User talk:Dr. Friendly

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A "See also" is not really a standard. If it were, then for most composers we would be casting around vainly for things to put in it. Look at the composers articles which have gained "featured article" status, Charles Ives, Olivier Messiaen, Witold Lutosławski, Rebecca Helferich Clarke, Dmitri Shostakovich and Igor Stravinsky, which ought to define a standard if any composer articles do. Placing a link to another article in a "see also" section is really an admission that the subject of the article being linked to ought to have been mentioned in the text of the article but isn't (or isn't yet). The three links in the Brahms see also section were to the list and category of works (which really live in the Works as the obvious place for them) and the Brahms Inlet is a non-existent article (and even if it ever gets written it won't tell us about Brahms). That leaves us with an empty "see also" section, the ideal in my view. Thanks. --RobertG ♬ talk 15:33, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

You didn't come over as particularly aggressive, just remarkably assertive (and particularly so since I noticed your post to my talk page was your first contribution - at least your first as a logged in user)! Do use the links I listed above to learn about how Wikipedia works, but your posts to my talk page make me believe that you have the right attitude! Wikipedia is a fun and rewarding place, provided everyone focuses on writing an encyclopedia, and remembers that other contributors have egos too! Best wishes, and stay around! Regards, RobertG ♬ talk 16:12, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome! I noticed that you moved "Six Moments Musicaux" to "Six Moments Musicaux (Rachmaninoff)". In titles of pieces, you only need to give the composer's name if there are multiple pieces with the same title (For instance, an article about "Piano Concerto No. 2" would have to be a bit more specific). I've moved it back. If I'm mistaken and there's more than one piece of this name, just let me know and I'll move it back. Cheers, Mak (talk) 15:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

You're right, and I was going to agree with you a while ago, only I suddenly had to work. I didn't realise how many pieces with that title there were, probably because I'm a dunce when it comes to Romantic piano repertoire. I'll more it back to the name you moved it to, and maybe you would like to create a Disambiguation page for Moments Musicaux? You might also be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject composers, but I don't know of any projects for writing about specific pieces. It's an area which needs a lot of work, so it's great you're doing it! Cheers, Mak (talk) 20:56, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] César Franck

I liked your suggestion and merged the section on "The man" into the section on "His influence" -- TBHecht

[edit] Links page

Would you like me to delete that subpage for you, for interests of privacy? Mak (talk) 16:23, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

No no, it's fine. I just thought perhaps the title contained private information. There have been a couple incidents where people have harassed people in real life based on stuff they've done on Wikipedia, so I thought since I have the Admin hat, I'd see if you wanted it deleted. Mak (talk) 23:23, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Prelude in C-minor

I don't know what your talk page habits are but just to let you know I've replied to your message on my talk page. BigBlueFish 20:34, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category

Hi, I saw you removed the category from List of recordings of compositions by César Franck. When you do please add the {{uncat}} tag to the article, otherwise the article remains uncategorised. Thanks. Garion96 (talk) 23:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: News

Hi Dr. Friendly, thank you for your message. Your contributions to the news section of the Music Portal are greatly appreciated. However, I'm worried that considering this news item does not appear to have been reported by any news agency whatsoever (be it commercial or otherwise), it isn't noteworthy. Furthermore, the person in question does not even have a Wikipedia article, again because they are not significant enough. Whilst I totally agree that it's important to cover a wide range of music-related news topics, even if they aren't widely covered in mainstream news, the news item should have at least some importance, and the fact that there is a lack of Wikipedia articles and no coverage whatsoever from any news agency would suggest that this competition is not the most important classical music competition in the world. All the best, Madder 14:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:IMSLPwork

Template:IMSLPwork has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. —Gabbe 23:46, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] catagory changes

Hi Dr. Friendly, I saw your note posted a couple of days ago. I believe I mostly have done some cleaning up, and mostly some time ago. Are you refering to anything specific? --Classickol 19:37, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

OK, that found a very good solution, see here--Classickol 16:34, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IMSLP

See my reply. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 08:41, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] imslp?

are you from imslp? which username are you using there? --Funper 19:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Agh because

It only had one blue link, rendering it useless in effect as a disambiguation page, which are used for distinguishing between two or more similarly titled articles. I said agh because I didn't notice this until I'd already formatted the page. If you intend to create the Gustav Satter article, revert the Satter page to this revision afterwards. Ta. --Closedmouth (talk) 15:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC)