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Contents 1 BBC Shakespeare Cat 2 I, Claudius 3 Non-free image on Derek Jacobi 4 Mac Address book disaster 5 Up series 6 Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 7 Barnstar 8 Ben Kingsley Knighthood 9 Notable roles 10 Image from A Fistfull of Dollars and films lists discussions 11 Cast List for Doctor Who 12 June 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter 13 Vandalism report 14 End of the 32nd america's cup 15 Previewing categories. 16 Victoria Beckham 17 Eyes Wide Shut. 18 Speranza 19 Regarding cast notes on The Talons of Weng-Chiang 20 Tag construction 21 John Galsworthy 22 Judy Campbell 23 Jude Kelly 24 An IBDb for London? 25 Removal of a film from the list of British Films 26 The Shining 27 July 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter 28 Recent death tag 29 Tony Church 30 British films 31 Re Man o' War 32 Biggspowd 33 Random Smile! 34 Hamlets

BBC Shakespeare Cat

I'm overhauling the Shakespeare categories, so the look of that cat may change, but we can leave it out until it does if you like. Wrad 18:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I, Claudius

		The Original Barnstar
		For your hard work on the I, Claudius article, I award you this barnstar. Cheers! -- Merope 23:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

The article has been on my watchlist for a while, since I was planning on rewatching the series (and re-reading the novels) and thought I might spruce it up. I still may, but I have considerably less work to do now! And the series is brilliant, isn't it? I always forget how much I love it. -- Merope 23:29, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Non-free image on Derek Jacobi

I notice the image you added to Derek Jacobi does not have a valid fair-use rationale. Please do not refer to removals of such images as vandalism (see "What is not vandalism"), as WP:NFCC is policy. 81.104.175.145 14:33, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

An interesting note since the anonymous user claimed to be reverting vandalism when they took the picture back out. Especially as it actually has a fair use rationale. MarnetteD | Talk 23:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Mac Address book disaster

I have had a minor disaster with my Mac laptop after downloading a security update and restarting.

The damn thing would not restart and although I could recover all my files using Fire Wire, I was not able to retrieve my MAIL Address Book, and so have lost all my email contacts after doing a 'clean' start.

Can you help with yours? Please. Best wishes, John Thaxter 23:09, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the email - you should now have had my reply.

I have been collecting performing arts reference books for most of my adult life. A couple of years ago, strapped for space I offered my film books and reference material to other members of the Critics' Circle. David Parkinson, a film critic living in Oxford, gave most of them house room.

He is currently compiling a reference work on foreign language films which will probably take the form of an encyclopedia. I wonder if he knows about Wiki?

But I have kept all the theatre, opera and musical theatre stuff, including complete runs of such as Theatre World Annual and Who's Who in the Theatre going from the late 1920s until 1980 when it was taken over by Gale. I also have a complete run with indexes of Theatre Record, not to mention a collection of several thousand programmes and the complete 8 volumes of the Spotlight UK casting directory for 2004/5.

If you ever have specific queries, let me know. Best wishes, John Thaxter 23:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Up series

Greetings! No problem. There was some discussion at CfD a while back that "television documentaries" covered too much ground and wasn't well-defined. So it was decided to rescope into the two categories mentioned on that page. AFAIK, Cat:Documentary television series is for series like Modern Marvels or Wild Kingdom that go for a whole year. (Sometimes when I come across an article about an episode of a documentary tv series, I fudge and put it in this category.) Cat:Documentary television films would be for documentaries of any length which are not part of an ongoing season-length series of shows, which is why you get something as short as 30 minutes in this category. I hope this doesn't muddle things further, and happy editing to you too! Her Pegship (tis herself) 19:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Louis Vuitton Cup 2007

Hello

I just want to be sure that you agree with the actual structure of the article or if you have another idea (taking into consideration that you rv my modification :) If you have one it would be a plesure to hear it because I'm running out of imagination ^_^

"putting a cite needed tag in ur own edit is a curious thing at best" Sry I just had to verify the date. I added the template to remember myself putting this later. (I forget things easily ;))

Thanks for your help, Best wishes --Mrpouetpouet 13:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks a lot for the Barnstar. It's greatly appreciated to have my work recognized since I started my Le Mans work about 2 years ago. The359 02:46, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Ben Kingsley Knighthood

Hi. About Sir Ben Kingsley's postnominals: He was made a knight bachelor in New Year's honors; this type of knighthood does not grant the use of postnominals. However, he was previously awarded a CBE, which remain in use. He was not made a Knight Commander of the British Empire, so he does not use the postnominal letters KBE. If you have evidence to the contrary, feel free to let me know. Thank you. Ulpian 19:30, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

• No, thank you. Keep up the great work. Ulpian 19:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Notable roles

a while ago we had a discussion about actor notable roles, and how they so easily get out of hand. i thought you might get a kick out of what's brewing in at Laurence Olivier. --emerson7 | Talk 15:33, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Image from A Fistfull of Dollars and films lists discussions

HI Marnette. Are you absoluterly certain? Becuase Mr Volante was much rougher cut with an unkempt beard and hair in For a More but in Fistful of Dollars in 1964 was more cleaner cut -I thought the huildings in the background were from the town ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 15:35, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes in Fistful 1964 Volante's hair is also less shaggy. I watched High PLains Drifter dvd earlier - have you see it ? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 22:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

That image was misleading allright -unfortunately you can't move image names ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 22:53, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Its quite a shocking film isn't it. The film score with the discords and the wailing I find really quite shuddering!! "Bums like you don't usually drop by in Lago. Life here's a little too quick for them".. I stubbed a few articles e.g on Paul Brinegar and much of the cast from GBU. Part of watching al the westerns is spotting the minor characters who keep appearing from film to film but you never know their names!! Joseph Egger or Lorenzo Robledo of course eis a fine exmaple of this ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 23:13, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Great work on the British films anyway. You'll be pleased to know I have made a good start at the biggy List of American films e.g see American films of 1945 American films of 1959 etc. My first job is to fromat them all in the tables then I will go thorugh and add the details and remove any films which aren't American -I These lists should look fantastic when they are finished. I hope you like them ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 23:19, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes these lists are quite important for the encyclopedia -very important as a resource for film. I aim to have an iconic image of a film for each year at the top mostly the Academy Award winner or major blockbuster of that year. American films of 1982 - of course that image sums it up!!! Several images per page is OK I think. Screenshots I think are better than the posters as they familiarize the reader with the actual content of the film. All the best ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 23:33, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi do you think we ought to have a page for each year like the American films with the British films -to split it. I believe there are many missing films which are not yet in the category. I reckon we should wait to see what it looks like when all the film in thecategory are completed. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 10:12, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I've checked imdb now and think we can get away with the decades for Britain. Hope you are good. You from Colorado you say? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 13:26, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

British television is particularly good -I am amajor fan of cult series. Ever seen The Avengers or Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) ?- Randall is a favourite of mine -I started all the episodes for wikipedia and wrote 95% of the main article! Fawlty Towers is another good un.

Ah you have to see the original RHD 1969 series -I have the dvd box set and am addicted. -you can read the work on wikipedia to familiarize youself with it. In my view the 2000-2001 remake was a complete and utter disaster -terrible Reeves and Mortimer -it was not even familiar to the original. It was like the Teletubbies trying to act out Hamlet!!!!! . Of course Monty Python and Doctor Who as I can see are tops. I do also love many classic US series, such as the A-Team and the Rockford Files although many newer series seem to be too cloned -particularly US sitcoms. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 13:54, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

You may want to check if the image I uploaded is correct -I beleive it is A Fistful of Dollars ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 12:00, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I've compared edits and have reverted it - your're right it appeared to be worse - I don't know why people try to make articles worse!!! Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 08:39, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Cast List for Doctor Who

I was unaware of this, my mistake

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Vandalism report

Thank you for making a report about 71.204.133.75 (talk · contribs · block log) at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, administrators generally only block users if they have received a recent final warning (one that mentions that the user may be blocked) and they have recently vandalized after that warning was given. The reported user has not yet been blocked because it appears this has not occurred yet. If this user continues to vandalize after their final warning, please report them to the AIV noticeboard again. Additionally, I do not believe this is vandalism, under WP:VANDAL. This is a content dispute. Please be aware of WP:3RR, not only if the anon editor violates it, but also consider your own actions on Kenneth Branagh. Thanks for your consideration. -Andrew c ^[talk] 00:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I apologize if I came off as warnhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Button_redirect.png

Redirecting you. I was just trying to politely say that your initial report did not constitute vandalism, and that I saw edit warring on both sides. Unfortunately, administrators generally do not settle content disputes, but instead address policy issues and violations. So, hypothetically, even if the anon was correct that Branagh is not "British", but s/he still violated 3RR, admins would not take into consideration that the anon was right, just that the anon violated 3RR. Also, this is my first day being an admin, so I apologize for that as well. I just came across a WP:AIV report that didn't belong on that page (and had been removed by another admin once before) and that is how I ended up messaging you. As for removing talk page comments, Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines states that a user can remove comments from their own talk page (but archiving is preferred). I looked at the anon's talk page and the last message was from 2 months ago, and I couldn't find a single vandalism warning. I'm planning on leaving the anon a message. I hope this clears things up, and sorry for the confusion. In the future, in case you didn't know, 3RR is reported at WP:AN3.-Andrew c ^[talk] 01:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

End of the 32nd america's cup

Thx for your smile :) I whish we'll work again together (and with boatman too) on the next edition of the cup in 2009 ^_^ (and perhaps before).

Great thanks for your help. --Mrpouetpouet 21:25, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

PS: Do not hesitate to edit me if you think that I'm wrong just like on the America's cup article ;)

Previewing categories.

Re [1] - you can see the categories during preview right at the bottom of the page (below the edit box, shortcuts, legalese, and templates used) when using the default skin. Not that I ever look there ;). -- Jeandré, 2007-07-12t20:40z

Victoria Beckham

Hi there. I thought I would come to you for help as I know you are a skilled and experienced editor. I was wondering if you could please look at the edits being made by Vtruth2007 on the Victoria Beckham article. I personally don't think the information about this forum's activities is of any benefit and is really quite messy in format and style. I'm too unsure to go on reverting so I would really appreciate your help. Many thanks. Eagle Owl 20:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Eyes Wide Shut.

Dear Marnette D,

I see you keep changing my contribution on "Eyes Wide Shut". Now, I have better things to do in my life than loosing my time in a struggle with you, but it is clear that you have not seen the movie and that you don't know how to write in English. The editing you did on the piece is not only grammatically hideous, but it falsifies the facts, and this is insufferable. Now, what I have written sticks closely to the facts, there is no personal research, it's just a matter of having just a bit of insight (eyes wide open) in order to see some pretty obvious relations which compose a certain pattern. I challenge you or anyone else to find in what I have written elements which can be considered of an excluisively subjective nature. I see things that are in the movie-text not in my mind. Should you go on with your personal acts of vandalism I shall duly report it.

Best regards

Z.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Zosar (talk • contribs) 2007-07-15t08:00:32z

Actually, I have seen the film. Several times. Kubrick's films are always open to a wide range of interpretations and you are giving only one. Your patterns are obvious to you and they are original research and lack outside verification which is required at an encyclopedia. They are interesting in their own right and would go well on a blog or a Kubrick fan forum website. My thanks to Jeandré for trying to lead you into better editing techniques though I notice that you have not followed up on any of his suggestions. MarnetteD | Talk 13:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

M, I've left a welcome message and link to WP:V for Zosar. -- Jeandré, 2007-07-15t14:26z

Please see my proposal at Talk:Eyes Wide Shut#Theatricality. -- Jeandré, 2007-07-15t19:24z

Wikipediatrix has removed it, seems like Z isn't interested in WP:V. As for The Best of Youth - I've moved the OR to the talk page. -- Jeandré, 2007-08-05t15:39z

Speranza

That's fine, learn something everyday;) GH 12:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Regarding cast notes on The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Here, you said

of course u could have looked at the edit summary for when this was put in or even looked it up yourself (it takes about 5 sec)

To which I can only reply that it's not my duty as a reader of the article to go looking for references to it. I saw a problem, I tagged it as such and I will not go around apologizing for it. --Agamemnon2 19:15, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

First nobody asked you to apologize. Next you ignored "assume good faith" on the item and then, rather than doing the minimum research, you lazily tagged something. I didn't have a problem adding the citation. Curious minds go to find new things out lazy ones complain and I don't have to apologize when I point that out. MarnetteD | Talk 19:28, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Tag construction

HI. Marnette. Really it is up to the tag remover to contact the user who placed the tag there and discuss it between them. To be honest I was thinking earlier how glad I'll be when the unsightly tags are removed from the British film lists!!! The tags wer eneeded but now the lists have developed you may want to consider changing the tag to incomplete list. The under construction tag however e.g on List of Chilean films should be kept as it is grossly under developed. Officially the tag should be removed if the page hasn't been editied in two days but I think it should stay if the page if in serious need for development and it is planned ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 19:59, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I strongly disagree with the two day thing though -there are many pages on wikipedia -including all the film lists which will take a great deal of time to develop and complete -weeks maybe months. It might be a good idea to create some new tags which are intended for more long term development. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 20:02, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh I know about that. I think I even told the remover of the spare lines to stop interfering as we need those empty spaces. There is a way to hide the empty lines i wish my old friend UseR:Hoverfish was still around -he used to do things like that. I'll have a fish around see if I can remember how to do it. This would solve the problem don't ya think? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 20:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Let me know if List of British films:1960s is cool? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" [[Special:Contributions/ Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld|Contribs]]} 20:38, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Ingenius -the spare columns are hidden behind the mainspace!!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 20:38, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I've done it -take a look at the 60s ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 20:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I've done the 1950s to the present now -all you have to do is move the hide line commands where appropriate when you add new films so it doesn't hide your new work!!! The lists are looking pretty good!! but they are not complete yet! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 20:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm extremely impressed by the British lists -excellent resource -its amazing how things develop by great work isn't it!! Well done amigo. I'm making OK progess with the American list but most don't have any details yet -soon this will be my task!! -luckily one or two others users are chipping in so overall its getting good ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 21:09, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I've begun structuring Once Upon a Time in the West -not bad eh -. my tagging also means we now have a plot section which is good before I could even start it. There is a lot of info in the second half which need writing rather than bullet pointing and trivia needs writing it. But I'm sure you'll agree this is developing nicely - this is near the tops of my all time greatest list -and I've seen a LOT!!!! of films. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you?" Contribs} 17:38, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

John Galsworthy

I am worried by some possible misinformation in the article on John Galsworthy, the English novelist, playwright and essayist.

Galsworthy lived at Grove Lodge, Hampstead. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, and died a year later. The received view is that he was interred at the nearby Highgate Cemetery, close to where Karl Marx and novelist George Eliot are also buried, But the Wiki article states that he was cremated and his ashes scattered from an aeroplane over the South Downs.

Further obfuscation follows with an External Link to John Galsworthy's Gravesite, which suggests he was buried at New College, Oxford, complete with a fuzzy pic of the gravestone.

In today's Sunday Times, a literary puzzle identifies a famous author '"buying a house in a village in 1920.....his ashes scattered nearby upon his death in 1933, one year after being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature."

I would prefer not to resolve this conflict of information myself, but do you know of a wikipedian who might check all the facts and eliminate the nonsense? Best wishes John Thaxter 09:17, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your response on my Talk page. I had found four of five websites referring to the Highgate 'grave', but this evening I spent a little more time via Google, trying to pin down the truth and this is it - thanks to the combination of two different websites, both of them very reliable:

From Oxford Dictionary of National Biography http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/dnb/33314.htm

"John Galsworthy died of a stroke at his London home, Grove Lodge, The Grove, Holly Bush Hill, Hampstead, on 31 January 1933. On 3 February, in accordance with his will, he was cremated at Woking, and his ashes were scattered by aeroplane over the South Downs."

From Poets’ Graves http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/other_writers.htm

",John Galsworthy 1867-1933 Ashes scattered over the Sussex Downs, but a memorial in Highgate 'new' Cemetery."

But that still leaves the gravesite link, which takes us to New College. I think the truth is that at New College there is a memorial tablet, the subject of that fuzzy photographic illustration.

Provided the gravesite link is removed, all seems to be well; but I will add a note in the main article, referring to the Oxford DNB and Poets' Grave information.

Best wishes John Thaxter 21:55, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Judy Campbell

You may be amused by my attempt to put Judy Campbell back on the map, including her list of films, including the thriller Saloon Bar starring the long forgotten Gordon Harker as a chain-smoking cockney, prophet of doom.

I saw her first with my parents in the original stage production of Blithe Spirit at the Duchess Theatre in 1943, and in quite a few of the productions that followed, including her last bow at the King's Head and Jermyn Street theatres, when she challenged the passing years by re-enacting scenes from the Coward plays of her youth. Utterly beguiling!

Best wishes, John Thaxter 11:27, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Jude Kelly

Jude Kelly is a distinguished British theatre director, best-known for her work in establishing the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. But someone appears to have vandalised part of the Wiki article about her professional life. It came to light yesterday when my Stage colleague Mark Shenton checked up on the Wiki profile before interviewing Jude for the newspaper.

Knowing my interest in establishing reliable articles on British theatre people, past and present, he immediately alerted me to the offending paragraph, apparently posted by someone with a grudge against her.

I do not have enough information on hand to restore the article to a more accurate and acceptable form, but perhaps the pre-vandalised version still exists. If so, could you get someone to check it out? Sorry to burden you. Best wishes as always, John Thaxter 20:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for looking into this. I will not add it to my watchlist as I feel less than sure about what I would do were I to find something going awry. (Well, what I would do is to pass it over to you, so I am happy if you keep Jude on your watchlist). But I am glad I read all that hostile but highly entertaining stuff before it was scrubbed.

Thanks too for your touches on the Judy Campbell page. I was wondering if I should move the DTelegraph obit link to External Links. But I think it is correctly placed under References since it gave me some first class detail, which the author no doubt got from family and professional contacts.

An IBDb for London?

The IBDd thing is very interesting and I have already passed the links you provided to Peter Lathan at British Theatre Guide (a valuable growing archive of reviews and theatre news on-line) and to Mark Shenton who writes and blogs for The Stage and also shares a website with Matt Wolf (formerly London correspondent for Variety). I have also asked them to let me know of any London equivalent.

I suspect the only London resources are the Society of London Theatre on-line database (in a state of constant currency, although there may be an archive), Theatre Record (since 1981) and the 17 volumes of Who's Who in the Theatre.

As I know to my cost TR is only indexed annually by artist, venue and production, (although there is a cumulative index of productions available on-line). It takes me forever to compile those Theatre Career listings.

Who's Who In the Theatre, once published at four-yearly intervals and comprising London Playbills (and latterly New York, Stratford and Chichester playbills) plus selected self-written CVs, was acquired by Gale in 1980. At that point it effectively vanished as far as the UK is concerned - the last edition was the 17th covering events up to 1979 (and in a few cases, to 1980).

It would be a mammoth task to turn these into an ILDb. The Theatre Museum should have taken it on, but as you probably know it has been forced to retreat back into the embrace of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Covent Garden exhibition site is closed. Best wishes John Thaxter 23:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

In response to your enquiry Mark Shenton has responded, confirming that he knows of no London equivalent to IBDb (which he uses regularly), but does find [2] a useful on-line resource for London, and although I am yet to use it, I think it would be handy if it was a link for all the Wiki articles on West End theatres.

Peter Lathan is building British Theatre Guide as a major resource, see [3], although it is mainly best at providing a comprehensive UK wide archive of reviews (several of them mine) and performing arts news stories. He suggests that I might set up an ILDb! But at my great age I do not have enough years or strength to bring such a thing to fruition. And it would lead to domestic disharmony - Francisca thinks I already waste too much time on Wiki! John Thaxter 08:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Removal of a film from the list of British Films

Hi Just a quick note to ask why my contribution was removed. I know that you stated that this list was only for those films that had an entry in Wikipedia. Who made that decision? Surely the function of a list is to list, with no necessity for elaboration. As such your removal of films from a list just makes the list incomplete. The real solution would be to leave the film in the list so that the users have the information they need and request or write the film's article later. What you have done is to impoverish the list for the sake of a sense of "ordnung". In fact the decision to only include films in the list which have an article is not yours to make. Please put back all the edits that have contributed their time and effort to improving the list. If the films don't have an article then either request it or write it yourself and lets all keep trying to add to the encyclopedia rather than destructively edit and providing incomplete information.

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The Shining

Thanks for your note on my talk page. This "controversy" gave me an excuse to pop the DVD in this afternoon. :-) In that scene, the hotel manager says that the kids were eight and ten, so the current version is correct. Anson2995 03:13, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

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Recent death tag

Thank you for your comments in the edit summary, regarding the removal of the RDT. However, the vigilence to which you refer, how long does it need to continue? I have removed "recent death" tags that were over three months old—and the template is less than seven months old! Do you judge someone dead three months to still need this "protection"?

Might you be willing to actually answer the questions that I posed? Your suggestion that I take it up at the Village Pump is understandable, but let me ask you, what percentage of editors do you think have ever even visited the VP even once? I would bet my right arm that it is less than one percent, and my left arm that it is less than 1% of 1% of the editors. You have been around long enough to know that, at times, questions arise from the trenches, and sometimes even, the seeds of policy change are planted out here, in the regular articles, their talk pages, and user pages.

What I did here was not a violation of policy, and was not (I sincerely hope) disruptive. But I do hope to provoke questions, and it is easier to get more people asking questions in this manner, than by engaging in discussion with the cabal that oversaw the ossification of the rules long before the majority of the current editors had even heard of Wikipedia. You are an incredibly experienced editor, but are you open minded? I don't in any way care if you agree with me or not on this issue, but I do hope that you'll find the time to truly consider (and answer) my questions. I have posed similar questions before, and found that other, more experienced editors, have sometimes been able to persuade me that my thinking was mistaken. Other times, I have persuaded them. I seek only dialogue—true discussion—not the country club discussion that takes place amongst the 25 to 50 editors that frequent project pages of which most Wikipedians are totally ignorant. Again, thank you for your comments. At least you explained your thinking, instead of treating what I did like vandalism; I appreciate that. Unschool 06:50, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Tony Church

Hi MarnetteD, thanks for looking at the change I made for the Tony Church entry. I'm afraid that I'm very new to all this Wiki-stuff but I just had to correct the writer of the "That's Carry On!" films. The present link is to the Tony Church who is a Shakespearean actor, hardly the person who'd have written the linking blurb for Kenneth Williams and Babs Windsor for a cheap rehash of old clips! Still my dads company thought that he sh/c/would do it!?

Anyway, not sure if I've made the change in the correct way or procedure but thanks for taking an interest. I suppose that the "That's Carry On!" writer link ought to point to my dad but I thought that I'd ask you first about how to do that.

Sorry that I haven't got any reference for my dad but he hasn't really got any. I've emailed a company representing freelance technicians within the film and TV industry near where his old company was to see if anyone remembers him but that's a looong shot as you would expect.

All the best,

Tim

Spider23 10:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

PS good to see that you're a fan of the Doctor!

Hi MarnetteD, thanks for your help and for tidying up the editing I did. Thanks especially for the New contributors' help page, I found the Help:Contents myself but then my "eyes glazed over" at the array of choices!

Spider23 09:41, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

British films

HI have you finished working on the British film lists as I noticed you haven't edited them for a while. Do you still intend adding the remainder? SO far you've done a brilliant job on them !! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you?" Contribs} 12:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Ah cool. I recovered from the dry patch few days ago when I couldn't be bothered to edit much for two weeks - you can have my tag now if you want!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you?" Contribs} 19:49, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Re Man o' War

Re: Man o' War - Thanks for your help. Handicapper 13:41, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Biggspowd

Reported. [4] The Parsnip! 23:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey, thanks. I thought he might be a sockpuppet of somebody or other, for he knew the jargon. I was trying to figure out a pattern, but i didn't spot the actual one! Saves a good deal of trouble. Conveniently being an admin, I'll just block him if nobody has gotten there yet.DGG (talk) 00:25, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

That's called WP:CHECKUSER and only about a dozen people have that permission, & I doubt it would be granted here, but you could ask. The block ends Monday in any case. personally, I'm waiting till I see some bad edits; blocking is for prevention of harm & any disruptive edits in either place will justify a block. I see you posted a followup on ANB/I if anyone else wants to act--I tend to be on the gentle side. :)DGG (talk) 22:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Random Smile!

-WarthogDemon 01:08, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Hamlets

Absolutely. Nick Farrell played him in the animated Shakespeare, to give just one more example. AndyJones 17:24, 25 August 2007 (UTC)