User talk:GreyCat

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Thanks for adding the IPA notice to Flapping and General American, but according to Template talk:IPA notice it's not really considered necessary anymore. --Angr/tɔk tə mi 10:48, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Effects units merge

How is it going with the merge, in december(!) you said youd go ahead with it, yet its not in your TODO list... Martijn Hoekstra 18:54, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Oops. I guess I just forgot about it already... I'll put it in TODO soon and would try to start things rolling soon... GreyCat 06:03, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hey GreyCat

I've noticed your username at Guitar and I've checked your contribs a little bit... I think we can help each other to improve Guitar, what do you think? +MATIA ☎ 13:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] fretless

as you can read in [1], until 1976 when Erkan Ogur did it, classical guitar (spanish guitar let's say) wasn't modified to be fretless. Many mainly acoustic and base guitars, also electro guitars, were unfretted by that time for sure. But not the classical guitar, until 1976. You can see that in the above link although it is not specifically defined there which is the type of guitar Erkan Ogur modified. But until we reach a consensus, I have deleted those entries you pointed as not peoperly argued.

[edit] String gauges

Your table of gauges in the Strings (music) article is missing a bunch of values. Could you fill these in? I don't have access to this information.

By the way, where did you get this information? Just curious.

One more question: you say that string gauges are "traditionally" measured in thousandths of an inch. I know this is true here (the U.S.), but is it also true in the UK and other British-speaking places? --ILike2BeAnonymous 01:25, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Superstrat

Sorry about that. I'd been meaning to put in a 'Disadvantages' column, but it seems to have slipped my mind. I restored the original column and added the new one; you might want to take a look. Cheers! Deltabeignet 22:03, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 'Suicides 'Category

Hello,

I noticed that you deleted the general Category of 'Suicides' from the Peyo Yavorov Article.
If a researcher is collecting data on 'suicide', it is my understanding that the general Category of 'Suicides' is there if they want a list of all persons who have committed suicide. The subcategories by occupation are for those researchers who want only persons of that occupation who committed suicide.

Regards,

Michael David 00:15, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I do understand how a large, general category such as 'Suicides' could become unmanageable (it would be somewhat like having the Category, 'People'). I'm still learning some of the basic mechanics of Wikipedia, and I got a tip from another Community Member: to access the 'List of Suicides' option. I will add the Main Category 'Suicides' only when the specific person does not fit into an existing occuptional subcategory.
Be healthy,
Michael David 16:19, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

I've gotten input from some others on the Suicides Talk Page. Take a look if you already haven't. I would like to add 'Drug-related suicides' as a Subcategory of 'Suicides'. Perhaps we can start to make the 'Suicides' Category more manageable, accessible and user friendly. I look forward to working with you on this.

Be healthy,

Michael David 00:41, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Firearm suicides

Hello,

I like to idea of a subcategory 'Firearm suicides'. Another area to consider is 'Drug-related deaths'. Perhaps this could be divided into 'Drug-related suicides' and 'Accidental Drug-related deaths'.
I have to be careful here. I could easily become obsessed with creating lists and categories. After all, if you have glanced at my User Page, my work is in psychotherapy; which is, after all, trying to bring order to chaos.
Be healthy,
Michael David 18:46, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yukata Taniyama

I reverted your edit in Yukata Taniyama because he is not a scientist - he is not a mathematician. I don't think you could make an argument relating his work to science because his work was in a branch in number theory with no application in cryptography or computer science. Mathematics has applications in science but it is not a science - any mathematician will emphatically make that distinction. Anyway, just an explanation. DrIdiot 22:09, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

That's cool, I didn't know that. Anyway, thanks. DrIdiot 19:48, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sound synthesis types

Hi!

I think you added the {Sound synthesis types} category to Phase distortion synthesis, right?

Thats just fine :)

What I wonder is, where is the definition of that category? It includes synthesis types that do not have corresponding articles, no commercial implementations and hardly even a mention on the entire interweb ...

I would like to "fix" that, but unfortunately my searching abilities only leads to other articles including the category/template ... Do You have any ideas where to look?

MX44 07:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

(Ahrgh ... Never mind! I found it.)

[edit] Ibanez Universe photo

Hey there, I'm creating an article about Ibanez JEM right now. My question is, where did you get a permission to upload the image, as I really want to upload the image of the JEM. Thanks - Imoeng 11:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

In fact, there's already an uploaded image of JEM in wikipedia: Image:JEM7VWH.jpg. As infoboxes around this pictures cite, these are taken without explicit permission from product promotional images published on Ibanez's site. In absence of free alternative, it's better than nothing, though you can't put this stuff in wiki commons :( --GreyCat 11:21, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject

Hey again, thanks for fixing the Ibanez JEM article.. So I see you like music and guitar as well as I do. Why don't we get together and make a WikiProject for guitars and other instuments? If you have time, please see [this] and tell me what you think. Thanks -- Imoeng 11:19, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

It's already Portal:Guitar and Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists and even some kind of empty page Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitar out there, but it's all kind of stagnant, with no real plans, clear targets, progress, etc. I'm digging on and taking care of most Category:Guitar articles since my coming to Wikipedia, but, sadly, it's a huge amount of work and barely anything can organize things well. May be we could establish a clear plan in Portal:Guitar and gather more than 2 of us there, so that the thing won't come to be another ambitious, but stagnant project? --GreyCat 12:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Its just a plan for the project, its not a WikiProject yet, that is why it is so simple, as Wikipedia has suggested. You are in WikiProject Guitarist aren't you? Aguerriero has said we can combine the guitar specifications project and the guitarist project, (see the talk page). Imoeng 01:29, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sample uuencode table license

Hi there. I noticed this beautifully illustrative table you added to the uuencode article:

Original characters C a t
Original ASCII, decimal 67 97 116
ASCII, binary 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
New decimal values 16 54 5 52
+32 48 86 37 84
Uuencoded characters 0 V % T

This evidently involved a fair amount of effort. I have a page on another wiki which discusses an implementation of uuencode which this table would be very useful in illustrating, but the license on this wiki does not permit GFDL material. Could I persuade you to release your table under either the MIT license or public domain, and to similarly release your license statement for posting there? Thanks. Deco 02:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. Shall I write something somewhere or just writing here that this table is explicitly released in public domain will do? --GreyCat 06:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
That's good, thanks a lot. :-) Deco 06:44, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] #!/bin/cat Shebang Quine "Illegal?"

FYI - There's some discussion on the Talk for Shebang (Unix) on the comment (apparently yours) that a quine is "illegal". The posters "didn't know how to get your attention" on this. Any comments to help out the confusion? (Please reply at Talk for Shebang (Unix), not my personal UserTalk. Thanks.) -- Writtenonsand 15:07, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I believe that it was User:Jleedev who added that line: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shebang_%28Unix%29&diff=61690762&oldid=61170953 --GreyCat 11:04, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wikEd

The wikEdlogo

Hi, I have seen that you are using the Cacycle editor extension. This program is no longer actively maintained in favor of its much more powerful successor wikEd.

wikEd has all the functionality of the old editor plus:• syntax highlighting • nifty image buttons • morefixing buttons • paste formatted text from Word or web pages• convert the formatted text into wikicode • adjustthe font size • and much, much more.

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Cacycle 21:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guitar pick

For my rationale, see WP:OR, Wikipedia:Verifiability, and WP:NOT. Does it really matter, in the grand scheme of article creation, that pick choice is personal preference? Deltabeignet 00:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible WP:COI issues

Hello, with regard to your last edit at Talk:Prepared guitar, are u maybe suggesting that we have to investigate some conflict of interest issues? see WP:COI. Cheers. :) --Dr. Who 22:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, maybe, but I don't think we should rush and delete it all at once. It has a potentially is useful, but not in that many articles. --GreyCat 07:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree, despite likely WP:COI issues, the articles seem fair enough to me, and the involved editors are not engaging any bad behaviour. :) I agree with the merge. Dr. Who 10:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Please add a vote for merge on Talk:Prepared guitar? --GreyCat 10:44, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Ok. Furthermore, if you think that this discussion has to be moved at that article's talk page, feel free to do so.--Dr. Who 10:50, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I reworked and wikified a bit that talk page.Dr. Who 12:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Loudspeaker peer review request

I've requested the article Loudspeaker to have peer review. I noticed it was pretty good and might deserve a GA status. If you can take a look at it too and help evaluate and improve it's quality, that would be great. The peer review tag can be found on the article's talk page. --Davidkazuhiro 10:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category:SQL Statements Cfr

I've requested a rename on the SQL Statements category. It seems to have expanded to include other SQL keywords which are not SQL Statements per the ISO/IEC 9075-n:2003 standards. Several of the keywords represented are SQL clauses (ORDER BY, WHERE, etc.) and other non-statement keywords like NULL. I expect the list will eventually be expanded to include SQL expressions like CASE and possibly SQL standard functions like AVG, SUM, and COALESCE. I propose changing the name to SQL Keywords to more accurately reflect the content of the category. The entry on the discussion page is at Categories for discussion:SQL statements. Thanks. SqlPac 03:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] GreyCat, thank you...

For helping out with the single coil pickup article. I like the new images too. It is much a appreciated.

[edit] WikiProject Synthesizer

Hi. You expressed interest in the Synthesizer WikiProject in the past. I've created a project page for this project. You're welcome to come by and join if you are still interested. --Mperry 18:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sound Synthesis Theory

A new wikibook at [[2]] has been started. It may interest you to edit / help out! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.219.246 (talk) 21:05, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spaces in headers

Thanks for the note. Really doesn't matter much either way. Rich Farmbrough, 21:24 15 September 2007 (GMT).

Even within an article. Rich Farmbrough, 21:35 15 September 2007 (GMT).

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Ibanez UV777P BK.jpg)

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[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:Roland_GK-3.jpg

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[edit] EF lens charts

Hi, I thought you might be interested in this discussion. thegreen J Are you green? 21:50, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fingerboard

Hi Alan! I left a rationale for the deletion on the page. I am routinely removing external links, so I do not leave a long rationale for each. Please see the discussion there. Just adding inline references should do the trick.--Legionarius (talk) 18:18, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Bjorn Turoque

Sounds good! I didn't look to see if it had previously been its own article. I moved it to its own page when I saw it was in WP:RA. Kevinebaugh (talk) 17:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Agworldchamps.gif)

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