User talk:Makemi/Archive2

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Re: Handel & Trobairitz

Way to move the works! Did you see the silliness on the talk page? Oh well. By the way, and article that I mostly wrote, Trobairitz, is in Peer Review right now. It would be great if you could take a look at it. Makemi 22:11, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Nice to hear from you again! Yes, I figured we might as well have uniformity among the composers' pages.

Trobairitz: I haven't read through the article yet, but a quick glance says a few things. The notes jump out at me first; generally, two sections are used, Notes and References; the latter gets all the publisher info for the "good" books, while the articles that only have an item or two that are relevant have their publisher info in Notes. Page numbers would be really good (although I'm not quite sure what to do with online things). I think you only have to cite a source's full info once, and can just refer to it by a short name thereafter (e.g. "Grove Music Online" is fine, I think). Sources could probably fit as a subheading of References.

Aside from those sort of administrivia things, I agree with Antandrus that musical examples would be nice. :) Also, the list at the end kind of jumps out at me a bit- not quite sure what to do with it, as a reader. I'll carefully peruse the article text when I get the chance. :) —Sesquialtera II (talk) 22:26, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

My apologies: I looked through Wikipedia:Footnotes, and there is no way to do what I suggested. I really prefer a different style, e.g. Johann Sebastian Bach; I understand the logic of the new <ref> system, but I really think that the {{ref}} was much easier to manage, and every footnote had a specific purpose and source page. Any idea where this kind of thing could be discussed? I'm guessing WP:Village pump somewhere, but not sure.

Also, I changed all of the dates in Trobairitz to February 11 2006, since none of those articles have changed recently (or, indeed, likely since 2001). If that bothers you, feel free to re-add the specific dates. —Sesquialtera II (talk) 15:57, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Nice work; it looks like <ref> is useful after all, despite initial appearances. Your citing of specific sections from Grove in the Ives article is probably as good as it gets, so that's fine. And p.s. congrats on becoming an admin :) —Sesquialtera II (talk) 13:55, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your useful comments on my talk page re Azalais de Porcairagues. I very much liked the balance of the Trobairitz article as it is, and didn't want to overweigh it with references and biographical details (sparse though they are) for a single trobairitz. Hence my decision to make a separate article for her. I hadn't realised, I must admit, that this had already been the state of affairs earlier! Andrew Dalby http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dalby/ 09:43, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

It seemed worth adding an article on Maria de Ventadorn. Hope you approve. Andrew Dalby http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dalby/ 15:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Trobairitz, and other things

Afraid my interest in early music is more interest than knowledge, being more of a 20th century person... I looked it over and rather like it. I can't think of anything to suggest; it reads well.

Oh, and I ran across Antandrus's talk page and noticed a couple lovely sound files posted there. Wow, a real singer on Wikipedia—those are lovely! Nice to hear from you and best of luck with the admin mop. :-) (Afraid I spend more time with that than in classical music lately, or I'd've said hello sooner...) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:37, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Thanks, I'll try again sometime later. Thanks for all your help!

Information Center 06:19, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again! Let's be friends. Information Center 06:23, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia 04:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on your new mop, Makemi! Cheers, Andy123(talk) 09:29, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on your new mop and bucket! :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 05:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, congratulations: very fine indeed! I think you will be superb at this job; the main risk, I have found, is letting adminnly duties take time away from writing good quality music articles. Cheers, and enjoy the keys to the super secret cabal inner sanctum broom closet. Antandrus (talk) 05:06, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on the adminship. :) I do have one request -- put User:Habsfannova on your watchlist. They have been harrassed by an anon user (see User_talk:Habsfannova#Vandalism).

Nephron 05:44, 25 March 2006 (UTC) --Fixed sig... I was messing around with it earlier and left it blank & on raw. Thanx. Nephron  T|C 06:27, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Me too, me too. Congrats! :-) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 06:12, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations from me as well. Nice to see that a relatively new user is, in spite of that newness, able to prove him/herself to be an excellent prospective admin. Joe 06:34, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats from me too!! Mushroom (Talk) 08:17, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratu-ma-lations! Enjoy your mop and bucket. :) - Wezzo (talk) (ubx) 08:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats and good luck! --Cactus.man ✍ 09:47, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congatulations on your successful RFA. All the best! --Terence Ong 11:44, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations - as one of those concerned by your "newness" I have been impressed by your response to the criticism. Go forth and do good! Trödel 12:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Let's pile on one more "Congratulations!" to the pile. Joyous | Talk 14:13, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations Makemi and good luck! --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 15:29, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats and good luck for the future! You deserve to be an admin! --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 15:49, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations and the best of luck to you! Weatherman90 16:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Best wish for your adminship.--Jusjih 01:11, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations Makemi. Please let me know if I can ever be of assistance to you in your new role. Good luck, Johntex\^talk 17:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations. Here are what pass for words of wisdom from the puppy:

Remember you will always protect the wrong version. Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. You will always pick the wrong one to do. (See #5) Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll. Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block. Remember when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology. and finally, Remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able. KillerChihuahua?!? 19:53, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales. All rights released under GDFL.

As one of your first new admin activities....

Here is a vandal for you to give a block, he was blocked earlier and is now back. 71.15.156.226 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Thanks and have fun being an admin. JoshuaZ 05:47, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. JoshuaZ 06:03, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

IRC

As soon as you get on IRC I can, unless you are there now and I can't find you ;)--Shanel 06:19, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Image deletion

Hmm, interesting; I speedy those things all the time. Maybe I've been a "rouge admin" all along. Let me take a closer look at the CSD ... but I thought the vanity clause covered them too.

Another topic entirely: when you messaged me I was looking at Ivan Shokoloff. I smell a hoax. What do you think? Haven't cleaned it up yet; I'm still googling and looking through my references. Antandrus (talk) 21:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I speedied that vanity page again but not the image. I suppose the justification for keeping it could be that it could be userfied ... especially seeing as there is nothing overtly "vandalic" about it. "Vandal" images I do speedy delete; it seems that clause (3) under "General" on WP:CSD seems to take care of them. Happy mopping!  :-) Antandrus (talk) 22:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

"Vandal" images would be something of obviously unencyclopedic content, used for vandalism only -- I've speeded pictures of some pretty vile things, uploaded from shock sites and so forth, and not used anywhere else on Wikipedia. Fortunately this kind of thing is much less common than text vandalism.

I was suspicious of Shokoloff because he gets zero Google hits, and also there's just no way a non-famous Russian composer, just getting out of the army in 1945 or 1946 could have influenced Babbitt's seminal Three Compositions for Piano -- the claim is made by the article creator that Babbitt actually took material from Shokoloff (impossible if he wasn't published in the west, and if he were, Google would show something); and it's also fishy that anyone in the Soviet Union could be writing in a serial style while Stalin was still alive, especially if his father was allegedly killed by Stalin ... I'll probably put it on AfD later. Anyway gotta go, people coming over for dinner... things here can usually wait. Cheers! Antandrus (talk) 23:20, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Why was my NESkimos wiki deleted exactly?

I was editing my newly created wiki for the NESkimos (which I was quite proud of btw since it was my first wiki). I then noticed you deleted it while I was editing it, with no warning. I can assure you that the NESkimos are a real band, and getting quite popular. If you would like to see their webpage it is at this address. I would mostly like to know the exact reason why it was deleted, (aka was it because the names of the band members were the same as Nintendo characters? In which case those are their stage names). I have read the wiki reason as to why it has been deleted, but I would just like some clarification to see if it is anything I can correct.

Thank you for your time.

KLAY0101 00:17, 28 March 2006 (GMT)

honorable

Hi Makemi, thanks for catching that. Interestingly enough, I was already handling hono(u)r, hono(u)rable, hono(u)red etc as special cases, but I missed out on hono(u)rably.

Actually....

Here are some talk page messages not about Tawkerbot2! Anyways, we're looking at a counter for the similar IP vandalism, its on the to do list, perhaps the the flag to AIV or a bots AIV page will be of use. To be honest right now, I'm just trying to find a balance point for the bot between checking edits and stressing out the servers, and its very very interesting -- Tawker 05:52, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

RfA Results and Thanks

Makemi/Archive2, thank you for supporting me in my recent RfA. Although it did not succeed as no consensus was declared (final: 65/29/7), I know that there is always an opportunity to request adminship again. If and when that day comes, I hope you will once again support me. If at any time I make any mistakes or if you would like to comment on my contributions to Wikipedia, you are more than welcome to do so. Regardless of your religious, cultural, and personal beliefs, I pray that whatever and whoever motivates you in life continues to guide you on the most righteous path. --- joturner 07:18, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Christina Ritter

My articles aren't in vain. You have no evidence they are and it seems to me you're being discrimatory against actors that haven't reached the height of fame. Basically you don't allow pages to be made if they only have six webpages about them and that they only have a few movies. I have evidence that this actress is a film and tv actress, however you have no proof that this article is vain. I mean no offence when I say that I find it amusing that you think this is vain when I am an adult and in no way could be the actress of the article. I think you should let it rest since I have provided evidence. Think more of those who have no proof and spend your time monitoring them, instead of following around an innocent rule abiding user such as myself. (When I saw following I don't truely mean exclusively you, other users follow me and I feel that that is very wrong in itself). Good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fame live4ever (talk • contribs)

• • New** Comment:

User Makemi I'm sorry you feel it's false or vain data but I never post anything that's not true. It is your opinon it's false as it is not possible to me that I posted anything but the truth. I doubt you would, but watch those episodes and film and you will see her in them. Or, better yet, actually read those sites instead of judging by the cover as so many "official" users seem to on this site. I see no evidence of invalidity and until you provide firm evidence otherwise I feel her site shouldn't be deleted. In other words "Innocent until proven guilty." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fame live4ever (talk • contribs) 16:12, 31 March 2006

• What do you mean sockpuppeting? What are you talking about? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fame live4ever (talk • contribs) 16:43, 31 March 2006

• I read that page and I now know what it is. But, despite your unbacked accusations I have done nothing of the sort. I did it once in my entire time being here, but everyone makes mistakes. However you dismiss the article as vanity but have you looked at that page lately? Here are my quotes you must consider, surely you will find them interesting.

"An article should not be dismissed as "vanity" simply because the subject is not famous." "Lack of fame is not the same as vanity." "Remember to please always assume good faith" It is not an autobiography I assure you. I am well over 14 and I find that hilarious. And, you have not yet given strict evidence that she is fake while I have provided it contrary-wise. —This unsigned comment was added by Fame live4ever (talk • contribs) .

• Also, IMdb backs up almost all the sites I've mentioned:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091240/officialsites http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091240/miscsites So I don't know why you say none are independent. In the data I've provided, she was not and extra, I must get that clear to you. An extra is someone with no lines or no character or no character name. She has all of that in her roles, so that part of this argument can be closed.

• Um Why not? I have seen it done it seems unreasonable to not be allowed to. It's not the page, it's a talk page.

well sorry :(

did not try to be like a slave but it is true. wizard911 21:27, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

My point was actually that you shouldn't make systematic mistakes when you are performing edits which are basically unnecessary. - Nunh-huh 02:38, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

christine Hoberg

This was listed in the deletion log but had a blue link. It was created at 5.44 Wikipedia time. Was it just recreated after you deleted it? Thought you might want the heads=up. Avraham 05:50, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Also similar for Madhesi in nepal but there's a source at the bottom. I don't know if it's copyright violation or not. Sorry to annoy you but what does it mean when an article in the deletion log is in blue. Is that something I should report (like I'm doing now) or is that normal and I should do nothing? Thanks! Avraham 06:06, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

My talkpage

Since it's my talk page, I should have the right to delete the info on it, especially when I already read it. Andrew120 04:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Cesc Fàbregas

Hi, I see you moved the article from the bad form Cesc" Fàbregas to Cesc Fàbregas. However, the talk page still seems to be located at Talk:Cesc" Fàbregas with a redirect from Talk:Cesc Fàbregas. Was this the intention? It seems more logical that Talk:Cesc Fàbregas should be the main talk page. I can't make such a move myself though, as the page already exists. — SteveRwanda 12:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

What was the edit

I don't have permissions (yet anyways, coin toss if I get them) to see it. Could you copy paste over the edit history. Thanks! -- Tawker 19:54, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok, it should have a check to make sure there is only one editor so it should be fine now :) -- Tawker 19:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Semi-opera

I have made a stub for Semi-opera, however this is maybe in your territory rather than mine . . . Best. - Kleinzach 13:13, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Defense

1. 1 It was not me, ie the person currently typing, who created the AeurianOrder or AeurianOrder2 account

1. 2 Would you be willing to defend your statements and prove that the username AeurianOrder2 was used to harass other users? As far as I can see the person who was using that did not harass anyone....

AO Charles 16:03, 10 April 2006 (UTC)AO Charles

Ferrara chicks

Thank you for finding that! A worthy source indeed. I have a feeling that articles on 16th century Italian music shall shortly improve.  :-) Antandrus (talk) 04:44, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm leaning towards Concerto delle donne -- I can ask a native Italian speaker soon. My recording of Luzzaschi madrigals spells it "delle"; Reese discusses them but never uses the Italian name for their group; and Grove, annoyingly enough, uses both concerto di donne (in Luzzaschi, Lodovoci Agostini) and delle donne (in Laura Peverara). Oh well. I see a couple of redirects on the way!  :-/ Antandrus (talk) 05:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

" The cult of the female voice was developed late in the 16th century, with the famous concerto delle donne" from the Grove Opera Soprano article. I never thought of it as a cult before :) Mak (talk) 06:09, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

re: slashes

If you see any user leaving a bunch of unintentional \'\'\'backslashes\'\'\' in the text, block it indefinitely as an (poorly configured) open proxy. — Apr. 13, '06 [11:58] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

She's still at it

She won't give up on Marie Antoinette: [1]. I rv'ed it. Fan1967 16:40, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

...and again [2]. Also on Click (film) [3]. It seems she doesn't like Dakota Fanning: [4]. She also wants permission to recreate her article yet again [5] Fan1967 16:54, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Any idea how to delete this? I have no experience with pictures. Seems she's been using us as her web hosting service for her IMDB picture gallery. The other links on IMDB are dead (guess somebody found them and deleted them) but this one is in wikispace. Fan1967 03:59, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Apparently she's given up on trying to claim she's in Pirates of The Caribbean 2, so now she's adding herself to Pirates 3. Fan1967 01:17, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...

…for the barnstar. Made my day! Keep up the excellent work yourself. Best wishes, RobertG ♬ talk 08:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Move Request

Hi Makemi,

Would it be possible for you to move Arnulf, Archbishop of Rheims to Arnulf, Archbishop of Reims? This seems fairly clear cut as all other articles spell the place Reims - see · Reims · Archbishop of Reims · Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims · Notre-Dame de Reims etc. The target page doesn't have a simple history though so I can't make the move myself. Cheers, — SteveRwanda 18:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

I Love Toys and Stco23

I put a post on my page for you, and I put a post on I Love Toys also. I hope you read them before you change the I Love Toys because one of my changes has to do with time, take that off people are not going to know to what time Friday's air date was in the near future. Thank You.--Stco23 12:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikibreak

I'll be on a semi-wikibreak for a little while. I'm settling into a new job, I've been busy with holidays (sorry, this is sort of a retroactive notice), and two friends of mine just died (at 24). Esperanza take note! Cheers, Mak (talk) 03:43, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

I hope you have a nice and relaxing wikibreak. Good luck with the new job, and sorry about your friends.. :( We'll be glad to see you when you get back! -- Natalya 11:05, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Cleopatra (1917 film) reply

Well, thanks for the compliment - I was worried that the article was very sparse. The #1 thing is probably that I'm not sure how to correctly cite a source for some of the info (which in this case happens to be IMDB's "trivia" page for this film, for things like the $500,000 budget). Esn 19:27, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Sleep! Bah. Overrated. :-)

Rienzi in List of famous operas

Re your removal of Rienzi. You say since I've never heard of it, so it's probably not standard rep. Unfortunately, that is not a good enough reason to remove it. It happens to be Wagner's first major opera, the one that put him on the map as it were. It is not regularly performed today, but it is still quite famous, especially amoung Wagnerians. --Alexs letterbox 00:24, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, all I wanted was the reasoning. Maybe that's being overly pedantic, but with a page as contentious as this, we want reasoning for all the inclusions/exclusions. --Alexs letterbox 08:20, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Stick Around

Thanks for answering my question before I asked it.User_talk:Dlohcierekim 03:48, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Love Song (AC/DC song)

I removed the lyrics from the page Love Song (AC/DC song). They were added by the say user as stick around. Should I post something on user:RyanGF3's talk page. thanks.User_talk:Dlohcierekim 04:00, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for helping me to learn this.User_talk:Dlohcierekim 04:12, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Block

Sometime the blocks are funky, and the last block will be the only one that matters, I've unblocked that aol anon, then reblocked for a few mins. Hopefully they will go away soon! Thanks! — xaosflux ^Talk 03:57, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

A few things.

A good article to create would be one on Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave", seeing as you did "A Ceremony of Carols" and "A Hymn to St Cecilia". Secondly - I'm sure that you know more about this than me - but I have always thought of "The Fairy Queen" as a semi - opera, not a masque, or a series of masques. Sorry about your friends, by the way.Moreschi 12:47, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Deleted VOIPBuster article: Action required

I nominated the speedy deletion of the article VOIPBuster for deletion review. Since you speedy-deleted this article, please consult the consensus there and accordingly take appropriate action. Thank you in advance. --vishaltayal 18:13, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Assertion for Notability: as per WP:N

• Featured in The Guardian, Tech Review Section
• Features in Telecom Paper link here
• Tagged in Download.com as Popular with 6,720 downloads as on 7th May 2006.link here

--Vishaltayal 11:24, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Please Restore VOIPBuster Page The page on VOIPBuster should not have been deleted. It is about a useful VOIP resource and many similar instant messengers are already featured on Wikipedia.

Following your first deletion calling it an advertisement, I reworked the content and made it more facts-oriented. Did you see the updated version before deleting it again? I was not even notified of this deletion. I used to believe that such decisions were made after informing the contributor!

Please, Please, Please RESTORE this page for the benefit of another wikipedians. It is not an advertisement as much as Rediff BOL, another instant messenger entry on Wikipedia is not an advertisement.

--Vishaltayal 19:01, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Contralto response.

The reasoning was that the term alto is (in my view, anyway, and the view of the wikipedia article on this one) gender-neutral, being used either of men and women. To me the three female solo voices are contralto, mezzo-soprano, and soprano. If mezzo-soprano is more appropriate here, then perhaps we should use it. I was not aware of any real disparity of range between a contralto and a countertenor; indeed, I thought that mezzos can go higher than most countertenors can comfortably reach - perhaps you could enlighten me here? All the best.Moreschi 08:33, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Reminder...

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

— Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 03:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Um, when did I not? I practically always do. I tend to warn a lot of people. Mak (talk) 06:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Is this true?

[6] -- I can't find anything on Google, or in the New York Times: before I revert it (or you) -- is there a source of breaking news on these things that I might have missed? Happy editing, and keep up the good work! Antandrus (talk) 00:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for the revert on my user page. I'm grateful. --RobertG ♬ talk 08:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Stco23

The issue you told me at my talk page has already been resolved a long time ago. I will post on my talk page so people will know that the issue has been resolved. By the way, I took these pictures on my camera and uploaded them. Thank You.--Stco23 23:37, 12 May 2006 (UTC) I Changed it because i don't want it. I think I have the right to change it if i don't want it, and if it was a picture you uploaded you might do the same for your picture. By the way thank you for (My Upload) site diffently I. I desided to change my Garfield and Friends Vol. 1 & 2 picture from DVD Cover to Public Domain because i want all the pictures i uploaded to be in Public Domain, but not my Child picture because I don't want anybody putting my picture in any other page nor off my page. I own my child picture and i want nobody using it but me. I'am not disrepecting you nor Wikipedia rules. I don't know everything about this site. I have to get used this site, so don't block me. Thank You and Thank You for helping me on my uploads page and i hope you leave that public domain thing on that Garfield and Friends picture please. Thank You.--Stco23 03:06, 14 May 2006 (UTC) So i can't change it once i put it in there i have to leave it like that.--Stco23 03:15, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

I ment the Garfield and Friends picture.--Stco23 03:47, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok thank you for your help. I wasn't trying to break any rules. I just want to be a great editor and maybe someday an administrator just like you. Thank You.--Stco23 03:59, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

I understand you changed all the pictures I took on my camera from public domain to DVD Covers. I got to ask you a question, Do I have to every single time i take a picture on my camera of a DVD, Put DVD cover on them instead of public domain.--Stco23 04:57, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Mak (talk) 17:38, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Vigor_2

Thanks very much for the info regarding the way to make an AfD if a discussion page already exists! Optimale ^Gu 10:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you and sorry Bugman 19:26, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for reverting vandalism on my user page. That was the second time in one day it happened. A note to every user who sees this: You can help! Again, thank you! — Brendenhull 21:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Mind the Gap (band)

Excuse me, I am new to wikipedia, and I would like to know the reason why you deleted my article entitled Mind the Gap(band)? As I said I am new and don't fully understand the rules, so could you let me know the problem? Thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PudseyJohnson (talk • contribs) .

I understand

I have read the thing and understand, thanks for telling me. It's not actually my band, I found them on myspace and wanted to try an article, so wrote about them. Thanks again for the advice...

Thanks

Hello and thanks. Which article do you speak of? - Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 03:55, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Chalkboard gag

thank you for the finishing touches, I wasn't sure exactly how to list the refernce... hopefully I'll soon be able to sit down and do the same cleanup to couch gag... - Adolphus79 11:07, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

12.108.140.129/Handel

It seems this person is just a vandal. As you are an admin, is it possible to block the IP? Best. - Kleinzach 17:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...

for the welcome and for the kind words! Tumulus 01:00, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Universities in Dominican Republic

I noticed that you deleted some almost empty articles about individual universities in the Dominican Republic, such as Universidad UFHEC and Universidad Abierta Para Adultos. I understand why you did this, but I would have been tempted to flag the articles as stubs and keep them, with the hope that someone would be able to expand the articles. TruthbringerToronto 02:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

You beat me to it...

[7] Funny, I was just looking it up to see if something new had been recently learned ... lol. Antandrus (talk) 04:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Those darned Heckelers

I suppose whether Heckel is listed there or not depends on whether you consider the statement before it to indicate that yes, Heckel makes bassoons... (That whole section could use a reworking, anyway.) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 06:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Could you please help me?

Hello. Thank you for the welcome message. Since you kindly offered help in the message, I came here.

About two weeks ago, I posted a question in regard of the doubt of copy violation on the page Marius Petipa. Though who posted the sentences in question has been active on Wikipedia since then, he (or any other person) has given any response. What I should think of this situation? Aotake 13:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Spam

IMO [8] is closer to spam than not, though it's not the worst I've seen. With rare exceptions the same link cannot validly be added to a whole raft of different articles (by my interpretation of WP:EL) Then again, I haven't listened to his lectures; maybe they're great; and it is non-commercial. Kinda borderline. What do you think? Antandrus (talk) 21:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

reverting squidward on talk pages

Is it really necessary? I mean, when he makes some relatively harmless comment. It seems to me to only inflame him.--Jimbo Wales 07:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Deletion

It was listed in speedy deletions. The user is username blocked. If you wish it recreated I can do so but the username tag is on the user page. I have seen such deletions done before. Let me know.--Dakota ~ 20:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Looks like you are doing a good job, it always good to know what's going on related to our actions.--Dakota ~ 20:46, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

"Classical" one-hit wonders

Greetings! I notice that you "prodded" the List of one-hit wonders in classical music. Before you came, there was a similar page: [9] (it has since been redirected, and was also subject to a Votes for Deletion, back when we called it that: Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/One-hit_wonders_in_classical_music). Antandrus (talk) 03:43, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Opera Project tech questions

May I ask you a couple of tech questions?

1. We have an anomalous page Giulietta (discussed at the bottom of the project talk page). (Assuming you agree) what is the best way to get rid of this, bearing in mind that it isn't suitable for a redirect? 2. I am wondering if you know how to count (automatically rather than manually) how many articles there are in opera categories? I am interesting in seeing if we can quantify our work.

Absolutely no urgency with these, but I'd be grateful for an answer if and when you have a moment. Best. Kleinzach 13:08, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Da Ponte

LOL, no actually I didn't see it until you pointed it out (sometimes I miss multiple messages, especially when I'm a little brain dead, and I just got back from another mountain hike). Don't worry you're not being a pain.  ;-) I'll have a look. Antandrus (talk) 04:10, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Looks good! excellent start. Wow, there's some juicy stories that could be written about that one. He must have been quite a character! Incidentally the 1980 Grove and online Grove articles are very different; the online says he "married" Nancy Grahl, but they don't explain why it is in quotes. "...penchant for liberal politics and married women..." Ah, those Italians. Antandrus (talk) 04:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

CAPGUN

I'M SORRY!!!! from user CAPGUN i'm a new user and did'nt know that. I will not do it anymore SORRY SORRY SORRY!!

Thanks

Thanks for keeping an eye on WP:AIV!!! Your work is appreciated. Kukini 04:58, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, on that one, all I did was revert. Someone else beat me to the report. My userpage was one of the victims of the attack, but that's no biggie. Happy to help. Back to trying to add something now...Kukini 05:02, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Jimbo Wales

Thanks kindly for taking care of the apparent legal threat and for the celerity and amicability of your reply to the anon; I've refactored my sarcastic comment lest the newbie should infer bad faith from or impute bad faith to my remark. Very nice picture of your dog, btw... :) Joe 06:37, 27 May 2006 (UTC

CAPGUN

THANK TOU FOR GIVIN ME A SECOND CHANCE!!!![:-) THANK YOU!!!--Capgun 20:15, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Jacquez

er, I hope you don't mean the Girls' Bike Club page that people keep deleting as "patent nonsense" (which it isn't). Because...that wasn't a test. That was an incomplete article that I was actively working on when people deleted it out from under me. Twice. Sigh. --jacquez 03:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

thanks for letting me know - I got it restored to my user space in one of the versions (the one with less context, but oh well - i've got that all somewhere) so I can work on it there for now.  :) --jacquez 22:40, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Pbwinter

Need some help from you, you just informed me that my posts violate your copyright rules. I work here at the Center on Public Diplomacy and have full rights to the information. How do I go about verifying this with you? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pbwinter (talk • contribs) .

User talk:Pbwinter

Thanks for your help, could you please tell me how to release the information on the original site. If you see, our site uses the Wikipedia software and most of the articles I've posted are open knowledge on the Wiki site. As for the profiles that do not come from that Wiki, please tell me how I can release that info —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pbwinter (talk • contribs) .

User talk:PbWinter

Again thanks for the help. For the Starbird article, I'll work on that article on our site, it does look that whoever wrote that article for our Wiki site did not use the Washington Post article correctly. I will take down the info on Nicholas Cull and the other posts that are formatted that way and enter my own info. It will say most of the same info, obviously just worded differently. I'll make the changes and please let me know if there are any more problems.

• Take a look at the Nicholas Cull article and let me know if such a brief entry is suitable. I can develop it further if not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pbwinter (talk • contribs) .

User talk:PbWinter

Sounds good. Good you also take a look at the Patricia Kushlis article. The information I posted came off our Wiki site, which is completely public. Several other articles are composed in this manner as well. If something needs to be altered so that this info can be posted please let me know. Pbwinter 18:53, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Penis Banding Article

Dear Makemi,

I am a FemDomme active in the BDSM scene. I use Penis banding on my husband for many reasons. One it helps with our chastity play and second it makes it so he lasts longer when we do have sex. I know of several other Femdommes as well as several Doms in the local scene and nation wide that also use penis banding for many reasons. It has nothing to do with castration fantasies. Many men that wish it to be done do not want to loose their penis, just the problem of premature ejaculation and stamina problems. Is it a normal solution to a common problem? No, but it fits perfectly with our lifestyle.

I often used the penis banding article to send to potential submissives that were asking about it. It was easier than typing the same thing out over and over again and gave it a hint of authority since it was on Wikepedia. I’ve also sent it out to other FemDommes interested in the subject since it include some of the medical advice of length of time, proper technique etc.

I suggest that instead of immediately assuming that because you weren’t interested in it or understood it that you should delete it. The BDSM lifestyle is very complex and there is no right or wrong way about it. As long as everyone is consensual the best thing is to try and find the safest way about it. Instead try asking the person who wrote the page about it. Or ask someone else familiar with the practice. There were several edits to it so someone else had to be practicing it. It was definitely not to paraphrase you ‘a made up activity to get it on Wikepedia’. If you wish I’ll even send you pictures of the activity in question *winks*. I know of several late night prowlers that do it on webcams for fun. You can question them about it too.

Take time to broaden your horizons before you reject something out of hand. It doesn’t do anyone any favors.

Mistress Taboo —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MistressTaboo (talk • contribs) .

Penis Banding Links

I forgot to add some other reliable links to it...

http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Banding

http://www.answers.com/topic/penis-banding

Mistress Taboo

Chopin

FINALLY, HOW HARD WAS THAT, HOW HARD, NOW... WHEN PEOPLE COME AND READ BIOGRAPHY, THEY WILL KNOW IMMEDIATELY MARCH 1st MAY BE WRONG... WHY DOES IT TAKE A YEAR TO DO IT? GEORGE REEVES DUDE p.s. And honestly, i dont want to know about penis banding, oooh, disgusting.

I didn't do it at first because other people on the talk page didn't want it done, and because you were being rude and insulting, which makes it hard for me to work with you. Try to make your points calmly and not in all caps, and people are much more likely to listen to what you have to say. Mak (talk) 00:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Alas, poor broken wiki

I saw that, and laughed rather hard, I must say. Your restraint and common sense are commendable.  :-) Regarding octaves, yes, I've seen it not-always-so-obvious: immediately after answering his question I grabbed a pile of sheet music looking for exceptions, to make sure I was right. Whenever I write out parts I use courtesy accidentals to avoid any confusion ... remembering that less experienced musicians aren't always going to be able to figure it out by context. "Of course it's a C natural! How can you be so deaf!" I have wanted to yell on occasion... I'll have a look at the Codex now ... Antandrus (talk) 02:06, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Good! Title's ok, could be either that or "Las Huelgas Codex", which is how I always thought of it. I'm really not much of a stickler for consistency, only accuracy. Nice work! It reminds me to get back to writing, myself ... :-) Antandrus (talk) 02:12, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Cap, I think. I've already done Rossi Codex, Squarcialupi Codex and some others that way; someone else did a Robertsbridge Codex; I think there's more not in the category as well. Antandrus (talk) 02:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah

Being proverbally drunk and using Vandal Proof doesn't work. Yanksox 03:51, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Looks like Christina's back, with a new name

Check out the history of this user: [10]. Interestingly, the anon edit on the Mallory Jameson article just happens to be from the same ISP as all the FameLive4Ever IP's you have listed on your Users to Watch subpage. Mallory's listed in an episode of Zack and Cody that, according to TV.com, she's not in. No IMDB page. Sound like a familiar pattern? And is it just me, or does Mallory Jameson look an awful lot like Christina? Fan1967 13:52, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Princeton High School

I am asking you to not move its article from its current location. You see, there are TWO separate "Princeton" municipalities, and school articles shall reflect by municipality (or county if there is no municipality). Your moves not only went against this precedent, but you created a double redirect. WhisperToMe 19:44, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

"(cur) (last) 22:52, 29 May 2006 Makemi m (moved Princeton High School (Borough of Princeton, New Jersey) to Princeton High School (Princeton, New Jersey): it is in Princeton and the Borough of Princeton, there is not a separate Priceton Township High School for it to be disambiguated from)"

THAT doesn't matter! Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township are two separate municipalities. When I saw the Princeton High School article, I asked "Which "Princeton" is it in? The two Princetons do not share a common government (other than a school district). Even though there is only one "Princeton High School" in New Jersey, the municipalities must be disambiguated. "Princeton, New Jersey" is nothing more than a postal and colloquial designation. WhisperToMe 19:49, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I am aware that money funded comes from both municipalities and from Cranbury - That's how most school districts work. Even so, I use the municipality - not the school district - as the disambiguating factor. School districts in Texas are even crazier than in NJ - Houston ISD covers people from not just whole municipalities but PORTIONS of them as well. Even so, I prefer to use municipality over district and that's how other people generally do it too. WhisperToMe 02:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

"Generally, no particular distinction is made between these two municipalities in everyday life, since one encompasses the other, and they're both really "Princeton" historically, "coloquially", and physically. They share other services besides the school as well, including the Library and some other things. For people who live there and people who visit there, there is really no difference between the Borough and the Township (perhaps taxes are slightly different), so I see no reason why the wikipedia article on the high school should make a distinction. The first paragraph says where it's physically located anyway. Also, you gave absolutely no edit summary when you moved the article in the first place. Mak (talk) 22:42, 2 June 2006 (UTC)"

"The first paragraph says where it's physically located anyway."

It did so because I put it there.

"Also, you gave absolutely no edit summary when you moved the article in the first place."

Even though I know it's preferred - I usually never put in edit summaries. But that doesn't matter since I told you on your talk page.

Even if the common people make no distinction, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and knowledge MUST be razor-thin and specific. I know that Westfield High School (Harris County, Texas) is not located in Houston. Some people may say "Oh, it's in Houston" even though it's outside the city limits because the school has a Houston address. Just because the people don't make a distinction doesn't mean Wikipedia won't. Mailing addresses do not convert into municipalities in MANY places. Look in Pennsylvania - Conestoga High School may be considered to be "in Berwyn", but the article shall state that it is in "Tredyffrin Township" - there is no municipality of Berwyn. I already know from what angle your argument works from. I reject it. Wikipedia shall reject it, for the most part, but acknowledge it. WhisperToMe 02:40, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

As said above, I don't go by how the people think, and Wikipedia shouldn't either. Many kids may think that Westfield High School (Harris County, Texas) is in Houston - Westfield, in fact, is outside the city limits. I don't see how saying it is just "in Princeton" is any more accurate than the "borough of Princeton", since all of the borough of Princeton is understood to be "in Princeton" anyway. Now, outside of the United States your example holds true - Unlike in the U.S., definitions of cities vary ("Sydney" and the City of Sydney have separate articles since entire metropolitan areas are thought to be "cities" - same goes with London) WhisperToMe 02:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

"Princeton Township is in Princeton. Princeton Borough is in Princeton. The two share more than just a school district. Historically they are one town. People experience them as one town. This isn't simply a question of ignorance. It's less precise to say it is the High School for the Borough of Princeton, because it's simply not. It's the high school for all of Princeton, in all of Princeton (you will notice that the Borough is entirely engulfed physically by the Township), paid for by all of Princeton. So, it's Princeton High School, Princeton, New Jersey. Mak (talk) 02:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC)"

By that logic it would be "Princeton High School (Princeton Regional Schools)" - You are choosing to use the school district instead - which also brings in Cranbury Township! I know schools are funded and can serve multiple municipalities, but IMO that doesn't mean it's an excuse to not get specific - a school is usually physically located in one municipality but can serve multiple municipalities or portions of municipalities. Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas) serves the entire city of Bellaire but also serves portions of the city of Houston and the city of Southside Place. So that would mean Bellaire would become "Bellaire High School (Bellaire/Houston/Southside Place, Texas)]] - except people living in parts of Missouri City and Jacinto City and Hunters Creek Village also pay for the school - now you see why I would rather go by the school district name in this case. The problem with that is that there already is a precedent for place name instead of school district name. So I just go by the specific municipality or county/borough/parish. WhisperToMe 02:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

By the way- this brings up New York State - NYS has many overlapping municipalities, since..

• All areas are in counties
• All areas which are not in cities are in towns (one city is a part of a town)
• Some portions of towns have villages, and some portions do not

Read about it here: Administrative divisions of New York

WhisperToMe 02:56, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, historical precedent doesn't usually mean anything in terms of municipalities.

Originally Alief, Texas was a separate community from Houston. But portions of Alief were annexed by the city of Houston in 1970. Now its more useful to say the Alief ISD schools in Houston are "in Houston" and the schools in unincorporated Harris County are in unincorporated Harris County.

Also, sometimes addresses are misleading. Foster High School (Fort Bend County, Texas) has a Richmond address but does not serve the city of Richmond. Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenburg serves the actual city of Richmond. WhisperToMe 03:02, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Footnote

Call yourself rude, when george reeves dude wanted to change the footnote, asking you in a nice way, nobody ever did, except block him and anybody else who wanted to do it. Now, how hard was that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.107.220.177 (talk • contribs) .

Hm? What's that? I don't understand what you're trying to say. Mak (talk) 22:03, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I left him a message here [11]. Eh, what the heck.  :-) Antandrus (talk) 00:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Restore

Please restore the John Donnelly article. It was not a test or a joke. If you Google the subject, you'll see the article is factual, and the 100 year old guy is notable. In fact, I seem to recall added a source to it awhile back. The novice editor who tagged it for SD never notified the article's editors to inform them of his actions, so we never got a chance to contest it. I posted a hang-on tag, but apparently that was after you deleted it (though I don't see how that works (see: Talk:John Donnelly) Rklawton 15:43, 2 June 2006 (UTC) [12][13][14]

It would seem that the article had been vandalized, and the noob who tagged it didn't think to check its edit history. As an admin, you need to catch those mistakes. Anyone can tag an article for deletion, but admins should know better. Rklawton 16:02, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

My bad. Done. Mak (talk) 22:50, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

"::Princeton Township is in Princeton. Princeton Borough is in Princeton. The two share more than just a school district. Historically they are one town. People experience them as one town. This isn't simply a question of ignorance. It's less precise to say it is the High School for the Borough of Princeton, because it's simply not. It's the high school for all of Princeton, in all of Princeton (you will notice that the Borough is entirely engulfed physically by the Township), paid for by all of Princeton. So, it's Princeton High School, Princeton, New Jersey. Mak (talk) 02:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC)"

"It's less precise to say it is the High School for the Borough of Princeton, because it's simply not." - HUH? Now the argument has fallen flat. How can it not when people pay taxes to either the borough or the township. While people in every day life may not think of them is separate, when people who establish restaurants, they have to go to the municipality to get their licenses. People pay taxes to the municipalities. Municipalities provide fire and police services. (And the two Princetons have it separate there) WhisperToMe 03:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I addressed the colloquial stuff like this: ", both of which have "Princeton, New Jersey" mailing addresses and are thought to be "Princeton"." WhisperToMe 03:11, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I would be pedantic... if this was a casual website. But since this is an encyclopedia, I feel like I have to be aggressively accurate. WhisperToMe 03:31, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Ah, yes

I know the feeling ... have you ever noticed that Friday and Saturday nights are the worst times for trolls on Wikipedia? Hey, in the last two days, I got my first ever vandal warning and 3RR warning! LOL. Anyway have a nice weekend, do something fun ... :-) Antandrus (talk) 04:41, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Don't most intelligent people finish a Ph.D. in musicology in 5-7 years, not 20? Of course, the strenuous obligations of recording with vacuum tube technology for NAWM, performing the important duties of a wikipedia administrator, and searching for porn could certainly lengthen the dissertation. Please don't use vulgar language in your reply - my 6 year old searches wikipedia from time to time.