User talk:Special-T

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[edit] Trumpet

I agree that the trumpet article needs a lot of work. I've noticed your efforts and appreciate them. Welcome to Wikipedia!--Dbolton 07:05, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overtones

Here's the image as promised. Please put it into relevant articles as soon as possible. - Mgm|(talk) 21:15, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More trumpet vandals

I noticed that you reverted some recent vandalism to Trumpet. There's another one on there and since I'm fairly new at this (haven't read up enough on reverting and the appropriate warnings, etc.), I thought I'd ask you to revert it and take the appropriate action. Thanks. Special-T 15:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the note! I have gone ahead and reverted the vandalism. If you want to read more about reverting vandalism, check out WP:VAND. Thanks again, --Hansnesse 16:29, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spam

Do you mean our anonymous friend who inserted links to videposters dot co dot uk again? Yes, as you no doubt saw I dealt with this yesterday. I am afraid the best way I know is going through the anon's contributions list and reverting them singly, which is probably what you did. Looking at the user's contributions, s/he spent three-quarters of an hour adding links that have been almost immediately removed - s/he will probably work out that it is not the best use of time, and that there are more effective methods of search-engine optimisation! Keep up the good work! Best wishes, --RobertG ♬ talk 13:10, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Special-T! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. AmiDaniel (talk) 21:23, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bass clarinet category

A lot about the categories don't make sense. Anyway, you're right that it seems strange that the Bass clarinet article would be part of a category called "bass clarinetists." The most logical way would be to have the bass clarinet article in a category "Bass clarinet," then "Bass clarinetists" be a subcategory of that. But there's no "Bass clarinet" category right now because there's not really anything to put into it other than articles on bass clarinetists. In the future perhaps one could be added, to include articles on various models of bass clarinet or other bass-clarinet-related articles. For now, the main thing is to direct Wikipedia users to other related articles and categories so that they can further their research. Without including "Bass clarinetists" as a category there's no good way to do that. Badagnani 23:02, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, at least that's the way I've been doing it because to me the usefulness of the site is more important than being a stickler to the rules. It's very possible that having the players as a category in the instrument article is not kosher but I just don't see any other way to get our readers to the category otherwise. Badagnani 23:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

That's good to know. This seems most sensible, though many editors are very strict about not including overlapping categories, treating them as mutually exclusive. In many cases I disagree with this. Badagnani 23:22, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jazz

Thanks for your gentle reminder to clean up the grammar on my last jazz entry. Americasroof 13:50, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flat signs

I noticed the new round of flat sign changes on the trumpet article too. Apparently this isn't a problem for any of the main competitors to Internet Explorer, i.e. Mozilla/Firefox, Safari, or Opera. I was hoping this problem would fade away with time, since Microsoft is releasing a new version of IE in the next few months. Unfortunately, this bug has not been addressed in the current preview release (beta 3) of IE 7. The missing flat sign in IE is part of a wider issue: lack of support for mixed Unicode blocks (See Unicode and HTML#Web browser support). --Dbolton 18:09, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I recently changed some symbols to "flat" in the clarinet article on the basis of wanting to be more understandable. Apparently, there's a group who feel strongly against this, despite obvious problems with so many users seeing blank spaces. Just as the "real" flat sign is unsupported in some browsers, surely it is also difficult to comprehend for people outside or tangentially outside the music world, who have no idea what that "b" thing is. I'm in the music world myself, but think it would be far better to use English (spelling out "flat") rather than using a specialty symbol. If, that is, we want the most people to read and understand and comprehend, rather than merely being "correct" in our own small field. Yes? No? Other thoughts? (Wasn't sure where to put this, so I put it here.) QwertyUSA 11:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

We have been trying to develop a possible solution to the Unicode flats and sharps issue at the Manual of Style for music. Please visit Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (music)#Unicode template for sharps and flats if you have an interest in this or care to comment.--Dbolton 00:16, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your note on ANI

I read your note in the Adminstrators' Noticeboard...on the vandalism-only account. I've reviewed the edits. With the exception of one/two edits, as you noted, they are all vandalism. I've placed a temporary block on the editor. — ERcheck (talk) 03:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image uploading

Drop me an email with the images attached and give me as much information about when, where and what was photographed. Also, let me know if you took them yourself or if there is another source and what license you would like them to have. - Mgm|(talk) 16:46, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sonny Rollins?

See my query there about yesterday's revert - I'm interested in understanding the reasons? AllyD 11:15, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] rm linkspam?

Hi, I would like to understand why you removed Dave Douglas @ All About Jazz from the external links section of the article Dave Douglas (and links to other allaboutjazz.com pages from other jazz related articles). Your edit summary rm linkspam doesn't make it clear for me what your objections to that link are. Best regards, BNutzer 19:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I found User_talk:Infrogmation#Jazz_link_-_spam.3F after posting the above ... BNutzer 20:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
See also Talk:Jazz#Commercial_links for more discussion on this topic ... -- Nilinator 20:55, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Odd vandalism

Greetings! It took me a minute to figure it out before I reverted that one. Apparently the vandal copied and pasted the entire paragraph on "Renaissance self-awareness" into another section later in the article, so unless I'm missing something (not impossible) it should be right now. Cheers! Antandrus (talk) 20:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 206.219.87.130 vandalism

Greetings! I've twice removed your report of User:206.219.87.130 vandalism from Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. The reason is that no vandalism has occurred past a {{uw-vandal4}} type warning or similar within the recent past. We do not operate on the immediate assumption that all edits from an IP are from the same person. The IP, especially one that is shared, could be used by anyone. In this particular case, there is no persistent chain of vandalism on related articles pointing to the possibility that this is a static IP used by a single person. As such, we must assume that we are dealing with multiple people, and use warnings appropriate to the occasion. With that in mind, we usually block an anon IP after they have continued vandalizing past a level 4 type warning that was given within the last 24 hours at most. This is why I've twice removed your report. I have left a level 2 warning on the IP's talk page. This, combined with the fact that there has been no activity from this IP for the last three hours means a block will have little, if any, effect on the person committing the vandalism. I hope this helps. If you have any questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. --Durin 16:38, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Greetings Special-T and Durin, and all! I agree that it is pretty certain that anon IPs are used by multiple users, and not all users are to be blamed for mis-use, but I have come across some/many cases in which there are clear patterns that suggest the same person/s (dare I say vandal?) is/are participating at the same time of day/once a week or whatever. Such behaviour seems to take place during school time and if such is the case, the teacher might be interested to know why a certain IP in his/her class has been blocked. My rationale for thinking that it's just kids having "fun" is that, barring some nasty arguments I've seen on Wikipedia, most adults don't really have time or interest in vandalising other people's contributions - do they? Be that as it may, my original reason for contacting you was to ask you to direct me to the ABC of reporting/dealing with vandalism, etc. for a crash course in helping out. Thanx and rgrds. Technopat 16:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanx for your prompt reply and recommendations. --Technopat 22:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hello! I just noticed that you helped fix one of my userboxes earlier and I just wanted to say thanks. Have a good day and take care! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ann Stouter --Ann Stouter 01:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response

How DARE you try to patronise me - I made a legitimate edit to cut out an unnecassary statement and I will be reverting it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:144.82.208.13 13 February 2007

Your edit removed information from the article Clarinet that was somewhat useful. You did not include an edit summary, so your actions were open to misinterpretation. It looked like someone who had never edited Wikipedia (I checked, and these were your only edits) had experimented with the page, so I posted the good-natured test-1 warning. Notice that it says “Welcome and thank you…”. As for deleting the test-1 warning from your talk page, have a look at Wikipedia:Vandalism “removing warnings from one’s own talk page is often frowned upon.” I’m sure you noticed (since you re-reverted) that another editor reverted your deletion for that very reason. So please use edit summaries, sign your posts, and do not attack other editors. This isn’t my opinion, it’s Wikipedia policy. (copied from User talk:144.82.208.13)- Special-T 04:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


For your information, I have been editing wikipedia for a number of years now, just becuase my IP address only has edits today does not mean that I haven't edited it before. You will put people off editing if everything you don't agree with is construed as "vandalism". Why should I be warned about making a legimate edit just becuase you don't necessarily agree with it? Oh BTW how was my comment a personal attack. If people are going to "warn" me for no good reason I have a right to respond, I did not threaten you or insult you in any way. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:144.82.208.13 14 February 2007


  • Your edits came from an IP address with no other edits - by all appearances they were someone's first edits. They had no edit summary. They removed somewhat useful information. In short, they looked exactly like someone had experimented with Wikipedia by changing text in an article. Your failure to sign your post on my talk page also indicated an editor unfamiliar with Wikipedia. Your response, while not a threat, was a personal attack in that it was not about the content of the edit, but was rather directed at me personally - it started with "How DARE you..." - and was certainly hostile and uncivil. That and your deletion of the warning also indicated an editor who was not familiar with Wikipedia policy, as does your deletion of your hostile comment from my talk page. Sorry if I misinterpreted your intent. (also copied from User talk:144.82.208.13) - Special-T 12:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

More insanity from the same user (editing as User:Vcxzfdsa ), copied from his blanked talk page:

In response to your unsigned message on my talk page:

  • On the clarinet page you removed the comment saying they are made out of wood or plastic, what else can they be made from then? you said "many materials" - yes - that's becuase there are many types of wood and plastic - and all common clarinet materials fall into these two categories. (unsigned again)

- First, please sign your posts on talk pages. - Second, I'm guessing that you are the same user as User:144.82.208.13, since you have both been making the same edits and posting unsigned comments to my talk page. It is easier for everyone to keep track of who's who if a logged-in user uses his/her username instead of ISP. - Third, please read the Clarinet article before you edit it further. There is a section dealing with the instrument's construction. If one wanted to know what materials clarinets are made of, one place to look would be, indeed, the Wikipedia article Clarinet, which provides that information. I hope this helps. - Special-T 23:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

No, it doesn't - it says exactly what I said, generally wood and plastic - barring metal, which is very rare. Do not presume I have not read the article becuase I have.

[edit] Question

On the clarinet page you removed the comment saying they are made out of wood or plastic, what else can they be made from then? you said "many materials" - yes - that's becuase there are many types of wood and plastic - and all common clarinet materials fall into these two categories.

[edit] Re-linkspam

I just removed a bunch of it :). Darthgriz98 18:16, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion

Special-T, I noticed that you reverted one of my edits, but I can't for the life of me figure out - what did you change? (Sam Rivers's flute entry?) Thanks.Carlaclaws 16:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I think that clears it up for me.Carlaclaws 16:18, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clarion/Clarino

A Google Books search turns up the following uses of "clarino register" in relation to clarinets:

  • Anthony Baines, Woodwind Instruments and Their History
  • Albert R. Rice, The Clarinet in the Classical Period
  • Nicholas Cox, in Colin Lawson (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet

If it's a mistake, it's a mistake being made by some pretty major authorities. (I note, though, that Rice uses both "clarino" and "clarion".) On the other hand, it looks as though "clarion" is considerably more commonly used than "clarino". My inclination would be to use "clarion" but note "clarino" as a synonym. -- Rsholmes 19:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I catch you using "nukular", I will revert! -- Rsholmes 19:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

No mistake. See cited source, New Grove Dict. of Musical Instruments; it gives "clarinet", "clarino", and "clarion" all as accepted names for the second register, with "clarinet" being the term they prefer. -- Rsholmes 22:31, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My bad? - actually not...

User T, I have not edited any wikipages recently. I believe that my IP has been confused. No Big Deal though. - unsigned

The IP from which that message was posted (User:70.135.223.171) was the source of vandalism and was properly tagged by me in November 2007. - Special-T 01:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I appologise

Thanks for the message on this IPs talk page. This is a school computer, and I'm very sorry for telling my classmates that you can edit wikipedia. Probably shouldn't have done that...--207.195.51.199 18:08, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

You may go ahead. Regards. --Bhadani (talk) 17:13, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Khushab District

Well, thank you Special-T. I am grateful that you pointed out the page to my notice. I am on it now and would like to help clean it up. - Arun Reginald 22:21, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

I understand that you have tried to contact other people in the WikiProject list, but would you be working on the page as well. If yes, then I have tried to include some grand chunk of information and managed to remove redundancies on the page. The most intriguing fact about the place is its Uranium and Plutonium enrichment plants which you can help me with. Another would be to include a brief history. As far as I know Alexander loved the land because of its lush meadows and vegetation. So! Are you up for it? - Arun Reginald 23:12, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re User talk:Din&tony

This page was deleted three times this evening, and has now been WP:SALTED. If you find another page created by this/these user(s), please report it to WP:AIV with reference to this identity. Thanks for your work. LessHeard vanU 21:49, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Benoit

I don't think one can delete an article because people vandalize it. If you want to argue she's not Notable, afd would be the place. Per WP:BIO, if she is of borderline notability she herself can request deletion. DGG (talk) 21:19, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes I see, the history got rather hard to decipher. Feel free to delete my comment. If you want it semi-protected from anons, let me know. DGG (talk) 01:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Burnett

Hello – thanks for the message. I checked, and you've done everything correctly. There's a backlog at AFD, and we're a few days behind. Three to four days isn't so bad for an AFD backlog – last fall we had a backlog of over a week. An AFD isn't required to close after five days, but it needs to run at least five days, with a few exceptions for WP:SNOW and speedy deletes/keeps.

In fact, looking at this one, I'd probably close it as 'no consensus', which defaults to 'keep'. I haven't read the discussion thoroughly, but that's my first impression. Let me know if you need more help or have questions. Thanks! - KrakatoaKatie 19:20, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Thanks for your input. I have rewritten most of the article, to make it more neutral. Feedback welcome! Chr 00:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Atlanta 'church advertisement'=

I'm not a member of 'Northpoint' but I've certainly heard of them. I find it fallacious to include 'ads' for the Salvation Army but not mention other groups.Ryoung122 11:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] someone's copyright/spam beef

This user was mentioned in a Webmaster World discussion regarding content that was illegally copied to wikipedia without proper attribution. Postings made it appear that this user was attempting to prevent the owner of copyrighted information from being properly attributed for his/her work (see http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_copywriting/3429096.htm )

  • Just calling the user out for his spamming, actually. - Special-T 02:20, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] OR?

I disagree that my edit you undid on Trombone is original research. It is in fact information all professional trombonists have been taught, it is factual, and although it may not appear as a citable piece of writing (It may, but I am not aware of it) it's something any trombonist can verify as accurate. I'm curious as to your rationale. 72.79.207.149 21:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] anon IP adding country names

Hi – I came across this anon IP's contributions today, and saw that you warned him at the end of September to stop it. He didn't, and I've given him a level 3 warning. I added links to the appropriate pages. Why on earth someone wants to change 'New York City Council' to 'New York City Council, USA' is beyond me. He's done it to hundreds of articles, probably for WP:POINT, and I've spent a lot of time reverting him today.

At any rate, I'll keep an eye on him. If you see him do it again after today, he should get the final warning. After that, it's a block for disruption. Thanks – KrakatoaKatie 19:22, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

(sorry about the duplicate sections - I got the "Wikipedia is experiencing technical difficulties!" message. Why is that message so cheerful?)
I agree, and I'm still working at reverting him, although I think I've got 95% of it reverted/removed now. He must be using Special:Random – Jackson State Community College, then Staylittle? What's the connection? And "University of Oklahoma Sooners, USA" ? Not.
I'm settling in for a nice long admin weekend here since my husband and kids are either gone or working, so I'll watch him tonight. WHOIS returns an ISP for businesses (not individuals, see here) in Canberra, and he claims he has multiple user accounts and IP addresses, which may or may not be true, of course. We'll see. ;-) - KrakatoaKatie 20:35, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
And I just blocked him. On my talk page, he clearly stated he's not here to write but to disrupt by adding useless non-linked country names. (Why add it non-linked if you're trying to "write for those struggling with English in 'lesser' countries"? If they can't click on 'Colorado', how could they know what 'USA' means?) Oh, well. Chalk up another guy who uses beans for something besides chili. KrakatoaKatie 00:48, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What???

I did not edit the clarinet page, I've never been on it before.

[edit] 203.89.172.162

Please see latest post at User_talk:203.89.172.162. I hope this person gets blocked sooner rather than later. Greg L (my talk) 21:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of jazz musicians

There are 1000s of jazz musician articles on wikipedia. That article is for the most historically important ones. It's an experiment to see whether or not consensus on notability can be reached, as with List of hip hop albums. I took out the red people for that reason.Cosprings (talk) 03:47, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Peter Guidi

It's no problem. The article was a virtual copy of that website. (I looked before I deleted) I could have choosed either copyvio or empty as the deletion, but chose empty. --Michael Greiner 02:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Birgit Nilsson - Thanks!

Just a note to say thanks for the great copy-edit job you're doing on Birgit Nilsson. Much appreciated! Whenever I used to pass by that article, I'd sigh but couldn't quite work up the energy to fix it.;-). Best, Voceditenore (talk) 17:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it was quite a hodgepodge of bad grammar, bad syntax, links to random nouns, and breathless fancruft anecdotes. Still needs work, but I'm glad I could help. - Special-T (talk) 16:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stop removing the link in recipe

Look, you have no right to make the decision as to remove my link and leave 5 other links up on the recipes page. If you intend on removing my link, you must remove the other links. The link I posted is relevent to the topic and is strictly vegetarian recipes, unlike the others, WHICH VEGETARIANS FIND USEFUL, so stop removing it. Gtg228r (talk) 04:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I have every right to do that. Read up on what Wikipedia is about. And read the very valid rationales on your talk page and the Recipe talk page for removing that link. Just because there are other possibly inappropriate links on there doesn't make yours right, or useful, or appropriate. - Special-T (talk) 04:50, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Then why don't you remove the other so called 'inappropriate' links? I am not sure why you feel the need to remove the link I posted, and keep the others on there... Do you have an explanation for that? -sorry I am new to this wiki stuff- Gtg228r (talk) 05:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Caps in Titles

Hello Special-T: If you check any book in any library, chapter and section headings are generally always capitalized, at least for books printed in the English language. I just went through my own library to make sure, including books going back to the early 20th century. If the Wikipedia manual of style states otherwise, then that manual is incorrect on this point, and needs to be amended by whatever mechanism exists in the Wikipedia community to initiate such changes. Thank you.PJtP (talk) 19:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Happy First Day of Spring!

Happy First Day of Spring!

[edit] Block disparity

The IP was blocked for a short period because it belongs to a wireless device. Those usually switch IP addresses every time the device accesses the internet, and the block was a bit long for that type of device, the address had a previous block of only one hour. If you think something more of it, try bringing it up at either WP:SSP or WP:AN. -MBK004 03:09, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Opera references

Hi. i see you've been removing references to some Italian books relating to Italian opera. Any particular reason? I reverted one of them but then I found another and i thought I should ask you why you've decided to do this. Best. --Kleinzach (talk) 13:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

One IP user was merely adding these books - all in Italian, all from the same publisher - to lots of articles. They were not added as references to any edits he/she had made (although they were sometimes listed under a "references" header, sometimes not), indeed no other content was ever added. This struck me as being promotional spam. Since, in addition, none of these books is in English, I thought they didn't meet standards for inclusion. If I'm wrong about this, feel free to restore them. - Special-T (talk) 14:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
We do use foreign references on the Opera Project, in fact we often have to in order to establish notability etc. The two particular references I saw were copied from the Italian wiki. I can't see any evidence they were spam, but if you notice anything strange please let us know, otherwise I'll assume they are bona fide. Best --Kleinzach (talk) 22:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the vandal revert on my userpage. κaτaʟavenoTC 01:07, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gotcha

Sorry, I'm sometimes in a rush and forget to place any edit summaries. I'll keep that in mind from now on, mate. Thanks, and have a good one.

[edit] Picc trumpet

Hi - thanks for your vigilance on the piccolo trumpet article. In fact, it should in the end have gone back to Bb as this is all that history records. Hope this makes sense to you: if not please yell. Cheers Nomorenonotnever (talk) 21:14, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

erm. Yes. In fact: you right, me wrong! (See private email). Sorry and thanks. I'm changing the article now. I feel a bit {DOH!} about this, to be honest ... :) Nomorenonotnever (talk) 07:15, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Indeed, and thanks! :) Nomorenonotnever (talk) 14:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion of List of cover versions of Robert Johnson songs

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