User talk:Europus

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Hello, Europus, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Okay, that's great! You're very welcome. Regards! --Merovingian - Talk 06:44, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Song-symphony

Although I have commented negatively on Talk:Song-symphony, please don't be put off from contributing! Wikipedia always needs enthusiastic contributors, and anything you write will be improved by others. However, Wikipedia is not the place for advancing your own ideas. Keep writing, and keep listening. And I do recommend listening to Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen soon - it will deepen your understanding of the First Symphony. David Brooks 16:48, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply from Europus

Thank you for your comments and reccomendation. They are always welcome. I have explained myself somewhat on Talk:Song-symphony, so please check out my reply. Thank you. Europus 20:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

If you haven't already, I recommend you carefully read Wikipedia:Original Research, which is one of the (few) Wikipedia official policies. It sets the context for what I'd saying. Where I wrote RFD, it should have been AFD - Articles for Deletion (I've used it rarely). Also, you were perfectly right to call out MJD for not properly signing his contribution, especially given its nature; the history page tells us he wasn't even signed in. Finally, be careful of usages like "notifying me before editing my article". I know what it is like to feel pride of ownership in a significant article that you have created, but the Please note at the end of the edit page is serious.
And, I reiterate, please don't be scared off. You have started boldly, and that's a great Wikipedia attribute. David Brooks 05:03, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Also, there are many ways you can contribute. Classical music coverage is full of holes and there are plenty of inadequate articles. For example, the article that has sparked all of this, Das Lied von der Erde, needs work. The analysis section is weak; there are bits of interpretive analysis spread through the synopsis. It lacks a discography, which could also be used to discuss notable interpreters of the work. Some of the wording is shallow: that whole "interesting" phrase at the beginning really has no place here, and there's "Mahler's usage of tempo changes in this movement is brilliant", which also shades into value judgment as opposed to description. I could go on :-) David Brooks 20:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Faust Overture

Yes, that is an excellent little article. For my taste, there are a little too many references for the length of the article, but that is hardly a major fault when the leaders of WP are getting so insistent that some references be provided.

You might want to look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music for more guidance. David Brooks 05:16, 30 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Eva Green

I was just going by what the page saud. You said that the page didn't say what it says. --Scottandrewhutchins 13:15, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I thought you might like to know that I changed this - the reference to her being a composer was, I think, a mistaken interpretation of one of the sources. She's just another pretty face...--Dmz5 03:42, 15 December 2006 (UTC)