User talk:Tim riley

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Hello, Tim riley, and welcome to Wikipedia! This message is long overdue, and I have no idea why the welcoming committee has not gotten to you yet, so let me thank you for your wonderful contributions to Wikipedia. Here are a few good links for editors:

If you need help, post a question at the Help Desk or ask me on my talk page.

Again, a belated welcome! -- Ssilvers 21:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Boyd Neel

I had never heard of Neel before. What a wonderful addition to Wikipedia. I found a lot of bios for him on the web and took the liberty of adding them. I'll try to add some more info from them at the bottom under references and links. -- Ssilvers 20:27, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I've added what I thought was the most notable stuff from the other references. Please give it another look when you have a moment. Maybe you could put in a sentence or two about what his "most famous" recordings were. Great work! -- Ssilvers 21:24, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Do you know how to put the photo in the article (I reference it at the bottom, but I don't know how to upload images to WP and give the proper copyright info). If we did that, I bet we could get this quickl little piece of work designated a "Good Article". If you don't know, maybe you could get Adam Cuerden to help? -- Ssilvers 21:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] New images

Great Cox and Box image!! Do we still need the C&B video cover? It hardly illustrates the work.

Also, I think the DOC designation on the Mikado image is helpful. You've been a busy beaver! -- Ssilvers 17:13, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notes for Thomas Beecham article

Tim, thanks for your note on my page re: the Beecham. I have got it down to 131 refs now, which is a bit ofa help, and think that's about as few as we can get - but every time I look, I spot one more...

Is there any way, I wonder, that refs can appear in 2 or more columns? I've found anything on Wikipedia which shows how that might be done, nor have I seen it on any article. Viva-Verdi 19:30, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use disputed for Image:Beechamstoriescover.jpg

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[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Problem with signatures/tildes

Hi there. I was pointed over here by Ssilvers. It seems that you might be having trouble with your signature, so I figure I might be able to help get you back on track (if you want, that is). :P Anyway, I'll take this a few steps at a time, and you can feel free to skip whatever you've already tried, of course:

  1. Check out WP:SIG. That basically gives you a primer on what needs to be in your signature and how to sign.
  2. Are you signing with four (4) tildes? To only leave your signature (but not the datestamp) you can sign with 3 (~~~); to leave the datestamp (but not your signature), you can sign with 5 (~~~~~), but in order to leave both the signature and the datestamp, you need 4 (~~~~).
  3. Try resetting your signature in your preferences. If the two things above don't work, try this:
    1. Go to "my preferences" (up at the top of the page).
    2. Make sure you're on the "User profile" tab.
    3. Erase everything in in the "Signature:" box, including any whitespace.
    4. Uncheck "Raw signature" if it happens to be checked.
    5. Click save.
    6. Your signature should be reset. Try signing with four tildes and you should get a standard output similar to: "Tim riley 21:20, 12 October 2007 (UTC)".

If all of the above still doesn't work, lemme know. If you happen to have any other questions, also feel free to let me know.

Cheers =) --slakr\ talk / 21:20, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha! I see that your tildes are working again. All is right with the world! -- Ssilvers 20:14, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Indeed. Thank you for recruiting Slakr to rescue me! I am grateful to you both. Tim riley 21:10, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Think nothing of it, my boy. I love my fellow creatures; I do all the good I can! -- Ssilvers 21:17, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:TBstamp.jpg

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[edit] Herbert Sullivan; Also, DYK

Neatly done! -- Ssilvers 14:37, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On 26 October 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Primrose (musical), 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.

--Ssilvers 14:41, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Speedy deletion of The Literary Society

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[edit] Literary Society

This article would look less like a nonsense one if you changed the foundation date from 2007 to some date in Wordsworth's lifetime. Cheers, JohnCD 16:12, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Elgar Heath.jpg

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I added the requested fair use summaries. -- Ssilvers 00:11, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conductors and info boxes

Could you bear to apply the rule to the many other conductor articles that have info boxes? I tried (John Pritchard) but made rather a mess of it. Tim riley 14:58, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

There is indeed a guideline at the Classical Music project saying the biographical infoboxes should not be used on conductors articles. I had a look at John Pritchard (conductor) and see you have removed the box. It looks fine except that it would be a good idea to add the invisible text at the top of the page as follows:
<!-- please do not add an infobox, per [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes]]-->
Have a go at some more pages and see how you get on. Here are three to do: Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Colin Davis.
N.B. When there is a picture we should keep it, using this code: [[Image:Callas.jpg|210px|thumb]](no caption), and [[Image:Callas.jpg|210px|thumb|Maria Callas, 1960s]](captioned). Good luck. -- Kleinzach 02:29, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi. How is it going? I wonder if you can take on the English condutors' list? Great if you can do it. Here it is: Frederic Archer, David Atherton, John Barbirolli, Julius Benedict, Adrian Boult, Basil Cameron, Jon Christos, Andrew Davis (conductor), Mark Elder, Eugène Aynsley Goossens, Charles Groves, Yehudi Menuhin, Antonio Pappano, Norrie Paramor, Trevor Pinnock, Simon Rattle, Hugo Rignold, Malcolm Sargent, Steve Sidwell (musician), Jeffrey Skidmore, Leopold Stokowski, Henry Joseph Wood. I guess you'll be familar with most of the names. Thanks. -- Kleinzach 05:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Looks fine. I guess you have done three or four of them. Once you get into it you can do them quite fast. I've been trying to do at least three day. I was taught that a good editor never does more than one thing at a time - it's really a good principal for WP. Keep up the good work! -- Kleinzach (talk) 06:42, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
You may be interested in developing an accurate infobox, although there aren't likely to be many people in the Classical music/arts wikiprojects who are willing to put any practical help into it as they have an a priori reluctance to touch infoboxes. Its good to see there are people who still want infoboxes aroung though, as the quick archiving of certain talk pages masks the actual number. Ansell 23:17, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:MSstamp.jpg

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I added a more specific fair use summary. -- Ssilvers 16:51, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Symphony No. 3 (Elgar)

Updated DYK query On 7 November 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Symphony No. 3 (Elgar), 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.

--User:PFHLai kindly nominated you article for inclusion in today's Did You Know. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 19:34, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zoo/Rees/Herbert

Marc Shepherd wrote that the auction of the Sullivan manuscripts took place in 1965, but the Herbert Sullivan article says 1966. Do you know the actual date? Also, do you have a cite for the remarriage of Herbert's widow and her new name? Thanks for any help. Best regards, -- Ssilvers 23:46, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] George Sheringham (DYK nom)

Hi. I've nominated George Sheringham, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created on November 17, where you can improve it if you see fit. — Komusou talk @ 15:21, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On 22 November 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George Sheringham, 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.

--Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 14:41, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations! You have added much to Wikipedia's coverage of Victorian/Edwardian designers. -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:47, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Prodigal Son (cantata)

Please take a look at this new article. Any comments or improvements are very welcome. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:26, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Links

Someone removed two similar links from the Carl Rosa and Edward Askew Sothern articles on December 9 and 10 without explanation. I tried to put the link back in, but they deleted it again. Would you please take a look and see if you agree with the deletion? The links seem useful, but I may be missing something. Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:52, 10 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:LHDcover.jpg

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I added a more specific Fair Use summary. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
It might take a bit more than that ... the bot appears to be programmed to fuss if the {{Non-free use rationale}}} template is absent. There's a rash of them about! Kbthompson (talk) 17:37, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Gentlemen, I am much touched by this reception. Thank you for rescuing me! Tim riley (talk) 19:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which which passed nem. con. with 45 support, 0 oppose, and 0 neutral. Thank you for your support and all the kind words that were expressed. I will try to live up to the trust placed in me by the community. I now have my homework to do and then pass the Marigolds.
Very touched by your support. Cheers Kbthompson (talk) 16:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] London Meetup - January 12, 2008

Hi! There's going to be a London Wikipedia Meetup coming Saturday January 12, 2008. If you are interested in coming along take part in the discussion over at Wikipedia:Meetup/London7. The discussion is going on until tomorrow evening and the official location and time will be published at the same page late Thursday or early Friday. Hope to see you Saturday, Poeloq (talk) 02:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barrington

Thanks for the clean-up! -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:49, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Currency

{{helpme}} Is there any guidance on how to present currency in a biographical article? In a piece on a British person is the preferred style "GBP£" or is "£" tout court suitable? Tim riley (talk) 21:11, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Ta-da! Looks like the symbol alone is enough. Hope that helps, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 21:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
No problem, glad to help. ;) If you have any more questions I'd be happy to answer, or you could just use another {{helpme}}. Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 17:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signor Brocolini

I added this new article. Any comments/changes welcome. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

It's about time I gave you this:

The Original Barnstar
I hereby award this Original Barnstar to User:Tim riley for his excellent contributions to Wikipedia, including the painstaking research and elegant writing that have elevated the Malcolm Sargent and Thomas Beecham articles to Good Article status. His careful work and collaborative spirit are much appreciated. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:21, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

-- Ssilvers (talk) 23:22, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Domine, non sum dignus! (But will wear my rue with a difference!)Tim riley (talk) 23:34, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Beecham

It was a pleasure to work on this article. I look forward to seeing it at FAC. One last thing - when I wrote the GA review report I hadn't noticed your image of Teatro Colon. The Free Use rationale for this on the image page looks a bit thin; are you certain about using this? I'm sure you know what you're doing , but I get a bit edgy about free use of copyrighted pictures, having had my wrists slapped about this before. Brianboulton (talk) 00:17, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I removed the image. I agree that it might be difficult to convince the fair use patrol that it is needed. -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:26, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Super new image for the Beecham page! -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Given the way Beecham is caricatured, should anything be said about his fashion style, or was he known to be unusually vain about his appearance? -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
TB was not a dandy like dear old Flash Harry, and (occasional eccentricities in the hat department apart) was neither conspicuously dressy nor the opposite.

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Beecham1924.jpg

Image Copyright problem

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I got muddled and uploaded a pic a year too soon. Pray delete.

[edit] Copyedit request

Can I take you up on your recent offer, and ask you to do a copyedit of Ernest Joyce? I've been fiddling with this article for ages - it definitely needs a fresh eye. I'd be most grateful. Incidentally, Tom B is looking better all the time, with the new pictures added.

Brianboulton (talk) 16:26, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the excellent copyedit on Ernest Joyce, which has improved and refreshed the article. The only change I've made is a part restoration of a phrase you deleted in the lead, relating to Joyce applying to other expeditions. I think this point should stay, although I've expressed it slightly differently now. Otherwise I've taken all your edits. On the footnote question the WP style guide says that footnotes can be used to "add material that explains a point in greater detail but that would be distracting if included in the text". That's basically what I do, and I haven't heard an objection yet.
Incidentally, opera is a special interest of mine, and I am currently developing my first opera article: Wagner's Rhinemaidens. You may be interested to read it.

Brianboulton (talk) 21:35, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

God, I've been making that mistake for years. It's been pointed out to me again and again, and I still get it wrong! Thanks - I've corrected them all. Brianboulton (talk) 22:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Gilbert)

I added this article. Please take a look when you have a chance. Any additions, comments, etc. welcome. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:33, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Maybe I was hungry and was thinking Omelet?  :) -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Which we prolix Brits spell Omelette. I itch to find a plausible reason for dragging in a reference to or comparison with Stoppard's joyous Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, but can't quite manage it. Tim riley (talk) 18:02, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't think there's an actual connection, is there? However, I got a mention of Gilbert's into Stoppard's on the basis that it was first. I don't know Stoppard's (sorry, I'm very uncultured), but it doesn't seem to be a parody; rather a re-imagining of the Shakespeare plot from the POV of R&G? I suppose you could note that Stoppard later created an adaptation of Hamlet that focuses on the R&G characters.... -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:28, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Beecham

Check out this new biography: Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music, by John Lucas. -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:01, 23 April 2008 (UTC)