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[edit] The list

More tomorrow. Just had a look at WR. Heh heh, I didn't realise there was a place where sock puppets of Wiki editors could form a cabal to bitch about cabals. I could probably have a stab at guessing who some of those users are too, especially the one with the Elaragirl fixation. --Folantin 22:55, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

It's the first time I've come across it - I only knew about Wikitruth. The forum is hilarious. I've just been looking at the introductory pages where one user swears he is prepared "to die for his beliefs". How do you maintain that level of paranoia and self-importance? Maybe you have to drink three jars of coffee a day as an entrance requirement. I'm not surprised it seems to attract fans of Lyndon Larouche as well as other members of the tinfoil hat brigade plus, as you imply, some guys who treat Lolita as a dating manual. I bet they're all terrified the Feds are onto them. My favourite bit is where they get to slag off editors anonymously while complaining that levels of civility on Wikipedia have gone right down the pan. The funniest piece of hypocrisy since the MFers accused the Opera Project of being a cabal out for our own interests, rather than those of WP's readers.--Folantin 10:51, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
If you want to finish 1850 – 1875, I'll work on 1876-1899. Or is it the other way round? I don't want to tread on my sock puppet's toes!--Folantin 12:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Note to those who pass this way with no sense of humour: that was not an admission of sockpuppetry. We are having a laugh concerning the follies of those iniquitous individuals at Wikipedia Review. Moreschi Deletion! 13:22, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I think I've finished mine. I'll leave it a couple of days then go back and copy-edit. I need to add a ton of page references and I assume there will be plenty of mistakes in the text. I have some problems with a few of the dates but we can discuss that on the talk page with GT. Also, we need to check we haven't "overwikified" with the links to things like "opera buffa" etc. But I'm knocking it on the head for now. Still, this monster was a hell of a lot easier to produce without the collaboration of our "fabrikated" friends. --Folantin 14:32, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I got two more Gilbert and Sullivan references in for Adam. By the way, you'll have m in a minute. --Folantin 14:58, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Mail! Mak (talk) 20:43, 27 January 2007 (UTC) Ditto! --Folantin 10:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)Ditto!! --Folantin 12:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC) Nothing's arrived. Rep. --Folantin 12:51, 28 January 2007 (UTC) Just writing back. The postman has been.

[edit] Ha

Flying on one wing without me, eh? You silver-tongued devil, you. Certainly seems to have been a lot of... excitement... around these parts lately; methinks I'll spend the next few days quietly reading. Yup, sounds good. Take care of yourself. riana_dzasta 14:42, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE Admin criteria

Thanks for your comments. I'm not quite ready to run for adminship yet - my editcount is less than 1500, and although I agree with you that trust is more important than edits, some users won't accept an admin candidate with less than 2,000. However, when I am ready to run (probably in about one month) I would very much appreciate a nomination. As to being trustworthy, I hope my edits are demonstrating that; while my knowledge of policy used to be a little shaky and I've made mistakes in the past, I think that my growing experience of XfDs and other WP tasks has given me more experience of policy. Not to mention dispute resolution with the AMA. Anyway, thank you for the advice. Walton monarchist89 17:26, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tony Sidaway

FYI, I perceive Tony Sidaway as being uncivil with other editors. Someone needs to persuade him to knock it off. I have not seen you help, which would help wikipedia.--Fahrenheit451 02:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Moreschi, clearly you and I do not agree about Tony Sidaway. I found your comments on my discussion page to be rather uncivil. Your opinions no longer interest me. This concludes our discussion on him.--Fahrenheit451 03:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yellowhaze

Hello Moreschi, I changed you db tag on the Yellowhaze to needs more references - uncited - etc.etc. Believe it or not when I did a google search it did generate over 1500 hits with quite a few dealing directly with the group. Hope you don't mind. Take care Shoessss 20:23, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:HistSource

Template:HistSource 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.. This is related to the recent Catholic-link TfD. --Stbalbach 23:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mail

You have non-urgent mail (just some froth in fact). Cheers. --Folantin 16:09, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll have a look at that deletion page later. --Folantin 11:52, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Backdash

Good. Our old friend Jacob Peters perhaps? Or someone else? (Art Dominique?) TheQuandry 19:53, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Lovely old JP, hope they move quickly on it. TheQuandry 19:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
He certainly is persistent. C33 01:20, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your well wishes

Hi Moreschi, thanks for your well wishes. I haven't been able to concentrate on anything for Wikipedia for about the past month due to health concerns, but I'm getting better. Totally unrelated, but please tell me what you think of my latest signature. I'm trying to make it so that part of the signature goes to my talk page. That's the easy part. The hard part is making the whole thing look pleasing. --Kyoko 18:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A disaster of an article

Enjoying sourcing the list? Personally, I found it the most boring task I've ever done on WP. If you need some light relief, check out this article. I mean, what the hell has happened to the formatting there? It's possible the page is currently in transition, but it gave me a bit of a laugh. --Folantin 17:53, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

It's like a massacre of the innocents. Children of presidents, premiers and grand panjandrums are being put to the Wiki-sword left, right and centre. Now if only we could find List of lists of Presidents of the Philippines, life would be a whole lot easier. Actually, those lists are a tribute to human ingenuity. How many ways can you recatalogue fourteen individuals? Sadly, we may never find out now. --Folantin 12:50, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I looked at landslide, and it is not the greatest article ever, but it did lead me to slope stability, so I learnt something today. The presidents listcruft is horrendous. Carcharoth 13:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

My God, Carcharoth, you 've found the motherlode. As for the other article, you should have seen it yesterday before Riana fixed it. I imagined some Dadaist had turned Landslide into a self-illustrating article. --Folantin 13:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah. I see. Carcharoth 14:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting my userpage, mate! I reverted the disaster Folantin points out above, it appears to have been a new user testing. No idea how s/he got it into that state, though... riana_dzasta 18:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding warnings to User talk:142.150.33.24

I'm sorry you feel my warning was inadequate, but I believe in assuming good faith and have found that sometimes a level one warning is sufficient to alert someone that their actions are noticed. If that is not sufficient, I escalate. Thanks! --Xnuala 19:34, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weird

How did I manage to do that? I think it's time for a cup of tea... TheQuandry 21:18, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your RFA

Here it is Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Moreschi. Go on and accept. Jaranda wat's sup 01:29, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I butted in a bit as well. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:29, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Oh dear, oh dear, offsite votestacking by a sci-fi forum. Again. Hmm, how will we ever work out which editors have been influenced by this charmingly-worded appeal? Still, AGF and all that. --Folantin 09:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Oh, it's a pleasure although the way you phrased it, I thought the vote had tanked or something. Still I'm surprised the Esperanza people haven't gotten angry yet. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I hope this was tongue-in-cheek:

it might not be a bad idea if once a month our admins were permitted to write foul edit summaries to the vandals to blow off wikistress and ensure that they remain civil the rest of the time

One of the qualities important in admins is having the maturity to avoid these lapses—go take up Karate or something if you need to blow off steam.  :-) Cheers, —Doug Bell talk 04:14, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Corona Schröter

I created Corona Schröter because someone asked. But it's more up your street than mine. If you're at a loose end, give it a skim over. I also created Mademoiselle Ambroisine, another opera singer, because she happened to be in a biographical dictionary that I bought. [No, a ballet dancer, sorry!] Again, more your area. Feel free to take an axe to them. Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Having fun yet?

I had an absolute blast on my RfA. Maybe that's seems strange, but the thorough vetting of my participation and views was envigorating. It sort of reenergized my enthusiasm for contributing here.

Your RfA is taking a similar path at this point. I hope you're having as much fun as I did. Cheers, —Doug Bell talk 09:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] my comments on your RfA

Hi Moreschi, I'm pleased you enjoyed my little joke. For the record, I don't identify strongly with either inclusionist or deletionist philosophies. I also wanted to let you know that I don't anticipate contributing much more to the Orfeo ed Euridice article, because it has reached a point where I don't feel competent to add more information, and frankly, I'm too lazy/distracted to do research on the topic. Right now, I'm thinking of doing a bit about the medieval poet Marie de France. Maybe. Good luck with your RfA. --Kyoko 11:01, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nyeh

I shouldn't really bug my nominators, should I? Or should I... I'll just wait 'til they remember me ;) I had no idea that you were planning on running! But it's going well, lots of debate, I like that. riana_dzasta 13:56, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, the betrayal! I will not wail, lament, nor yet be sad. riana_dzasta 14:03, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Shakespearean adaptation? *sigh* I think I should pack up for the night. riana_dzasta 14:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My last RfA/me

Hi Moreschi! You opposed my last RfA in late November 2006. There were opposes citing civility and inexperience with policy. It's about 3 months after that, and I think I've gained more experiance in policy and more emotional stability on-wiki. Recently I've been doing a bit of Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam stuff, though this last week I haven't had a great deal of time. Anyway, I was considering an RfA in a month or two, and I wanted to ask a few people if they had any recommendations as to what I should to or criticisms over the last few months. Thanks for reading! ST47Talk 01:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] OK

You convinced me --Kevin Murray 05:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA
"Give us the tools and we will finish the job." - Winston Churchill

My request for adminship was closed a day early with a tally of 98/0/3, so I am now an administrator. Thanks very much for your confidence. Sorry for the delayed note, but I've had my hands full of vandals and speedy deletions from the minute I got the tools. Anyway, if there's anything I can ever do to help, please don't hesitate to contact me. Good luck with your own RfA - I'm looking forward to your help! Kafziel Talk 17:02, 8 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Revision to AfD entry

Thanks for sorting that out. I couldn't get my AfD entry right, think I have it all as it should be now, with your help! Jules1975 17:18, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oops

Sorry, my mistake... --SB | T 18:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your page

Protected, expires in a week, let me know if you want it off earlier than that. Mak (talk) 20:19, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A note about Gundam-related AFDs

I would not be quite so irritated about these if there was a way to retrieve the deleted article so that it could be worked on and possibly reposted, or else transferred elsewhere, or some such. However since the histories of deleted articles do not appear anymore (god knows why, the entirety of wikipedia is less than 1.5 gigs in size so there's no reason not to keep them), once an article is deleted, there is no way to ever recover what was once in it. Jtrainor 00:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oh...

But your RfA was still running at 80% Why the closure? Bubba hotep 14:36, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

You sure about this? riana_dzasta 14:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
If so, you might wanna take yourself off the main RfA page and add yourself here; but that's a damn shame. riana_dzasta 14:42, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I think that's a crying shame (and you might well have passed). It's irritating when people grab a diff and don't bother to see the bigger picture, isn't it? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 14:46, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Meh, I've got articles to write. Seriously, I've always said that if adminship is no big deal, then RFA is really no big deal, so I'm not too bothered. I was slightly surprised that mouthing off about everyone who you don't like at Wikipedia Review is now acceptable - well, it is for those who get indefblocked, because they've got nothing else to do - but for active contributors? I mean, really? Oh well. Now, about that FL for List of important operas...Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 15:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to hear about this. You'd make a great administrator. But I understand your points and I feel for you - I was torn up pretty thoroughly on my second RfA when everybody jumped all over one stupid diff. As Uncle Ed once said, "Once the sharks smell blood there's nothing you can do but get out of the water." I think you could have made it, but RfAs shouldn't have to be so damn hard in the first place. Please drop me a line if you ever change your mind. I'd be happy to support you. Kafziel Talk 15:30, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

'S no problem, thanks for the support, and I'll be back at RFA before too long, probably. Crawl to the trolls, however, I will not. I think I can help Wikipedia more productively than that. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 15:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I'm sorry to see you've ended your RfA early, I was comming off my Wikibreak today to vote on it (and Riana's). As long as you'll go for it again in the future, I'll be happy, as you'd make a fine addition to the Admin team. I (and plenty others) will be rooting for you next time :) Thε Halo Θ 17:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it is really too bad you've withdrawn. I think you were going to be successful. I'd like to point out something you may not have considered in withdrawing, which is the amount of time that had already gone into the RfA by not just you, but by everyone who had participated, is now lost. —Doug Bell talk 18:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I too wish you'd let it run; apart from thinking you'd make a pretty good admin, I've got a sinking suspicion that the early close will be used against you, somehow, the next time around. Hopefully that's just my cynicism speaking. Shimeru 20:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Again, thanks to all of you guys for the support, and to Shimeru, I'd say that it's a tad unlikely it'll be used against me elsewhere. I tried not to close it a big huff - "IT'S NOT FAIR! EVERYBODY HATES ME! I'M ON PERMANENT WIKIBREAK THAT WILL LAST 8 HOURS!" That wasn't hard, because I wasn't in a big huff. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 21:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
That got a big laugh because I've seen almost that exact thing before. —Doug Bell talk 22:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

A shame. But some of these RfAs give the impression of wolves being allowed to vote for their preferred shepherd. Also, never mess with the Comic Book Guy. Never mind, at least you can still use the c word now. --Folantin 21:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Moreschi, I'm sorry hear that you have chosen to withdraw your RfA, I did think that you could be trusted to "actually delete articles instead of just talking about deleting them" per my support vote, without abusing the tools. I thought you had a good chance of passing. Oh well, I guess this will give you more time to concentrate on articles. I still think that any future RfA would be helped if you avoid using the word "cruft". If your RfA were still open, I would have said that I don't believe that you are insulting all of Japanese culture just because you've participated in Gundam-related deletions. Gundam is a part of Japanese culture, but it's not the only thing.
Does nobody else find my joke funny? --Kyoko 22:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree, there are so many things about Japanese culture that are... y'know, good. Ouch, NPOV. Anyway, Moreschi, you've been gracious about the whole process, despite the needling and allegiations, so good work. riana_dzasta 06:17, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Ange plein de bonté, connaissez-vous la haine? If you hadn't already noticed, our flammable, feathery friend has been at it again, you know WheRe. Hm, I wonder which member of the bande de branleurs it is this time? --Folantin 13:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Nailed that last (I hope) ref. FLC away! --Folantin 15:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Heh heh, you missed a Grove ref. (no.289). Plus those "Penguin Guide to Opera on CD" refs probably need making consistent (mea culpa) - e.g. lose the italics. I'll do that later. --Folantin 15:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Oh dear, what a mess. Here's a tip for next time, if there is a next time. Say at the outset that you'll reply to questions but don't plan to (or, even better, simply won't) respond to anything that isn't a question. Then let people huff and puff all they like: it'll be their time that's used up, not yours. Still, I did enjoy this gem: Regarding the whole Gundam scuffle, I believe that he has insulted Japanese culture and has opened up Wikipedia for possible litigation. What's this "Gundam scuffle"? Sounds like phun! -- Hoary 14:34, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I was just about to support when you closed your RfA. I had my reservations (being a bit an inclusionist--although not an extreme one), but your "Optional Blether" really impressed me. You definitely have my trust with the mop if you ever run in the future. IronGargoyle 01:15, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry you withdrew. I thought unusually long and hard before submitting my !vote. It was very hard supressing my gut reaction to oppose. I'd welcome what I perceived as a sort of thoughtful well-balanced deletionist becoming an admin, if you know what I mean. Please drop me a line if/when you run again. --Dweller 09:58, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] At least I got one laugh out of the sordid affair

Your comment about not eating breakfast caught me off gaurd. :-) —Doug Bell talk 10:49, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

Can't say I'm all that brilliant at peer reviewing operas, but I will certainly give it a go! I;m a bit busy right now, but I'll take a look in a bit. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 19:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Yo, did you see my peer review for your article? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 16:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Source Canvassing

I've started a discussion about the phenomenon of "Source Canvassing" at Wikipedia_talk:Canvassing#Source_Canvassing with the idea of coming to a common consensus about the larger issue and documenting it on that page. Any input or ideas you want to contribute would be helpful, thanks. -- Stbalbach 19:50, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Seen it already. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 19:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Our furry friend

Shame I had to Sweep him away in case somebody might Sue us. Seen anything on my worklist you fancy collaborating on? --Folantin 17:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and it's certainly not the same thing. If I remember correctly, Domingo once sang Hippolyte. --Folantin 17:58, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Good essay, by the way. Plus, you're right about Paul W. - it's probably not worth the effort trying to improve articles on composers of such borderline notability. The page only just scraped through the last AfD. Some of the sources might be found to be a bit shaky on further investigation. --Folantin 19:08, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Sales rank still zero, sadly. You've got a good point about those notability concerns. Seems odd that page has such an extensive list of works for this rather obscure figure. I think it was even longer than the catalogue of Rameau's works here until I fixed that a few weeks back. Still, different editors have different priorities...--Folantin 19:26, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Replied. Also, I've just thought - we never checked to see if that book was vanity publishing. Non-urgent m. --Folantin 08:23, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Congrats on your latest GA. --Folantin 20:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Haven't received anything (assuming I was meant to). --Folantin 07:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Of socks and men

What's with the cheese in the sock drawer? Don't they have fridges in Britain? :p riana_dzasta 01:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

It is one of the nicer essays I've seen in a while, by the way. Too bad you decided to withdraw. Perhaps another time. Mak (talk) 02:50, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trombonist

Hi there, you deleted a page I've contributed a lot to - "trombonists" and I think it has a place.

There are a lot of famous trombonists out there and I think it is useful to categorise them into jazz/classical and then by where they are from.

For example, I wouldn't hold much store in a list of 'singers' - Justin Timberlake, Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavarotti should be in separate lists. And breaking them down into American, European etc. is useful. As is showing which ones are on the scene now, and which are in the past. The page "trombonists" is not in a generally used patter in wikipedia, but I think it divides this specific subject matter well, with not too much lost in the cracks between categories.

I agree that 'famous' needs to be defined. I'm happy to sketch something along the lines of - "is a principal trombonist in a top-tier symphony orchestra or ensemble OR holds a full-time trombone teaching post at a top-tier music school or university OR is a full-time soloist". Please let me know what you think.

tromboneguy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tromboneguy (talk • contribs)

[edit] Note of apology

I know this is probably going to do squat for my reputation now (Not that I ever really had one), but I thought I'd leave a note of apology to everyone involved in my recent actions. An explaination is in order too. First off, I had a bad real life situation, that I really don't want to talk about, on the day this all started. I shouldn't have edited on Wikipedia afterwards, but I did. When I saw the situation with Riana's RfA, it kind of set off a build up of unvented anger at my situation & it was un needed. My whole tyraid had very little to do with the RfA, but I guess I took it out on that angle anyway. The way I was handled could have been better, but I wont go there in threat of making this sound like a back handed apology. My apologies go to Riana, who was also having a real life crisis at the time too. Basically the whole thing was a misunderstanding & venting process which I involved you all in. In regard to the whole sock puppetry thing, I had told my brother about my problems in due trust & he went & did something stupid on here. I don't really know what else to say but sorry. If that & a little bit of hard work repairing relationships on here doesn't change your current view point of me, then I don't think anything will. So again, sorry if I've inconvenienced you guys in any way & I hope that over time you'll think better of me. I'd love if you guys could forgive & hopefully forget & I wasn't really in control of myself these past few days. Hopefully things can get back to normal. :) Spawn Man 06:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC) P.S. Although your comment to my posts on Riana's talk page probably wasn't civil, I probably deserved what I got. i was acting pretty out of hand at the time. Please note however that I was in no way demeaning Riana's real life experience. In fact I had no idea about it until towards the end of the fiasco. So i'm sorry if I've disappointed you in anyway. Although I've never met you before, I hope you can eventually forgive me for my actions these past few days.

[edit] congratulations and thanks

Hi Moreschi, congratulations on yet another GA! Thanks also for giving me credit on your userpage, even though my last contributions to Orfeo ed Euridice were some time ago. I guess I do deserve a little credit (yay me!), though most of the hard work was due to you and several other people.

In case you're interested, my current project is about The Lais of Marie de France by the medieval poet Marie de France. I've recently completed (more or less) an article on the Breton lai Guigemar, if you care to take a look. I hope you're well. --Kyoko 23:07, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Garion96's RFA

Thank you for your support in my request for adminship which closed successfully last night. Feel free to let me know if I can help you with something or if I have made a mistake. I would also like to encourage you to vote often (just in case you don't) on other candidates since we need more admins. Happy editing, Garion96 (talk) 23:56, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] G&S

The G&S article is a Featured Article on Italian Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_e_Sullivan

Can we copy anything from the Italian WP for our article? It seems like, at a minimum, there are a few photos that can be copied, either for the G&S article, or for the author's or composer's articles? How's your Italian? -- Ssilvers 02:54, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Our old pal

Jacob Peters is back. [Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Jacob Peters] TheQuandry 20:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

... for all the support - never really got to thank you properly during the, er, drama of last week, but thanks :) *wonders if she's in Moreschi's list of pet admins* riana_dzasta 14:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Wonder what your opinion is on this article

hi there, I came across List of unboundedly long songs today as it was recently featured on the very popular "interesting thingies to read that will make you think you are hip when reading them" blog Boing Boing[1] and a number of similar blogs. I initially tagged it as unsourced and possible original research (the awkward title sets off alarm bells and does badly at google/google books, and there are no refs in the article), but as I know little about music, I refrained from writing an ignoramus afd nomination. A second look now at the talk page where some objections are raised and a novice's glance at some of the song articles listed in the article suggests that I should point the list out to someone who knows more about the field and who may be able to solidly dismiss the article as OR or alternatively, suggest what the proper terminology (perhaps from classical music or music theory) for the article is and give it a more solid grounding. As you're something of a music buff, I thought you might be interested in taking a look. Thanks Bwithh Join Up! See the World! 05:55, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 18 February 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph Legros, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Carabinieri 07:54, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jimmy Copley

Hi. Wanted to let you know that I removed the speedy deletion tag from Jimmy Copley and was wondering if that was a mistake. This is not a borderline case; an article asserting that a musician has worked with ten named, very well known (legendary in this case) music groups is an implicit and clear assertion of notability.--Fuhghettaboutit 13:56, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Handel opera box

I've just been looking at the Agrippina peer review and see that you think that a Handel box, like the Mozart, Verdi, Puccini boxes, might be useful. As I created all the current boxes (except the Prokofiev one), I could easily adapt one of them for Handel, and will be happy to do so if you wish. There is one problem, however: all the existing boxes (except the Prokofiev ones) are positioned in the top RH corner of the article - I personally regard this as the best place - BUT there are so many Handel operas that the box will often produce a rather ungainly effect, particularly in short articles or stubs. Have a look at Alzira (opera) for one example. I don't think this will be a problem with the Agrippina article, but what about the very short Handel ones, e.g. Rodrigo?

Four possible solutions that I can think of:

  • Just apply a box in the usual way to all articles irregardless, moving .jpgs down as appropriate
  • Have a long box for longer articles and a wide one for stubs. Problem: need to change boxes as articles expand.
  • Have a wide box for all at the bottom. Problem: not so prominent and jars with the Mozart, Verdi, etc., boxes elsewhere.
  • Try a two-column box in the usual place. Problem: will look a bit too prominent, as the text to the left will get squeezed.

Why don't I do a Handel box along the usual lines and add it to the Agrippina article and a few others, and we can talk about it further after you've had a look? I'll do that tomorrow unless you'd rather I didn't. --GuillaumeTell 22:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

...Or you could simply only add an infobox once the article is long enough? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:11, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Agree with Dev's suggestion, so green light, GT. Thanks greatly for helping out. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 22:24, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Done the infobox (it's LONG!) and shoved it in. I moved the title-page to where the pic of Handel was - the latter is duplicated at the top of the infobox. It all may need a bit of tweaking - maybe a longer intro - feel free to shake it all about, anyway. --GuillaumeTell 19:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm not too bothered about the other oratorios or Hercules, but I'm going to put Semele back in. The libretto is an opera libretto, and calling it an oratorio was only a ruse to get it performed. I don't believe that it's ever given as an oratorio these days. NB I aligned the infobox with the items that are in Category:Operas by George Frideric Handel. Three other possible deletions from the box might be the pasticcios, but, basically, unless we divide the operas into (say) three chronological segments (I might have a go at that), the list is long because Handel wrote lots and lots of operas. --GuillaumeTell 17:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] And now for something completely different

Since opera appears to be your speciality, I rescued this stub from an afd a few days ago by writing a bit of sourced text. I thought maybe you knew of her or had sources on hand to easily expand. I have no stake; just a thought.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

She's in Grove. I'm just packing it in for the day, so I'll put some stuff up on her tomorrow. Thanks for the tip-off. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 22:25, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for looking.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:47, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Just saw this while reading your reply on Agrippina above - aargh, how could anyone think that FQ isn't notable? Any advice about how to add Wikipedia:Articles for deletion to my watchlist so as to catch current nominees as they come in? --GuillaumeTell 01:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Well the first thing you should note is that this didn't end up with a delete. Some of us always do our own research. Having never heard of her and an outsider, you see what I quickly uncovered and did. Despite the protestations of many, afd usually works. so I doubt the result would be otherwise for similar mis-nominations. As far as placing on your watchlist, I don't think there is, as each day's afd log page is separately created with that day's date. However, if you'd like to place an easily accessible, permanent link somewhere on your user or talk page that will always point to the current day's log so it's easy to check, you can use this code: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/{{CURRENTYEAR}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}|AfD]].--Fuhghettaboutit 03:55, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

For removing that vandalism from my user page. JEB215 02:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Kids these days...the amount of school vandalism on RC is quite depressing. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 16:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I appreciate you reverting the vandalism on my user page! --Nevhood 20:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

No problemo. I've seen your name around a lot on RC today, you've been doing great work. Keep it up! Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 20:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Hi, Moreschi, I just wanted to thank you for your support on my RfA, which was successful with a final tally of 61/0/2. It's always great to get support from a fellow opera lover and Jacob Peters monitor. :-) If you have any comments about my use of the tools I would be glad to hear from you on my talk page. Thanks again! Heimstern Läufer 06:53, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gaspare Pacchierotti article, Opera project

After many vicissitudes, including losing the whole thing and needing to start again (aargh!), I've managed to create the above, though I can't yet find it in a search. Is this usual? I hope you like what I've written, if you can find it! I would very much like to be involved in the Wiki Opera Project, though I don't usually have lots of time to do "big stuff" - I just thought that Pacchierotti needed and deserved an article: he was as famous as anybody during his lifetime. Best wishes, Nick--voxclamans 11:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for your reply on my talk page, and for your help tidying up the article. Where do I find out about doing all that technical stuff? - I really am a new arrival here! I've signed up for the Opera Project, and suggested that "castrato" might be included as a new voice category there.--voxclamans 20:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Have now done a big re-write on Moreschi. Hope it's OK. BTW, many thanks for your kind transmission of comments from Nick Mitchell, whom I haven't seen for ages. What a nice man!--voxclamans 11:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FL

Excellent news. I've been a bit busy recently so my contributions have been minimal to WP. Incidentally check out the stirring of interest here [2] if you haven't already noticed. --Folantin 19:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

My request for adminship has closed successfully (79/0/1), so it appears that I am now an administrator. Thanks very much for your vote of confidence. If there's anything I can ever do to help, please don't hesitate to let me know. IrishGuy talk 02:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another RfA thanks!

Thankyou also for supporting my RfA which had (47/0/0) upon closure. I'm always open to recall if you think I'm misbehaving or just leave me a note on my talk page. Thanks, James086Talk 12:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Non-urgent

mail. Replied. --Folantin 14:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article on castrato

I've done an edit on this, and was wondering whether you might like to have a look. Could you please help with tidying up some of the formatting (audio-file refs, especially)? I'm not yet very good at this. Many thanks, Nick--voxclamans 23:36, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you.

Best CfD ever. Kyaa the Catlord 23:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright on FSC

Darn it, I keep assuming people will verify the copyright status of works before nominating them. I shouldn't assume that. If the template is correct, the work is in the Public Domain only in Russia, and not in the US or any other country. I guess that means it's GFDL in Russia and "fair use" in every other country. Except, this recording is too long to fall under Fair Use in the US. I don't know what our guideline should be for Featured Sounds for things which are not internationally free, but it seems like if it's not free where our servers are or where most of our readers are, it probably shouldn't be featured. Also, I opened this up in Audacity for the first time, and it looks like practically the whole thing is whatsitcalled... I want to say overblown... it's in the red for most of the recording, meaning that information was lost. It's definitely something that could easily be fixed with another recording, and a problem we shouldn't have on our featured recordings. Mak (talk)

Just double-checked on the dreaded IRC, and yes, if it's on Wikimedia servers it should follow fair use rules on English Wikipedia. Mak (talk) 17:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
It's not entirely clear whether the score and the performance can be separately licensed like that. Certainly the GFDL does not mean that we can use the recording freely, since the underlying score is copyrighted. Mak (talk) 17:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
The full opus is about an hour long, this is a part of the opus, which is just 1:17 mins. It is not taken from a website, CD or something. It appears to be full quality cause my dad played it on an electronic keyboard (a yamaha) while connected to a computer, but not, it is original, made at home and a conscious contribution to wikipedia. Thanks --– Emperor Walter Humala · ( shout! · sign? ) 21:36, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guadagni

Hello again, I've done a big expand on this, including another image and lots of references. I also reinstated the racy anecdote - it's fun! let me know what you think. All best wishes, Nick--voxclamans 00:06, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

The racy story is true is true, as far as I know. Walpole really had it in for him, but the whole thing has been researched by Pat Howard, who's very good indeed! --voxclamans 21:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thankyou

Thanks. Have to say, they wilfully misquoted me in places, but they did so in a nice way, so I don't really mind. :) Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 16:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Clara Clairbert

Hello! Does the dreaded Grove Dictionary of Music have an article on Clara Clairbert/Clara Pierre Impens? More importantly, do you have any idea how I could find a discography of her recordings? They date from the age of stone and steam: the 1920s-1950s. Thanks in advance! Angus McLellan (Talk) 15:21, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject PipeOrgan

Hi,

Wikipedia:WikiProject PipeOrgan has now been created. Feel free to assist in the creation of the project page, and then we can get started!

Best,

MDCollins (talk) 16:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Essjay's edits

Well, I'm not Doug, but I'm with you all the way on checking up on Essjay's edits to these Catholicism articles post-lies-discovery. I'll keep a general eye out and see what I can do with the specifics. Feel free to give me a bell at any stage if something especially odd comes up. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 22:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the note! I'm currently at work on Talk:Roman Catholic Church/Essjay's edits where several users are sifting through the edits Essjay made. As an aside, there are also some POV issues with Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, which Essjay appears to have been the main contributor to. Anyway, thanks for the note. Firsfron of Ronchester 22:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Since you're more experienced with deleting things than I...=

I could use some help formatting the AFD for Lightsaber_combat properly. I tried to make it as stated in the guide, but the link created went to an archived AFD, so I moved it to Articles for deletion/Lightsaber_combat2.

(as for why the article should be deleted, that's obvious; all the sources go to fan sites, message boards, and another wiki.) Jtrainor 19:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hehe

Made me laugh with this. Totally true ;) RFCN is a most dislikeable area, I must say. Cheers, – riana_dzasta 16:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. This is starting to get tiresome... :) – riana_dzasta 12:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your sig

I think you should change the "recording" link to your talk page. - PatricknoddyTALK (reply here)|HISTORY 19:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

No, you aren't violating to rules, but I'm just saying most people would rather have a link to your talk page than a stupid recording page. - PatricknoddyTALK (reply here)|HISTORY 22:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question about large-scale removal of stuff

It boggles the mind why there's a separate article for every episode of the Simpsons (and likely, other shows). I propose that all this stuff be removed, but I don't know how to nominate dozens or even hundreds of articles for deletion at once. Jtrainor 18:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aggrippina

You planning on taking this to FA? Just wondering how that's going. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 11:38, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and I can get someone to record a bassoon solo of the Rite of Spring. How much of it do you want? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 11:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Giuseppe Millico on DYK for 11 March 2007

Updated DYK query On 11 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Giuseppe Millico, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thank you for your contribution! — ERcheck (talk) 21:11, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Heh

I didn't know Vandal, trolling only. Yuck. was a CSD criterion ;) (you might have meant AIV... ) – riana_dzasta 14:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Heh, done already :) Ah, the short, productive trolls are my favourites. How've you been? – riana_dzasta 14:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I think Chatzilla will probably break my laptop, so I'll pass for now ;) It's late here anyway, and I should be getting to bed. Take care, and have fun :) – riana_dzasta 14:27, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings from Hokkaido!

Greetings from snowy but sunny Hokkaido! Last week I got an internet connection here and I'm starting to get involved again with the opera project. How are things? Best, Kleinzach 03:22, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply and congratulations on producing some great material while I have been away. Thanks also for your message to Andrew Powell. I wonder if he is still pursuing this. I'm not going to do anything more myself for the time being. More later. Best. Kleinzach 02:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rfa thanks

Hey, just popping by to say thanks a bunch for supporting my sucessfull Rfa, I'm honoured to serve the community (and add to the brit cabal!), and if you ever want any assisstance, you know where to find me Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 18:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mohammad Badshah Qadri-ul-Chishti Yamani Raichuri

Please read my comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohammad Badshah Qadri-ul-Chishti Yamani Raichuri and see if you still believe that this article needs to be deleted. I have added the three electronic references to the article, although the last one is not very reliable. --Bejnar 04:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia's greatest cat

Thanks. "Assassinated Goths"? Best. Category. Ever. Surprisingly many candidates too (notice how the bios go out of their way to note the few Visigothic kings who actually died in their beds). This guy must be worried he might qualify one day. I bet that's why those bands use so much dry ice on stage - makes life harder for potential snipers. --Folantin 10:25, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ah...

So I am on the list? ;) It's most likely that you know more about this than I do, but I'll still wait for someone with bigger balls to come and do it. – Riana shiny disco balls 10:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, well, there is that. Riana will stick to semiprotects and speedy deletions, at least until she finds a suitable cabal to adopt her. – Riana shiny disco balls 10:53, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 :) – Riana shiny disco balls 11:05, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Two or more criteria for deletion

If "unsourced" and "potentially infinite" are reasons to delete list of wave topics, would you also delete list of mathematics articles (E) and pages like if for the same reason? What about all the many pages linked to from lists of mathematics topics? Would you delete all of those (a couple of hundred of them, maybe?)? Michael Hardy 22:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

List of wave topics isn't up for AfD. As to what I think you're referring to, then "unsourced" and "potentially infinite" are completely reasons to delete something. WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS for the other points you made? Moreschi Request a recording? 22:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I meant list of cycles (of course).

In a topics list, the sources should be in the articles linked to, not in the list. Are you really suggesting that the list of mathematics articles is "crap"? Or that lists of mathematics topics, by consensus a Wikipedia featured list chosen to represent Wikipedia's best work, is "crap"? It is absurd to sugest "potentially infinite" is a reason to delete. ALL Wikipedia articles are "potentially infinite". And all reasonable topics lists are potentially infinite. I cite two of Wikipedia's most respected articles and you call them "crap". Should I be impressed? Michael Hardy 22:44, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kicks Hawaii

I despammed it a bit. Let me know what you think. Just Heditor review 23:07, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] cut and paste moves

Beware of cut and paste moves, as you did to Zaira. I would personally have moved the page and created the disambiguation afterwards, since most of the article was about the play. That allows the history to stay on the right page (which is a requirement of the GFDL if I remember well). Cheers, -- lucasbfr talk 10:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plese reconsider your vote on Human rights in pre-Saddam Iraq

Hi Moreschi,

I've just put a lot of work into improving Human rights in pre-Saddam Iraq so that the article is not now anything like what it was when you voted. I think it now may meet your objections to it, so please take another look and see what you think. I'm still not satisfied with the article, but it has roughly the proper scope and many more reliable sources. I think what I've done shows that there's too much material out there to merge this article with anything else. Significant gaps remain and some subjects should have footnotes from more sources, but I think the article is several steps toward what it should be. Best, Noroton 22:28, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Opinion altered - nice cleanup job. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 21:56, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you for reverting vandalism on my user page. Purgatory Fubar Converse or Snafu 21:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! No problem re the vandalism :) Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 21:56, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

==Deletion

Moreschi - I agree with your view on B Pavlovic article (I'm the author in question). Please go ahead and delete. Or advise me on how to do it. Thanks BPavlovic

[edit] Homophony

I've actually pretty much exhausted the Grove article; I have access to the encyclopedia myself. I was hoping that someone with a greater deal of knowledge on the subject or access to better sources (there must be some kind of book on the history of musical texture) could help out with the article. Or just anyone who wants to give it a whirl. I've managed to get the article up to GA status, but I really don't know anymore about the subject, and my efforts researching its history have not been very fruitful. Thanks for the offer, though! -- Cielomobile talk / contribs 03:13, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 23 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anna Maria Strada, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Carabinieri 20:17, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Hehe, thankyou. Better to get to work though, I have another FAC going through. :) Admittedly, I didn't peer review first (or rather, I did but got no replies after three days - bloody backlog) so it could well fail but my success rate at RfA is 70%, 100% if you discount those noms I didn't work on personally... Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mail

Really not remotely urgent. --Folantin 11:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I noticed that you and Folantin seem to be working on cleaning up "Orland furioso", and I thought you might want to cast an eye on the related opera La liberazione di Ruggiero. Cheers, Mak (talk) 18:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Will check it out, and I rather need to prove my feminist credentials :) Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 19:18, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Friend

Please note tht according to my userbox that I want everybody to be my friend. Okay? Cheers! IsuzuAxiom1007 (talk • contribs) 18:14, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yeah...

I've got my eye on that one. Rather ropey behaviour; however his account overlaps the other user's ban by some days, so I'm not sure they're the same person. Almost definitely someone's sockpuppet though, doing a very bad job of pretending to be a newbie, with dodgy reports to RFPP etc. Anyway, I've got my eye on him. – Riana talk 01:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion Project

I'm afraid that the Deletion WP is getting stale and with Elara's departure I'm not sure about its future. I was looking for ways to get some energy back into it and transfer over alot of the material based around it former head to still active editors. If you have any ideas please hit me up. I seem to never have the time to do all the things I want but I'll make the time in this case if you're interested. NeoFreak 17:41, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent successful RfA. --Anthony.bradbury 10:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

  • Thanks for the support position. However, I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns. I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Wikipedia editor. Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube 04:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Is it okay that we cause some extent of a joke on wikipedia since it being April fools day by not vandalizing? I never meant to cause harm on Jimbo Wales page, but is there any way we can cause fun without causing harm? 81.154.213.154 09:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll tell you what. Probably the best April Fool of all is actually contribute productively/write a good article today. By doing this as a logged-out anon you will waste the time of hundreds of Recent Changes patrollers who are, on this day of days, assuming that every anon edit is vandalism, and will naturally check every single edit you make.
Alternatively, if you can think of something really amusing, you can play around with my userpage if you want. Moreschi Request a recording? 09:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bustingcancer (talk · contribs)

I'll take it to WP:RFCN after giving the username some time to change the name, but just wanted to make sure you know that per WP:U#Illness, Usernames mentioning or referring to illnesses, disabilities, or conditions are prohibited. I agree there's nothing evil about the name, but it's a policy violation. Cheers - RJASE1 Talk 16:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Senator David Norris

David Norris is gay. why would he have a female spouse? Exiledone 17:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

No Problem. Exiledone 17:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for your Support on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with a final tally of 89/1/1. If there's anything I can help with, then you know where to find me. Cheers.

- Michael Billington (talk) 06:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why?

I'm not vandalizing Wikipedia, i'm just requesting for a unlock!!!!!62.14.150.8 15:23, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Could you possibly tell me what is considered disruption? I'll stop edits like that if you can..? --I'm so special 17:20, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I think both myself and other editors have quite adequately outlined that for you at ANI. Requesting unblock for usernames that flagrantly violate the relevant policy, filing pointless checkuser requests, and general wikilawyering is a good start. Please go and just edit the encyclopedia productively: we'll all be a lot happier, and you won't be blocked. Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 17:23, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
If you want my advice, don't edit anything other than the encyclopedia - actual articles - for the next month. Just a recommendation. Moreschi Request a recording? 17:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar--my first one! I really appreciate the thought. Cheers! C thirty-three 20:34, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moreschi article revert

Hello, Many thanks for reverting that "contribution" from this nameless personage, who no doubt thinks he/she is very amusing ... All best wishes, Nick--voxclamans 21:07, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Majorly's RfB

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[edit] e-mail

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[edit] Owned

The IP who vandalised your page has been blocked for 31 hours. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 20:59, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You're a terrible person

Just kidding ;) Meh, RBI is my policy towards this sort of thing in real life, no reason why it should be any different here. I'm glad to provide distraction for nitwits, I like to think of it as community service. – Riana ऋ 10:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Esperanza

I realize that in this edit, you meant to make the essay simpler. However, do you think that it would be okay if we tried to keep the essay simple but with less debatable arguements? I've been trying the whole time to keep the essay unbiased and in check with the MfD closing results.--Ed ¿Cómo estás? 15:32, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

If you feel that my points are debatable, then feel free to edit it! You are the first editor in 2 months to actually tell me what was wrong with my edits. However, please don't revert back to the original version; I personally think that it just makes the matter worse.--Ed ¿Cómo estás? 15:59, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I edited bits of your version. I'm ok with that, are you? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 16:33, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Re your comment on my recent RfA, for which support I thank you; you ask me to chase up the backlogs while our American friends are asleep. But work it out; I am in the UK. Right now (9.30 GMT} I am hard at it, vandal killing, and they are hard at it, vandalism creating. But in two or three hours I will go to bed, and they will be going strong, and awake for some three or four hours. The WP:CSD backlog oscillates between 160 and zero. I am doing my best.--Anthony.bradbury 20:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I was only kidding really!--Anthony.bradbury 19:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your recent support in my RfA. It was a success! J Milburn 16:34, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blanking pages

Thank you for your edits to WP:ASSIST but you have removed other peoples comments. [3] This is not considered friendly and doesn't agree with wikipedia's policy WP:VAN. Please do not remove other peoples comments for it may be considered vandalism. (or in this case Harassment). Thank you. --CyclePat 19:10, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Stop it. Now. Moreschi Want some help? Ask! 19:10, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Fairness to St. John's University

Hi, I just want to thank you for your work to ensure fairness for St. John's University.

you note, placing a statement like the "Least Happy Students" item prominently in the first paragraph of any article about any institution does indeed seem like an unfortunate -- and even unprecedented -- slap at the university.

I say unprecedented because, looking at articles for other institutions (like New York University, Columbia University, Manhattan College), it is clear that no other university has had to content with such negativity inserted prominently in the articles about them.

Your assistance illustrates why the concept behind Wikipedia -- democracy with safeguards -- does indeed work. Yet necessary blocks sadden me because they prevent well-meaning readers from adding necessary information.

For example, if we look at articles for other instutitons, their offerings are richly well-represented in their first paragraphs and beyond. St. John's entry, regrettably, cannot yet show that breadth and depth due to the need to ensure that bias is eliminated. I do hope that contributors will again be able to add to the information about St. John's in a way that represents the institution as fairly as other colleges and universities are represented in their Wikipedia articles.

Once again, thank you very, very much.

In following the wikipedia guidleline concerning academic boosting [4] , removal of the words like excellence and prominence have been a problem. Although statements like "least happy students" may appear to be a slap in the face, it is something that the school has actually been ranked in. There are numerous guides including the US News and World Report and the Princeton review being the biggest ones rate and rank accoding to numerous subjective guidelines. Even the school newspaper ranks speaks about St. John's rankings in the newspaper and praises it's inclusion. [5]. The good and the bad gives a fair perspective. Simply stating what is good white washes history and is unencyclopedic. It's like Duke blanking out the lacrosse rape scandal, or UNLV not speaking about the it's NCAA violations. [6] . St. John's university along with stony brook are notable to have included the least happy students.[7]. There has been no removal of the top 10 wireless ranking that St. John' has been given, so there isn't any NPOV violations. Scandals isn't an appropriate place for the st. john's ranking of least happy students. Most likely a rankings portion is needed. Which is what i'll create. thanks . 66.171.23.248 19:47, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CN

Thanks for reminding me. I've replied on WP:CN. WooyiTalk, Editor review 19:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I know. To be honest, I think this ban will last five seconds before CyclePat is blocked indefinitely for not heeding the ban/filing an advocacy case/posting abusive messages about you, me, CN and EA/just being a DICK. But it's worth a go. :) Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 20:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Just saw the note on your userpage

A classics based education, eh? With your userpage having been seen, I shall have to use more Latin around you. vale. :) Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Operetta

Hi! I am wondering if you would like to do the merge, or should I have a go? Is it just a matter of a simple redirect or is it more complicated? You are better than I am at these technical moves! Best. - Kleinzach 00:09, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Apology

Apology accepted. And no serious offense was ever taken. I mainly hoped that my response to you would cause a realization of how your words might be hurtful in a way that you did not truly intend them to be. And such seems to be the case. I believe we've communicated in the past (re. the Pastoral opera article that I started in a sandbox area), and I hope to do so again in the future, and please be assured that in my point of view, no lasting damage of any significance has been done by the discussion on the WP Composers talk page.  :) Cheers, Lini 19:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My comment at your RFA

While browsing random pages via Wikipedia:Random yesterday, I encountered a page that reminded me of your RFA in early February, wherein I opposed your candidacy primarily for this edit summary. In light of the extra time I've spent at Wikipedia since then and events in my personal life in the past two months, I am now convinced that I was wrong to oppose you on that basis. Were I case into the same situation, I do not know how I would have responded then or now, but your subsequent comment on the IP vandal's talk page shows great restraint. I wish to apologise for what was (in retrospect) a frivolous reason to oppose your candidacy. Best, Black Falcon 19:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biography Project

I've supported your opinion. I've also left a note at User_talk:Kingboyk#Biography_Project_boxes_on_opera_composers.2C_singers. Ciao. - Kleinzach 00:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Future54

I filed a case at RFCU today. Keep an eye out, would you? I'm going to be away for the next few days, but take care :) – Riana ऋ 08:47, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding your edits to WP:CN

Greetings! I noticed you have contested my close. Would you please add a comment into that section, this serves two purposes; it will allow the community to know you would like more comments, and it will keep the section from going to the archives automatically. Please note that after 48hrs discussion sections with no comments +48 hrs are moved to the archive. Additionally, it does not appear that section will generate more discussion. After you add a comment to the section, I will wait another 48 hours (unless discussion is generated) before I close it again. With regards, Navou banter 12:54, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request to remove protection to Carlos Latuff.

I think it is very unfair and bias to protect Latuff's page but not protect Muhammad or anyone else subject to constant vandaling. Can you plesae reconsider unprotecting his page so people can freely edit. Thank you Paul T. EvansPaul T. Evans

Not an admin, so I can't unprotect. Please take this to WP:RFPP. Cheers, Moreschi Want some help? Ask! 17:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sec's in the City

What, the Daleks or the diff? :) Will (I hope they cannot see, I AM THE GREAT DESTROYER!) 12:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

David Tennant, by the way, is a brilliant Doctor. I'd suggest watching from Series 1 - There's already being a bit of character developement at the start of the other series. I'm going off on a tangent now, but these are the must see episodes.
Series 1
Series 2
For the sake of continuity, you're best off watching all of them, but my favourite episodes are above. My favourite story, by the way, is Army of Ghosts/Doomsday, if only for the end of the first and the music of the second. {Although I may have spoiled the end of the first with ol' Skult). Will (I hope they cannot see, I AM THE GREAT DESTROYER!) 13:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Yes sirree. The Dalek episodes are very good. Will (I hope they cannot see, I AM THE GREAT DESTROYER!) 13:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ArbCom

A case you commented has been filed an ArbCom request by me, on Wikipedia:Requests for Arbitration#Transnistria, please go take a look, thank you! WooyiTalk, Editor review 02:19, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of songs containing covert references to real musicians

You may want to weigh in at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 April 15#List of songs containing covert references to real musicians, since you were involved in a previous discussion of this article. - Jmabel | Talk 05:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)