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[edit] A. Clyde Roller

The article you wrote, A. Clyde Roller, is uncategorized. Please help improve it by adding it to one or more categories, so it may be associated with related articles. A stub marker or other template doesn't count - please put in an actual category in the article.Eli Falk 17:12, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Present for you

Made some redirects to your new article on the PDQ Bach album. Click the "What links here" link on that article to see them. Maybe you can think up some more so people might actually find it. (Remember that all links are case-sensitive except for the first character.) +ILike2BeAnonymous 00:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Days of the year articles

Is this entry:

especially notable? We try not to be too American-centric here, and the qualification "in the United States" doesn't seem make this event all that notable. Why not just list the event for the first-ever performance anywhere? Rklawton 22:31, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation from the Opera Project

Just a note to say I saw your excellent article on Georgi Vinogradov. I don't know if your interests extend to opera but we would be delighted if you were interested in joining in our various projects. Best regards. - Kleinzach 23:52, 14 April 2007 (UTC) (I have try to fix the legibility problem with this page - hope that's OK!)

[edit] John E. Mack

Thomas, I'd ask you to reconsider your addition to the John E. Mack page. You have added information about the death of John Mack that, while being factual, is not the kind of info that should be present in a person's biography. The model car that struck him, the name of the driver, the alcohol level of the driver's bloodstream -- these are facts that have no relevancy to John Mack's life. Rather that remove this information myself I am asking you to do so. May we suggest the following:

On Monday September 27, 2004 while in London to lecture at a T.E. Lawrence Society sponsored conference, Mack was killed by a drunken driver heading west on Totteridge Lane. Mack was walking home alone from a dinner with friends when he was struck at 11:25 p.m. near the junction of Totteridge Lane and Longland Drive. He lost consciousness at the scene of the accident and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. The driver was arrested at the scene and later entered a plea of guilty “by careless driving whilst under the influence of alcohol”. Dr. Mack's family has not endorsed conspiracy theories surrounding his death, and they requested leniency for the suspect in a letter to the Wood Green Crown Court. "Although this was a tragic event for our family," the letter reads, "we feel [the accused's] behavior was neither malicious nor intentional, and we have no ill will toward him since we learned of the circumstances of the collision."

Update: Actually, anticipating you may agree, I went ahead and made the changes but as always, you may revert or modify if you feel strongly that the name of the driver etc has a bearing. Thank you.