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[edit] Baykal

Hi there! Don't know if you are still interested, but I thought I'd let you know that the issues with the Baykal (disambiguation) page are still being discussed. I have submitted a proposal on its talk; please feel free to comment. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 23:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

The intro line as it stands in the current version of the page is in the form close to my suggestion, so you already know my opinion on that issue. As for the other issues being discussed, I'm willing to leave the debate in the hands of those like yourself who are more knowledgeable about the relevant topics. Any dab page drawing that much discussion is going to be a well thought-out and useful page whatever its ultimate form. Regards--ShelfSkewed Talk 03:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disambig link

Hey, thanks for fixing the link in Qandisa. As a fixer of links to disambig. pages myself, I'm a little embarrassed that I missed that one in an article I created! (And misspelled Morocco at the same time...) --BelovedFreak 00:03, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Happy to help. If it makes you feel better, in a recent edit summary, attempting to spell disambig, I ended up saving diasmabig. D'oh!--ShelfSkewed Talk 00:14, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kaleidoscope

I really miss the old Kaleidoscope. I hate the Aqua interface, from the clammy blueness to the ubiquitous brushed-steel. I want some choices in the old Mac tradition. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:23, 22 April 2008 (UTC) (still running a tangerine iMac at home)

I feel your pain. I have to use those... things... at work. Hasn't the working class suffered enough? --Orange Mike | Talk 20:32, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unbelievable

Thanks for the note. Should I re-create Unbelievable (disambiguation) as a redir to Unbelievable? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 04:00, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spring (store)

[edit] Sleeping Beauty

Thank you for the diligent work on The Sleeping Beauty and The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) and all the dancers! — Robert Greer (talk) 15:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

In reply to the earlier version of your comments (and thank you for your kind words) I was following the example of The Nutcracker, which contains a separate section ("New choreography") discussing several notable presentations of the ballet. That is, the musical composition is treated as the primary topic and thus the primary disambiguating feature. My assumption was that the Martins version, when it was ultimately given a detailed treatment, would not have a separate article but should be included in the The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) article, in the section "Versions by other hands". Cheers --ShelfSkewed Talk 16:14, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Last Holloween

hello. once again i restored the entry for The Last Holloween. that it is a redlink is really immaterial. the question of whether it rises to the level of significance is evidenced by its acknowledgment by the academy with an emmy award. more importantly, the alternate spelling of the title is an obvious and intentional play on words and inherently calls for disambiguation. its inclusion in this dab is permitted per MOS:DAB#Red links, and MOS:DAB#Misspellings. --emerson7 04:09, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I continue to disagree. Leaving aside the linking (which is another issue) and the spelling (you might note that I have no objection to Helloween in the See also section) my objection to the inclusion of The Last Holloween is that it's not something called Halloween (or Holloween or Helloween). It's a film called The Last Holloween and it is not an ambiguous use--it's just something that happens to include the word "H(a/o)lloween", a type of entry specifically excluded in MOS:DAB. It no more belongs on the dab page than Halloween Havoc, Halloween Blizzard, Big Top Halloween, or The Paul Lynde Halloween Special. I have no intention of continuing this revert war, but the next time I edit the page for some other reason, I will remove that entry again.--ShelfSkewed Talk 04:21, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Marcus Fenix

An article that you have been involved in editing, Marcus Fenix, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcus Fenix. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? ZeroGiga (talk) 09:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Lucky (Jackie Collins novel)

Well, I now know that too... :-) In my defense: 1) I don't remember encountering a book article with just a surname in the title, 2) songs, for example, disambiguate with the full name of the artist. Anyway: I defer to the current naming convention, so I renamed the article back. Thanks for dropping a note. GregorB (talk) 14:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese as a foreign language

I understand that not all external links are acceptable, but can you direct me to the rationale on why some sites need 2 links (including 1 commercial link)?

- Official site of Beijing Language and Culture University - Official site of Beijing Language and Culture University Press A famous Chinese textbooks publisher—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gymshaw (talk • contribs)

I'm not sure exactly what you are asking. The guidelines for external links are detailed at Wikipedia:External links. Each of the institutions you mention has an article, and each has an external link to the appropriate official site. When any entity, including a commercial one, has an article it is appropriate to included a single link to the homepage of that entity's website. But the BLCU Press website is not externally linked in the BLCU article.--ShelfSkewed Talk 14:28, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation/delete/move

I think I took care of You Are What You Eat alright - please would you let me know if you come across any problems with all of that. Thanks —Alex.Muller 06:49, 17 May 2008 (UTC)