oh right, it's you. I think you will find that in the long run, it will be easier to control what the article says if there is no article. Mak (talk) 15:21, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apologies

For departing so abruptly on IRC last night. The computer crashed and proved rather obstinate about restarting :) Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 09:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem, happens to the best of us. Mak (talk) 15:19, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Katie Beers

No offense to Katie, but she WAS the focus of a rather frenzied media debacle in the early 1990s. I'd like to find ways to NPOV this issue in order to present this information more fairly. — Rickyrab | Talk 01:52, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay. I don't have much time right now, so why not let's blank the article make a new article until someone comes up with the time. — Rickyrab | Talk 02:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC) edited — Rickyrab | Talk 03:05, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Um, the article John Esposito is about some professor, and I doubt he was the John Esposito in the case. — Rickyrab | Talk 03:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
There is also nothing about anyone by the name of Inghilleri. — Rickyrab | Talk 03:12, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Furthermore, I have found no evidence of there being anything about the Katie Beers case in the John Esposito article. — Rickyrab | Talk 03:16, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Umm, what if the most remembered name for the incident is the victim's name? I'm not sure I want to go around calling it by the term "Long Island waif case", if that's not the most popular name for the incident... Maybe we should get the opinions of more sysops and users on this. — Rickyrab | Talk 03:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] People who were victimized as children/ teenagers

  • Maya Angelou (who noted this in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)(abused by: her mom's boyfriend)
  • Anne Frank (victim of: the Holocaust)
  • Nixzmary (abused and murdered by: her stepdad)
  • Elizabeth Smart (abused by:kidnappers)
  • Megan Kanka (abused and murdered by: a neighbor)
  • Joan of Arc (?) (not sure about this one)
  • Gwen Araujo (abused and murdered by: ex-boyfriends/ex-friends upon discovering she was biologically male)

— Rickyrab | Talk 04:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Victimizers of children (at least alleged victimizers)

[edit] Other famous victims, although as young adults

— Rickyrab | Talk 04:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Confused

By the copyright at Image:Shostakovich's Prelude XXI Bb Major (Allegro) - (Part of opus 87).ogg. GDFL-self and fair use? Is something wrong or am I being plain thick? Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 16:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

The file, well doesnt seem to be russian PD so I put Free sample, I had no choice, anyway, the song was performed by my dad so might be GDFL also, I guess. --– Emperor Walter Humala · ( shout! · sign? ) 21:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Oundjian

Thanks for trying to put back Candida Thompson's name to the Peter Oundjian succession table. The person at 74.98.206.252 seems not have clicked through to the Amsterdam Sinfonietta's website to see that the title in the successtin table is correct. Cheers, DJRafe, 05:12 (UTC), 1 March 2007

[edit] Interwiki and Family :)

See [2] ;) Solveig 01:16, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Excellent! :) Mak (talk) 01:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Campaign song

Great. I'm going to finish my article on the song and suggest it for DYK soon; please tell me if you plan on recording another version, in which case I'll delay. By the way, can you help me determine if this sheetmusic is some variation or an entirely different song. It looks pretty different to me, but I can't really read music. Thanks a lot for your wonderful work on this stuff.--Pharos 17:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Drat, now I'm going to have "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" running through my head all day! LOL ... beautiful work... :) (Tempted to do a series of minimalist variations on it, canonic, fragmented ...) Antandrus (talk) 19:37, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, Makemi, I've published Tippecanoe and Tyler too. I used your second recording (that's what you wanted, right?).--Pharos 18:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Essjay

Hi, I noticed that you restored 140 odd revisions for Essjay. However when looking through the history for this page, the content is still missing. Has this content been deleted for good? Munta 00:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[3]

[edit] Deletion of Liz Shaw (New Zealand)

Hi, Makemi. I noticed that a few weeks back you deleted Liz Shaw (New Zealand) with the summary "WP:BLP OTRS Ticket#: 2007022510005922)" I understand that the contents of OTRS emails are confidential, and I'm not asking anything about the communication itself. But I was wondering whether the concern was a permanent one (about the existence of a page about this individual) or a temporary one (about the specific history and contents of that incarnation of the page). The reason I was wondering is because of the page Liz Shaw (Doctor Who). If Liz Shaw (New Zealand) is likely to remain deleted, there's no point in retaining the disambiguation at Liz Shaw (Doctor Who) — it would be appropriate to move the Doctor Who character to Liz Shaw (which was formerly a disambiguation page between the two). But if it's likely that Liz Shaw (New Zealand) may be recreated in the near future, Liz Shaw (Doctor Who) should stay where it is (and a handful of links currently pointing to Liz Shaw might need to be moved). Thanks. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply, Makemi. I actually haven't been following DRV as closely as I probably should, so I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about — unless you're referring to the article currently located at Essjay controversy, which has (properly) shifted from being about the individual to being about the widely covered Wikipedia-related controversy. Anyway, I suppose I'll move Liz Shaw (Doctor Who) to Liz Shaw — in addition to following the recommendations at WP:DISAMBIG, it may provide a small barrier to anyone who wishes to recreate a page for the New Zealand Liz Shaw! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:44, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Michelagnolo

Thanks! I wish I knew more about his teen years: they'd make a great story. The website I reference has better info than Grove, so that lutenist did his research well (also I listened to the whole CD online ... probably should order it; M.G. is a good composer!) I suspect that he was a difficult teen, Galileo just didn't want to put up with him, and made sure he got sent far away. Probably one of those sibling rivalry issues. And while I'm at it, I meant to say: this is great. Nice work! There are a lot of English composers that are missing (I hereby nominate Leonel Power for the Early Music Improvement Drive ...) Have a great weekend! --Oh, btw, answer to your e-mail after dinner: gotta run. Antandrus (talk) 02:07, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hildegard of Bingen

Hi, Makemi, request assistance with media section. I don't know how to upload these. Thanks 76.166.123.129 04:47, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Still confused, not too saavy with media files. Maybe I'll call on other user to assist- thank you 76.166.123.129 06:41, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured sounds promotion

Your Star in the east solfege.ogg has been passed as our sixth featured sound. Congratulations, and thanks for this wonderful donation to the encyclopedia.--Pharos 07:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox for Hildegard

Hello. I'm sorry that you don't think that Hildegard of Bingen needs an infobox, but it was actually classified under "Saints articles needing an infobox", as WP:Saints articles without an infobox are wont to be. I personally disagree that a box for quick reference makes people "taxonomical like plants". Rather, I think that it greatly helps with locating reference information that would otherwise have to be gleaned from the article. I will not revert your edit until you respond, out of courtesy, but please consider that I have the bias of precedent on my side here. Articles belonging to WikiProjects that have an infobox should have infoboxes, regardless of a single editor's individual preference. You asserted on a previous occasion that infoboxes are "inappropriate for people," but this is simply not the case. Many, many other WPs have infoboxes for people. Thanks. Alekjds talk 18:09, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Image:CoMoMuUnion.jpg

Hey, I saw you deleted this image becuase the flickr page says its copyrighted. We have permission from Notley Hawkins, whose flickr page that is, to use it with the creative commons attribution copyright. I have documentation of this, if there is someplace I need to provide that let me know, Thanks. Grey Wanderer | Talk 05:33, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Hello Makemi

Thank you for tidying up my page! I have another page on a lesser known female composer, Camilla de Rossi, if you are up for taking a look at that one too. I am just getting started on this whole collaborative electronic information effort, and I have to say I am so excited Any users that you know of who might be resourceful in tracking down hard to find documents about women composers? I want to create an awareness of the historical presence of women composers through history.


Again thanking you for taking the time to edit my page and give me pointers for the future. User:KESchram 11:57 March 13th, 2007


[edit] 2 Questions for Makemi

Hi Makemi, Long time, no see, as they say. I haven't done anything on the women+opera project, but I have been busy teaching music and multimedia in France. For this I have 2 questions,and I am hoping you can help me.

First, it seems I cannot log in on the French version with my Engl. logon. Is this correct? Do I need to register again on the French version?

And second, I am working with some students to get some new articles onto Wiki. Wiki in France doesn't seem to work quite like the Engl. version; there seem to be far fewer moderators. Can you recommend a music moderator for me in France/French I could contact to ask some questions?

Thanks very much and I hope you are coming along well with your own music and studies. All the best LosAngelino LosAngelino 12:35, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting

Hey, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page.--Orthologist 18:48, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thanks

I messed up that title, thanks for the move.MikeURL 21:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Schmuckdomain

Howdy, why did you delete the entry Schmuckdomain? I spent some time writing a stub on "Schmuckdomain" including definition, See Also, categories and correct stub-template, and you've deleted it with the comment "nn-web". What does "nn-web" mean? Could the deletion of this article be discussed? Thanks. enderminh 02:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, Makemi. However, I think that the stub I wrote is very useful. In fact, I was selling some of my domains on sedo.com (which is like an "ebay of domain sales"), and they have a "Schmuckdomain" category. Since I didn't know what it meant, I went on Wikipedia, but didn't find the article. A google search provided me with a lot of German articles, and since I happen to know German, I figure I write an English article on it for Wikipedia. I understand that an English Google search returned only one entry (which is incorrect, because here's another English one), but this is more-so the reason why we should add the English entry into Wikipedia, so that people can look it up, since Google doesn't help here. May I propose that we undelete the article (I would hate to rewrite it from scratch), but add an Articles for Deletion stub to it, so that other users can vote on it too? Thanks. enderminh 02:53, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough, although I'm guessing it will get snowed. Mak (talk) 02:55, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Sounds good. Thanks for reconsidering it. If other people will also vote for deletion, I will accept it. Thanks again. enderminh 03:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] deletion question

I don't quite understand why you've deleted nearly all of my articles. I wasn't posting advertisements. I was trying to post articles like nearly everyone else on Wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Weimpact (talk • contribs) 18:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC).


Sorry about not signing my last comment. A little too new to understand the whole signature thing. I can honestly say that I do not work for a PR firm. I guess I have to practice writing more neutral. If I can rewrite those without salesy sounding content, will those articles be allowed to stay? Weimpact 18:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


Thanks for the clarification, I'll keep that in mind when I repost. Weimpact 19:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: RF Binder My email address is [e-mail redacted to avoid spam]. Thanks for agreeing to send me the backend copy. I've re-worked it and would like to re-submit. Is it prefereable that I post again with the possibility of it being rejected again or should I send to you for your critique first?

Many thanks, Kate —The preceding unsigned comment was added by New2007york (talk • contribs).

[edit] re:Biographies of living people

Please make an effort to ascertain the details of an edit first, i made that revert on a NPOV issue- those were somebody's own personal biases. Cheers Jonomacdrones 23:19, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

No, the edit before that was the stuff about him being the worst something or other, i removed that- That is the libellous information without sources, it is information which could damage a person's reputation which is not necessarily true- that is one, albeit of many, legal definition of libel. My edit removed this. Jonomacdrones 23:35, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
If i'm honest with you, it seemed a more productive alternative to getting into an edit war, and i don't particularly like removing stuff from wikipedia if it can be supported- the guy could have statistically been the worst coach- I'd presume that the guy writing the article didn't mean statistically, but this way it left the way open for someone to prove or disprove this. I see now it caused more problems than the couple it solved. Jonomacdrones 23:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
I know, i will easily concede that, but when you see a {{fact}} tag, what do you automatically think? I almost always think of it like an invitation for agreement- the edittor knows they have no source and knows it should probably be gone, yet the fact may stand and so it should be tagged so others can offer assent by placing a source, or dissent by removing it. Obviously the original edittor believed this deeply enough to keep adding it, but if i tag it someone else with more knowledge on the subject can give their opinion. Thats a very long winded way of communicating my point, but i hope you get the gist of what i am saying, Jonomacdrones 23:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] L'Île to L'ile

(Hi, I wonder if you got my email?) Someone has changed L'ile de Tulipatan to L'Île de Tulipatan. If like me your eyesight is not up to this, I should explain that the second letter has been capitalized incorrectly (by our rules). Is it possible to revert it? Thanks and regards from sunny, snowy Hokkaido where we carry little bells to ward off the bears. - Kleinzach 23:41, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back! I did get your e-mail, and lamely put off replying until I thought of something to say, and it got buried. I haven't been doing much with the Opera project lately, I'm sure Moreschi will fill you in on what's been happening. I've mostly been doing boring administrative things and some recording, trying to get Wikipedia:Requested recordings and Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates off the ground (your input would be appreciated in both!). I have fixed the naming thing. Cheers, Mak (talk) 17:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. (I actually left off the accent î by mistake but restored after your admin help. Your Wikipedia:Requested recordings and Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates projects are fascinating, though I don't really feel qualified to contribute anything as I'm not a practicing musician. Good luck with it! Kleinzach 23:10, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Luther Jackson Middle School

I don't see why this page was deleted. There was a previous argument about this page and other middle schools in Fairfax County, and the decision was to keep them all. In addition, this school was the first all-black high school in Fairfax County, which makes it notable. Jordan 17:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I deleted the article because it was being vandalised really badly, with pretty terrible stuff about real people, it wasn't being reverted, and we had complaints and requests to remove the libel from the history. Since there is no indication that the same situation would not continue, and the article did not make a case for notability, I thought the better part of valor would be to delete. It's not technically in-process, so if you want you can ask another admin to undelete or take it to WP:DRV or whichever. I feel that I made the right decision, so I won't undelete it myself, but I won't be upset if someone else does (although if the problem persists I will probably take it to AfD). Mak (talk) 17:34, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Accidentally re-creating CSD articles

Hi there - which article did I recreate? (I know it's a pain, as I've done it once before, but I didn't see the warning this time!) EliminatorJR Talk 02:11, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requested recordings

Hi Mak! How are you? I've been off-wiki for quite a while. I just saw what looks to be your child Wikipedia:Requested recordings - looks great! I was wondering how it would work if I had ensemble recordings, with myself as the conductor (would all players have had to sign a release or something, for example). This project may require some legal help! I also thought of you and your featured sound this weekend because I heard Boston Secession sing a several shape note pieces including Southern Harmony by William Duckworth. Take care! MarkBuckles (talk) 08:03, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 25

Good grief. I had no idea. One more and I'd be an irritating Fox TV series. :) Oh, and thanks for the Académie de Poésie et de Musique article! Splendid stuff. Antandrus (talk) 16:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] David Wills/Hassleberry dispute

Makemi, Thanks for getting back to me (and unblocking me). I'm relatively new to contributing to Wikipedia and the procedures around here are baffling to say the least. To answer your question...YES... this IS Davd Wills the voice actor. My ID and e-mail address is "ghostysshow" because, aside from my voice acting career, I also host a show on Sirius Satellite Radio on channel#32 Sirius Disorder and a Saturday night show on WFDU fm out of Teaneck, NJ under the on-air name of "Ghosty"...hence "Ghosty's Show"...get it? Here's what happened over the weekend. While trapped at the radio station as a result of the snowstorm, I began browsing around online. While I was aware of various forums and websites related to another TV show I work on, Viva Pinata, I decided to see if there was anything about Yu-Gi-Oh GX. Well, yes indeed there was, but on all of the aforementioned sites and forums I was not credited with playing Hassleberry. Now I'm not really one for self-promotion (especially true when GX is heading into season 3 and I've never bothered to look and see what's out there). Research into how and why this incorrect information has spread all over the internet led me to Wikipedia. I logged in and made the correct changes where applicable. Of course, my corrections were undone and the false information has once again reappeared. While not getting credit for the role of Hassleberry on Wikipedia will probably not be injurious to my career in the long run, I do take a certain amount of pride in my work and at the very least would appreciate having the correct information listed on both the Hassleberry and Yu-Gi-Oh GX pages. As a disc jockey, I've often used Wikipedia for show prep purposes but now after having been the subject of bad information, I'll refrain from taking Wikpedia's word as "gospel" (something I'm sure the other sites, forums and fan pages made the mistake of doing too).

I don't know what else you need from me (and is this OTRS?) but I hope I've made it clear who I am (although I'd hardly call myself "notable". LOL

If you have any questions feel free to contact me either via e-mail or phone which I can also give you.

-David Wills —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ghostysshow (talk • contribs) 20:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC).

Oh good grief! Ghostysshow 20:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hating on Eddie Projex

why you gotta delte my eddie p article. eddie p is a hustla dont hate appreciate. you beezy —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tjt (talk • contribs).

Your articles did not sufficiently claim notability or have sources backing them up. Mak (talk) 23:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Friends forever

I think that I will be your best friend and be an administrator like you are. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Naoeroe (talk • contribs) 06:21, 20 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Stubbed Toe

Whoops - I was tagging Stubbed toe as db-nocontext just as you deleted it - thus, to my horror, I have recreated the page. Sorry about this! --Action Jackson IV 19:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem, fixed. Mak (talk) 19:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Awesome. BTW, you or some other admin might want to take a look at this diff from your "best friend forever", above. --Action Jackson IV 19:27, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Promising User:Naoeroe won't vandalise on pages again

I promise that I wouldn't vandalize on pages again, lets make it a deal. Naoeroe.

[edit] Proposed deletion

Hello; you are normally expected to notify users when prodding their articles, by placing the {{prodwarning}} template on their talk pages, as per the proposed deletion process. -- intgr 03:57, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hm, until fairly recently it said "consider notifying". Meh. Perhaps next time I'll just speedily delete instead. Not really. Maybe. Mak (talk) 04:03, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Also, the WP:PROD also says you can consider notifying the editor, it doesn't say you have to. Mak (talk) 04:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
How would someone contest a proposed deletion if they don't know about the deletion in the first place? -- intgr 04:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
To clarify, this sounds like a violation of Wikipedia:don't bite the newbies to me. -- intgr 04:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
It doesn't sound like one to me... if the newbie is taking something personally, then I'm sure Makemi will kindly direct him to WP:OWN or the like. ;) ... In any case, doesn't it seem a bit inconsistent to both argue that the newbie won't see something and that he will be bitten? In any case, it's certainly not the author of a document who's judgment is really required in this case. Which brings up a good point: perhaps prod should be adjusted to prohibit the author of a single author document from removing the prod? --Gmaxwell 04:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
The problem is that after an article has been deleted without a notice, there are no user-visible tracks left (except a well-hidden and non-obvious entry in the deletion logs). What does he do? Feel bitten by Wikipedia, as there was no reason given, and nobody to ask to — no way to improve. Naturally, many will leave Wikipedia out of frustration. -- intgr 04:28, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I disagree, if you bother to read the text of the no-page site notice, it gives a clear link to the deletion logs, as well as a page about why your page might have been deleted. Mak (talk) 04:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of page

You recently deleted the entry for 360 Architecture, siting that it was an advert. I ask that you edit the page rather than delete it. If you look at other major architecture companies (HOK, NBBJ, Ellerbe Becket), you will find that it follows the same format. If there are sentences that don't fit your liking, please change them to be less advertorial as an alternative to deleting all information. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sdkucera (talk • contribs).

Can you please tell me why you deleted my section on Brandon T. Jackson with the message NN BIO???? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Misscandygirl21 (talk • contribs).

Please see WP:CSD. NN-Bio is short for non-notable biography, or CSDA7. The article did not reasonably claim notability. Mak (talk) 16:15, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ...continued

I understand that you are not obligated to edit information that you feel is an advertisement. After you deleted the page I reposted the information, taking out all phrases that may be considered advertorial. Did you delete the repost? If so, it was all facts with internal links to all the projects so I don't see how you could say it was advert. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sdkucera (talk • contribs) 16:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit]  ?

Ok all that typing doesn't mean anything to me I did not copy anything word for word. However, I did use legitimate sources such as IMDB.COM for the biography that I changed in my own words. So please in "laymens" terms can you explain why everything that I just did has been erased I don't know what the hell all these codes mean...

I linked the relevant page, and the relevant real English is "non-notable biography", or the story of someone's life who is not of general interest to the public. Mak (talk) 16:23, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I'll also note that imdb is not a legitimate source. Please see WP:RS. --Yamla 16:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ...third try

I will repost the page with only straight facts (although I would argue this is true for the last post). Please bold or suggest changes so we can come to a compromise on the page... your profile says you believe in coming to a compromise, so I hope you will do this instead of deleting a page without any dialogue. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sdkucera (talk • contribs) 16:28, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit]  :)

Ok can I ask another question please? Thanks, how do you all decide who is of "general interest" of an encyclopedia? Or is that just personal opinion I've read the guidelines and this person is in the entertainment industry so it's not some old hobo off the streets. Now, I may still be wrong(but, by "your" standards) but I don't feel that I am.

Just because someone is in the entertainment industry does not mean they are notable. The policy in question here is Wikipedia:Notability (people). If you believe this person meets this criteria, please explain exactly how, making specific reference to the policy itself. --Yamla 16:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, so it just has to be someone who is overly publicized and talked about ect. thank you

No, just someone that fits our policy on notable people. Remember, Wikipedia is not just a collection of information. --Yamla 17:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
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