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[edit] Angmering

Hi. I've never been to Angmering, but I know where it is because I belong to the Sussex Archaeological Society. Deb 11:35, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hey - I can't imagine there's much of any real historical interest in Angmering, but I suppose you never know what lurks beneath the surface... Might be worth getting around to doing a proper Wikipedia entry on the place some day though! I think I might do Clapham, just down the road and where I actually live, first though... Angmering 16:52, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Second city

That's a good compromise - it's best to tell people that Sydney isn't the capital as it would otherwise slip most people's minds! sjorford 07:43, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Something

Nah, I just scoured Google for information about the song, like I did with Yesterday. In My Life's a great song, just like almost every song by the Beatles. One of my personal favourites is "Girl" though. Johnleemk | Talk 15:16, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] BBC 1939 shutdown

Hi. I noticed that you recently changed both BBC ONE and the BBC page to say that the station was taken off air at the conclusion of the Mickey Mouse cartoon. I've always understood that it was in the middle of the cartoon, hence the use of the phrase "rudely interrupted" and the re-showing fo the "unfinished" cartoon when the BBC returned. Do you have a reliable source that indicates that the cartoon finished? Mintguy (T) 16:08, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] On the Waterfront

If I recall correctly it weas a summer replacement for Saturday Superstore (or whatever it was in that era). It was a children's programme but probably appealed to adults (like me) in the same way Tiswas did. To be honest though, the only bit I remeber of it was the dubbed Flashing Blade, I think I used to just tune in just for that bit (this was when I used to work a saturday morning shift as a computer operator [lots of free time on my hands]) Mintguy (T) 17:03, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Looking through various sites on the web, it's listed as a children's programme. It's listed on this page which specialises in kids saturday morning TV, although the direct link to the page about this show doesn't appear to work. Mintguy (T)

Fair enough! :-) I was very young at the time, after all... I suppose I just didn't think that a dubbed version of The Flashing Blade would appeal to "the kids" and would have been more of an ironic affair for the adults... D'Oh! Angmering 17:17, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Doctor Who serial credits

While I definitely appreciate you adding those, I'm afraid they are a bit redundant because of the Cast and Crew list links I've placed on every extant serial page. In particular, as I go through the serials, I'm going to be removing those sections as per the formatting I've been going by, so it may be wasted effort on your part. Again, I'm not saying you shouldn't, but I wouldn't want you to add them and then I remove them eventually. --khaosworks 10:08, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I'm not sure I know what you mean - the only credit I can remember adding to an existing article is Matthew Jacobs' screenwriter credit for the TV Movie, which seemed like a bizarre emission given that the director and producer were already listed. Angmering 10:37, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Oh, hmm. Why did I get the impression more were added? Maybe one of the others. Anyway, FYI. --11:38, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] TV Shows

Hi there! Say, do you have any more shows that you will be adding to the 19xx in television series of articles (xx=48..70)? I just hate to add them one by one, and if you have a lot of them I'd rather wait till you are finished. Thanks!--Ëzhiki (erinaceus europeaus) 16:40, Aug 17, 2004 (UTC)

No, I think I'm about done for the time being! :-) Angmering 16:42, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

I just noticed the move of Nineteen Eighty-Four (television) and the comment you made on the page of the user who moved it. So I have now left a comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (television). Perhaps you would like to comment. Mintguy (T) 22:15, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] The moving of TV related pages

Please see User talk:Netoholic Mintguy (T) 08:43, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] BBC closedown again

I have just watched Mickey's Gala Premiere (which actually uses the spellings of both Premiere and Premier on screen). I downloaded the cartoon using peer to peer software and it completed downloading a short while ago.

The Garbo character does not say "ah tank ah go home".

The last words of the cartoon are the Garbo character saying "ah tank I kiss you now". It would appear that unless there is another Mickey Mouse cartoon in which "I think I go home" are used, that the original reporting of the last words being "ah tank ah go home" is actually wrong. I would imagine the fact that "ah tank ah go home" used to be a phrase identified with Garbo just much as "Ah vant to be alone" has lead to confusion over the years. Apparently Garbo is supposed to have said this once in a meeting with movie executives, and she meant going back to Sweden. Furthermore it would also appear that what I had previously believed, and is wideley reported, that the cartoon was interrupted is also wrong. So you appear to be correct about this.

In a way it's a shame, because the story of the BBC pulling the plug midway through the cartoon is more fun Mintguy (T) 19:51, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Impressive research!

You know, that "ah tank I kiss you now" rings a bell, I'm sure I've read that somewhere... At least we sorted out whether it was / wasn't pulled halfway through anyway. Angmering 19:57, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Funny you should mention Garbo and 'I vant to be alone.' I've just watched the film 'Grand Hotel' (1932 if you believe what's on the Chinese packaging) and Garbo says 'I want to be alone' two or three times. Although she is playing the part of a prima-donna-type Russian dancer and hams up the accent, she doesn't say, 'vant' - so it's become apocryphal in that sense. That reminds me of all the excruciatingly wonderful imitations of Larry Olivier doing Richard III that we've seen over the years. Are they hammed up or what? Yet in the original film Olivier is pointedly underplaying the part - something quite striking in a Shakespearian actor of those days.--Storye book 13:32, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Mark Thatcher

Ah... I'm guilty of adding "both men". I tried to find out the name of his co-driver, but couldn't find the info, and made the usual sexist assumption. Well done. Was the name reported in the papers today, or did you have another source? Mintguy (T)

BBC News on the television earlier mentioned his "French, female co-driver". Actually, now I check online, BBC.co.uk's "On this day" site [1] named three people: "Mark, his co-driver, Frenchwoman Charlotte Verney, and a mechanic, known simply as Jackie, were eventually spotted yesterday from the air." Angmering 17:39, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Look like there were three then. I had looked at [2]. Mintguy (T)

Indeed. I've now added the relevant info to the article. Angmering 17:45, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Timeslip

Being a sad old bastard, after coming across the Timeslip page the other day, I ordered the DVD and it arrived yesterday. God knows when I'll get around to watching it though. I might put a screen cap up at some point. Before your time? Mintguy (T) 21:51, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Sadly yes. I have been intending to buy the DVD set actually, having heard so much about the programme down the years, but alas, student finances... Another one currently on the list of "DVDs to buy when I have graduated and found gainful employment." Angmering 22:08, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Kelly Holmes

Thanks for your recent work on Kelly Holmes - much needed and timely. (I'll be thanking the others who have helped too). --[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 17:40, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks - although I didn't really do huge amounts, just various nips and tucks here and there. :-) Angmering 17:45, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] UEA

Great photo of Norfolk Terrace (I was in Waveney Terrace myself, but had several friends in NT). I was wondering, though, what the building work is in the background. Say hi to BIO for me! — OwenBlacker 17:22, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)

To be honest I'm afraid I can't really remember what they were building behind Norfolk Terrace. I was also a Waveney person, but Norfolk was rather more photogenic in the snow, I thought. The biggest change recently has been the overhaul of The Hive / Union House, which they began at the end of last year and should - in theory! - have finished over the summer. I suppose I'll see tomorrow when I head back up for the start of my Third Year... Angmering 16:27, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Goodness, what've they been doing to UH?! — OwenBlacker 14:12, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] TV Naming conventions.

I would assume that you would probably like to express an opinion on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (television). I have instigated a new poll on that page. I am hoping that this poll will properly allow all users who have an interest in the subject to express their views fairly before we come to a consensus. I have scrapped the poll that was previously in place on that page because I believe that it was part of an unfair procedure that was going against the majority view. I am appealing to all users who contribute to that page to approve my actions. I would appreciate it if you could take the time and trouble to read the page carefully and express an opinion and vote as you see fit. Mintguy (T) 16:58, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Sharpe/Lord of the Rings In-Joke

Re: your question regarding the in-joke in 'Fellowship of the Ring'. I've found the answer and put it in the discussion page of the Sean Bean article. Hammersfan

[edit] If you want to see Blue Remembered Hills on DVD . . .

Hi. I've just added details to the Dennis Potter page, regarding Blue Remembered Hills which was shown to great acclaim on the BBC on 30 Jan 1979. The play was published on VHS briefly by the BBC but it was deleted from their list long ago. I am currently trying to persuade the British Film Institute to re-publish Blue Remembered Hills 1979 under their own label. They hold an archive copy. If you are interested in supporting this effort, you can email Erich Sargeant, head of BFI Video, at erich.sargeant@bfi.org.uk with your views on the matter. They have already published Cathy Come Home and Jonathan Miller's Alice in Wonderland, because some of us nagged them to do that, so it shows they do respond to customer requests. Good luck. --Storye book 10:52, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I would have thought that BBC Worldwide (or their new VCI merger company 2 entertain Ltd) would be a better bet, given that they have already released several Potter titles in their "Dennis Potter Collection" DVD series. Angmering 13:07, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for that: however the BBC Worldwide site doesn't give an appropriate email address, and I'm unable to phone them in office hours. Any idea how I could get hold of the right email address? Cheers. --Storye book 13:12, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Doctor Who in Years in Television

''Your original message:
Any reason why you (well, I say you, I apologise if it was one of the other guardians of these pages!) have Doctor Who stopping in 1984 and re-staring in 1986? True, there was an eighteen month gap between seasons twenty-two and twenty-three, but twenty-two ended in early 1985 and twenty-three began in late 1986. Although there was some worry at the time, the show was never cancelled, the twenty-third season was never anything other than delayed to the autumn rather than the spring, and the production office was never suspended or closed down.

The years it ran should therefore read: 1963-1989; 1996; 2005-

Paul the Picky Who Fan ;-) Angmering 17:01, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oh no! Now I have to go back and re-do them all again! :( I made the changes per Hig Hertenfleurst's edits (namely, this one). I did not realize that the show was still on in early 1985.

Also, what happened in 1996? I admit I didn't read the article on Dr. Who all that close; so, did I miss something about 96?

Anyway, I'll fix the mess I made. Thanks a lot for catching this!—Ëzhiki (erinaceus europeaus) 17:10, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

• Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
• Multi-Licensing Guide
• Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

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OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

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Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

[edit] User Pic

Hi! I came across your user pic recently and, as part of the wikipedia image tagging project, I'm marking it as yours and listing that you release it into the public domain for copyright purposes. If this is at all inaccurate, please feel free to correct it. --InShaneee 04:37, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

[edit] Wikipedia:Wikiproject Doctor Who

I've created the Wikiproject to help us discuss issues about the pages in a central location. It's just started, so do drop by and participate. --khaosworks 21:55, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Quatermass and the Pit

That's great, thank you. More is better, but one is better than none. If some of the external links are of high quality/reliability, and where used as a source for information for the article, they can be considered a reference too, and properly formatted as at Wikipedia:Cite sources and placed in the references section. If you don't have the time to do that, let me know and I can do it. Thanks - Taxman 13:02, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Years in television

Hi there!

This is a message to all users who were at one point of time or another actively involved in editing the "Years in television" articles.

I have developed a new format, that I am currently proposing to apply to all "xxxx in television" articles. If you could take a look at 1976 in television/Temp and leave your comments/objections/propositions at Talk:1976 in television/Temp, that would be much appreciated.

Please note that the Temp version is by no means final. It is there to give an idea of the new proposed structure. Please do not be critical of the actual layout; it will most definitely not stay unchanged.

Any ideas you might have will be quite welcome. Thank you for your time.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 21:11, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Come Dancing

I posted a question at Talk:Come Dancing, but later, when researching the article's history, noticed that it was you who changed the 1998 end date to 1995. Could you, please, let me know what your sources were? Also, would you happen to have the exact dates of when the show started and ended? Do you know if it ran continuously from 1949 through 1995 (1998), or were there gaps? I tried to look this up myself, but the information I am finding is very contradictory. I am trying to perfect the 1976 in British television article so it could be later used as an example for other years, and would very much like to see it free of any mistakes. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 18:54, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

I believe you posted this message on my talkpage by mistake. I've copied it here for you so that you may make the appropriate fix. Thanks PlasticBeat 15:20, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'm afraid I've forgotten now what my 1995 date source was... However, checking the page for the show on the official BBC website here, they too give the 1998 date, so it might perhaps be best to go with that. I'm pretty sure though as it said by BillyH on the talk page that regular series stopped in 1995 and subsequent editions to 1998 were specials. Angmering 10:14, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Cheers. No idea how that happened I'm afraid! Angmering 10:20, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No problem. BillyH responded faster than I ever expected to get a response, and for now it should be sufficient. Still, thanks for looking into this for me.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 14:04, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Doctor Who -Quatermass

Are you certain the influence didn't come till later? I could have sworn Verity Lambert (first producer of Doctor Who) said the series was directly inspired by the Quatermass serials, which is why Quatermass is referenced in the 25th anniversary story, Remembrance of the Daleks. 23skidoo 29 June 2005 16:38 (UTC)

[edit] Ten Docs picture

Yeah, it is! And it's the latest version, too. I'm quite amused. :) --khaosworks July 7, 2005 14:30 (UTC)