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[edit] Fritz Lang

I'm sorry to bother you so long after the event, but I was wondering why your 16:07, 14 Nov 2004 edit of the Fritz Lang article removed the words "(an ambitious two-part adaptation of the Ring of the Nibelung saga (better known from Wagner's opera)"? Of course, it was a clumsy phrase and could have been worded better, but I wondered what made you decide to delete it rather than replace it? I hope this doesn't sound nosey, I was just curious. --Chips Critic 00:21, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)


I have only recently noticed your message. Hence the tardiness of this reply.
You seem a little confused - as indeed was I on first reading your message! Take a look at the alterations made to the article on 30 October 2004 by somebody calling himself Jallan, and you will see what I actually cut.
Your statement regarding Die Nibelungen is of course correct.
alderbourne 17:43, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)


Well, I don't think it was my statement actually (certainly, I never made any reference to Wagner when I worked on the article months ago, as I didn't think it was necessary). Checking again I realise that phrase wasn't cut on your 16:07 edit, but was cut in your 16:20 edit on the same day. As you don't recall cutting this, I'm assuming it was some kind of accident or technical error, but if you make a comparison of your 16:07 edit with your 16:20 immediately after it, the alteration is there. I'm sorry to bother you about this, but I thought I should correct my earlier comment. --Chips Critic 21:24, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)


I repeat, take a look at the alterations made to the article on 30 October 2004 by somebody calling himself Jallan, and you will see what I actually cut.
alderbourne 17:27, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)


I already did, and have again, but the lines relating to Wagner were also deleted under your name. Check the histories, comparing your 16:07 edit with that of 16:20. Those words were removed under your name, whether you yourself made the edit or not. --Chips Critic 22:04, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)


I thought my first reply was clear enough. Let me explain once more, this time in greater detail.
At 12:22 on 12 September 2002 Modemac greatly expanded the Lang article. Among his additions was a reference to "an ambitious two-part adaptation of the Ring of the Nieblung [sic] saga (better known from Wagner's opera) [recte operatic cycle]". Subsequently somebody else corrected the spelling "Nieblung". Then, at 21:43 on 11 August 2004, you added the film's title and year of release. The passage now read: "Die Nibelungen (1924), an ambitious two-part adaptation of the Ring of the Nibelung saga (better known from Wagner's opera)". (I see, by the way, that what I referred to as "[y]our statement regarding Die Nibelungen" was in fact Modemac's, but this is a minor point.) At 20:30 on 30 October 2004 Jallan changed this to: "Die Nibelungen (1924), (an ambitious two-part adaptation of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung operatic cycle)". When I came to add my pennyworth to the article on 14 November 2004 I consulted some books I have on Lang. They confirmed my suspicion that the Wagner reference was wrong. So I cut it - at 16:20. The passage had now shrunk to: "Die Nibelungen (1924)". I was puzzled by your first posting because in tinkering with the article I had, for reasons I am sure you can appreciate, always confined my attention to the most recent version; there were after all about 50 earlier ones! It was not as you assumed because I couldn't remember cutting a reference to Wagner (I could), nor because you had the time of my edit wrong!
To quote my first reply: "Take a look at the alterations made to the article on 30 October 2004 by somebody calling himself Jallan, and you will see what I actually cut". I still think that should have been sufficient.
I hope this discussion is now at an end. I really do have more important things to do.
alderbourne 17:56, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Wow! signal

You seem to have restored my "Wow" edits that were reverted by the extremely prolific editor "FayssalF" (or done some similar improvements) - thanks! Bob Gray


[edit] Unblock

Hello Alderbourne,

I have attempted to unblock you via the the Unblock User tool, but it stated that your user name could not be unblocked as it wasn't found on the block list. Can you put your IP on my user page? Oberiko 03:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Andrew Repasky McElhinney

Page restored, jimfbleak 04:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] David Holt

Excellent to see David Holt in your Dream Diary list. You may like to know that his library has been accepted by Essex University and that the Jewish Chronicle this week records the establishment of a new ethical institute to be called ResponsAbility. Jeffrey Newman


[edit] Einstein Syndrome

Actuall, I think the deleted have a point about notabuility. The page should address the book rather than a syndrome.1Z 12:56, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Nancy Price

Glad to see Nancy Price in your Dream Diary list. Wonder if you could have a look at the entry for Nancy Price and give your thoughts. Excellent regards Excellentone (talk) 21:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)