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In a general way, you are absolutely right. The more recent election campaigns have got much more media coverage, there is more info available, and maybe the senators were elected considering nationwide issue. I do not intend to move the articles that exist from 1980 on. They will be linked as "main articles" in the summary, like the Comptroller elections, and the AG elections...
But you are wrong about a few things: The U.S. Senator is elected on the state ticket, he is a state officer who represents the state in Congress. He was considered to "head the ticket" together with the governor in the old days (after 1914). Besides, the senators were elected until the 1960s at least, strictly on the same state-politics issues, as part of the ticket.
Besides, this article about the 1964 election had factually wrong info, which I cleaned up. A simple restoration of the article would just duplicate the info, but I'm not opposed to it as a matter of principle. Besides, the template "U.S. Senate elections in NY" has wrong years, has only red links, and has a totally wrong approach to the thing. I'm in the middle of a general clean-up of the electoral history of New York state, sooner or later I will sort this out too.
That there are articles about Senate elections in other states that follow a different pattern, is part of WP. Every project follows its own guidelines, it is IMPOSSIBLE to have everything done in the same way. But, please do not worry, the FORM is not that important, raelly important is the INFO. Kraxler ( talk) 15:03, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
I posted in Sotomayor talk page as suggested. Anyway good job with the Puerto Rican Defense fund, I think you have resuscitated them from the death :) A lot people didn't like the name change, but the barrio change, the immigrants where different, the bodegas change owners and puertoricans migrated out of New York, but I think maybe there a one or two young Sotomayor outhere, but the others just decided to find a job at Wall Street and act white. -- J.Mundo ( talk) 05:29, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
William S. Saturn has mentioned you in this ANI thread. Unit Anode 01:17, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Not that it matters now, but I was sort of misquoted there:
The reason I stay away from the Obama pages is not "the protectors", but because there are so many editors there and so many conflicts that the probability that any work I did would stay in the articles is not that high, and because to get anything into the articles you have to spend ten times the effort on the talk pages before, during, and after. It's just not worth it. And for the record, Ferrylodge quit because of a tangle he got caught up in on the Clarence Thomas article, not anything Obama-related. Wasted Time R ( talk) 22:18, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
I removed the lead-in because the section already identifies his unit. Is it necessary to state it again? It just seemed to be awkward and forced, rather than something like, "While deployed, Biden received a visit..." Atlantabravz ( talk) 14:37, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
I view award thingies as like collecting decals for your car or filing cabinet.. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 05:04, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Those are the Pahlavi crown jewels I believe RichardBond ( talk) 23:47, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
In that case, I'd remove the unsourced material, move it to the Talk Page and request sourcing for it, or put a citation tag on it. There was no citation tag in that section indicating that any portion of it was unsourced, so there was no indication by me that any portion of it wasn't covered in that one cited source. But if there is, feel free to place a tag on that portion. Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 04:28, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Just wanted to let you know that in response to your protection request I have extended the semi-protection on the Ted Kennedy article by another seven days. However you may wish to note that the previous semi-protection was not "taken off for no apparent reason" - it expired on schedule. Please let me know if you have any questions or issues, and thank you for your hard work on this article! Thanks, — Kralizec! ( talk) 14:57, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Saw your note about the Kara Kennedy Allen speedy delete. I left a couple of messages for admins asking that the article be brought back so a regular delete can be discussed. I see no reason why a Speedy Delete would be considered for this case. You mentioned a procedure for appeal. Can you help with this? I'm not familiar with the process. thanks. -- Crunch ( talk) 00:03, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
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How come Mitt Romney's other 2 sons aren't in the genealogy chart? Just wondering... Tvoz/ talk 02:16, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
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The Mexican Institute of Cultural Affairs will mount an exhibition, Juan Quezada: From Paquimé to the Master Potters of Mata Ortiz, of some 200 pots from private collections accompanied by an illustrated catalog. Contact Claudia Keller (202-232-8674), Deputy Director, The Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 ckeller@instituteofmexicodc.org RichardBond ( talk) 23:52, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for the GA review of Gateway Protection Programme. I'll try to work on the article when I get the time, in reponse to your comments. Just a quick point now though. You mentioned the lack of a full stop at the end of the Hansard citation. This is indeed a feature of the citation template, and I've previously pointed this out on its talk page. I don't suppose you know how to amend the template to include a full stop? Cordless Larry ( talk) 14:58, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello, in May 2008 you initiated a long discussion here about whether or not there was a need for accessdate to be included in references. After many months a sort of compromise was reached that in news citations and journal citations, the access date, if included, should be commented out, so as to be visible only to editors and not to casual readers.
For many months that compromise held, but now people are trying to overturn it. It would be very good if you could come back and emphasise the point again at Wikipedia_talk:Citing_sources#Retrieval_dates:_redundant_for_sources_with_official_publication_dates.3F. Thanks, Alarics ( talk) 22:29, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
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Look i see you want to make BC a GA or FA and i to want to i made a peer review and if you do half and i do half of the list it will make GA and if we work harder we can make it a FA, so you want to help mw. -- Pedro J. the rookie 00:50, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't think it over-categorises. If you do, perhaps you would be good enough to explain how, and maybe with reference to WP:OVERCAT. Personally, I think all the nav boxes, and info box tracklistings are overdoing things. Cat's are out of the way, and more functional/structural rather than aesthetic gimmicktry with template overkill. The cat Category:U2_albums shows there is plenty that could be categorised. Anyway, I will continue to finish the current category, and see how it is received. -- Merbabu ( talk) 03:05, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Adopting this scheme will be a huge change. I want the community to decide it, not you, not me. If you win the discussion, fine and no hard feelings. But I felt this should be brought forward right away, it's that major. And I want it to happen before you, or someone who sees what you did and starts imitating it with other albums and artists, spends a lot of effort that ends up getting lost (if the decision goes that way). Wasted Time R ( talk) 03:28, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Are you really saying that memoirs cannot be cited?
Are you saying you cannot cite an author who dislikes or likes the subject he writes about (think Adam Clymer)?
I believe history wants to hear from ALL the principals of an event. Cgersten ( talk) 05:35, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Hap and WTR- how's it going? I want to introduce you to User:Abootface who has been working on Jackie's pages. I have not had a chance to see what he's done, but think he's trying to improve them - he left a note on my talk page and I left him a response here: User talk:Abootface#Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, telling him I'd introduce him to you two, our resident expert political bio improvers. Of course I didn't make any commitments for you, but thought you might be a resource for Abootface. I'm going to try to look in there too, but you guys are the best at this! Hope all's well - haven't bumped into you two lately! All best Tvoz/ talk 17:24, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the notification. I've left a comment on the DRV page. I'll be keeping an eye on the discussion, to clarify what to do with similar cases in the future. Regards, Jafeluv ( talk) 12:43, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Please gain consensus to add or restore disputed content. We're in a wp:BLP area as well as dealing with recentism. -- Banjeboi 00:04, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Just a query for you, but have you considered putting some of your images up on Commons? JD554 brought the idea up to me for my images from Toronto, and it's a really great resource for other language Wikipedia's as well should they ever be looking for images too. MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 03:55, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
I have responded to your comments. Thanks for the heads up. -- Tocino 17:36, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
I've opened up a discussion about the U2 infoboxes here. Would be good for you to join in as appropriate. regards -- Merbabu ( talk) 02:53, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
Your Revision as of 19:52, 10 October 2009 included the use of <ref name="nyt-1968-prof"/> that is causing a cite error. Could you go back and fix the reference? Thanks. 75.69.0.58 ( talk) 03:12, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
While McGovern may very well have characterized Theodore Roosevelt as a "conservative Republican" in a CBC interview, he apparently wasn't then (or maybe now) a student of TR. All of the major biographers of TR (from Edmund Morris to H.W. Brands & Nathan Miller to name but a few) describe him as a progressive. In fact, in his day he was (except on a few issues like defense) quite out of step with the rest of his party. Even Wikipedia's own page on TR uses the descriptive term progressive 25 times versus 3 uses of conservative (which weren't used to describe him). My suggestion is that this sentence about his parent's views be removed or given additional context. Thanks. SBmeier ( talk) 04:11, 16 February 2010 (UTC)SBmeier
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Hi, File:BasieSwingsBennettSings.jpg is nominated for deletion. Regards Hekerui ( talk) 14:07, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Hmm, I think I've cropped it okay but it's difficult to get the colouring right so you can see the lyrics. This may sound strange, but will it okay in black and white? I've made it so that the chalk really stands out against the soundwalk. MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 03:08, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello, you may be interested to know that a U2-related article has been nominated for deletion at Articles for Deletion. As an editor of U2-related articles, you may be interested in participating in the discussion. The full deletion discussion can be found here. MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 03:26, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
— Jake Wartenberg 14:00, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Just to say thanks for your work on improving the Gateway Protection Programme article and promoting it to good article status. Cordless Larry ( talk) 15:48, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Hahah, cheers, and sorry to keep you waiting on those last two. I am actually working on them in my sandbox, so feel free to join in there. I've been working on all of the articles in there so that I can be sure that when I put them out they won't be nominated for deletion through WP:NSONGS (it says that articles are fine if there is substantial development included). I kind of see " White as Snow (song)" as the benchmark for each one to meet before it gets put out, so I think that already "Moment of Surrender" will be good to go once the information is all organized. Not quite sure about "Cedars of Lebanon" yet, but I think it will make it at about the same level as "White as Snow". MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 01:12, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for adding in that information about Bono's disappointment with the sales. I'd been trying to figure out how to work it in smoothly, and you did a perfect job; thanks!
PS, I'm guesisng you watched the YouTube broadcast? What did you think of it? MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 16:19, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I swear I haven't forgotten about this; I've been working on it offline and should be finished today or tomorrow; thanks for your patience. Steve Smith ( talk) 18:07, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, i have read that Macca going to play in brazil next april Friday 17th April 2010
Paul McCartney with Chiclete Com Banana at Maracana Stadium Maracana Stadium Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sunday 18th April 2010 Paul McCartney at Morumbi Stadium Morumbi Stadium São Paulo, Brazil
Wednesday 21th April 2010 Paul McCartney at Esplanada dos Ministérios Esplanada dos Ministérios Brasilia, Brazil
Friday 23rd April 2010 Paul McCartney at Arruda Stadium Arruda Stadium Recife, Brazil
Sunday 25 April 2010 Paul McCartney with Elvis Costello, Heitor e Banda Gentileza, Inimigos Da Hp, and 3 more... at Pedreira Paulo Leminski Pedreira Paulo Leminski Curitiba, Brazil
Tuesday 27 April 2010 Paul McCartney with Elvis Costello, Wilco, and Coldplay at Megaspace Megaspace Belo Horizonte, Brazil
In my opinion, we have make only one page GOOD EVENING TOUR (Summer Live ´09 + Good Evening Europe + Brazil´s concerts ) Mike-hilal ( talk) 04:05, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (text formatting) and Wikipedia:Lead_section. You don't need to bold every alternate name for the organization, just make sure the most commonly used one (preferably also the title of the article) is bolded in the first sentence. Geraldk ( talk) 00:42, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Gatoclass ( talk) 06:26, 2 November 2009 (UTC) 07:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Daniel Case ( talk) 13:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I don't have the latter, unfortunately. I'll see what I can add from the Uncut guide that isn't already mentioned. I'm not really sure what could be counted as really definitive, but Musicnotes might be an acceptable source for the keys and chord sequences. I know Suede67 used it for the "Stand Up Comedy" article. MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 03:31, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
...is now up. Enjoy. =) I was hoping for it to be a little longer, but I'm sure it will slowly expand as time goes on and other editors get a crack at it. MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 21:40, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
You know what, go ahead and delete it. Looking at it, I seriously doubt anyone would be interested in this sort of information. The State Department keeps a nice record for anyone who has an interest. Rick Evans ( talk) 08:22, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
The clip is nothing, you researched and made that awesomeness of an article from a redirect! Suede67 ( talk) 03:50, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
http://www.gemm.com/item/TAYLOR-c-JAMES/FIRST--ALBUM/GML745655027/ I also have a physical copy deep in the collection if you would like a photograph. Boothferry ( talk) 18:33, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi WT- been a while. I've pretty much stuck to bottom-level articles, adding photos via Wikimedia Commons to articles when I can.. I do some editing though lately I've been copyediting for style, grammar, etc. some other people's projects. I came to you for advice. The last two articles I've worked on with any real presence are Cat Stevens (still doing alright but barely worthy of GA ranking) and the problem ones, Derek Trucks and The Derek Trucks Band. Remember how I had difficulty separating individual musician's articles from band articles? This is what I'm facing now with these two. Trucks' article has some duplicate information in his Derek Trucks Band article, and I was hoping you might take a look, fiddle (as much as you are willing) and give me a laundry list of stuff I can do to separate the two and improve them. Derek's band's article is straight out a disaster area. But some questions linger:
I really learned a lot from the few things you told me when working on the Dixie Chicks articles, even though I was closed to criticism of any kind, being new then, I found it immensely helpful later, and value your help and input. Please, can you take a look at the two articles? -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 00:13, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
So Why 23:14, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
I've just finished review points here: Talk:Good Shepherd (song)/GA1. Good article - I'll check it out in coming days, and if you've any queries, ping me at my talk page. Regards, hamiltonstone ( talk) 01:46, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Here's a counter-theory for why it's not "Wasted Time"! We met when I had little true knowledge of how things work here, and made comments that were probably hurtful to you.. yet you have done such a service to me, a couple of years (or more) later, with being the first editor I'd turn to for as an outside eye to help get the Derek Trucks chronology as an individual artist as opposed to The Derek Trucks Band or The Allman Brothers Band (to a lesser degree) back on track! Huge thanks- I suspect my ADD has been a hindrance to me, so that I bounce around between Wikignome stuff, finding photos for biographies, and actually editing articles. Thanks for coming through, and please feel free to look at any of those articles anytime just for the hell of it, since I've been the primary editor for all but the Allman Brothers Band which has sadly been ignored. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 12:08, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
Well done on that article; I was planning on expanding it from a redirect myself but you beat me to it. MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 17:52, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
That seems like a very unusual structure, with all those links for the first words of sections (some of which point to parts of the same other article!). Shouldn't we just have one separate link in each section like in other WP articles? KarlFrei ( talk) 13:29, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 06:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Hey WT-- I've seen you returned to the scene of the crime (the Derek Trucks article). Just wondering about The Derek Trucks Band page, because like the aforementioned article, it sucked with repetition and problems with chronology. As you know, I'm a WikiGnome first, and an editor second, and still have some difficulty separating the individual's article from the one for the band (in particular, when the individual is either an equal in a trio as with the Dixie Chicks, or is the bandleader of his own band. On my userpage I did start an area to compile articles about the bandmates in the Derek Trucks Band. I found the most about Mike Mattison who is half of a duo called Scrapomatic. Info abounds, yet, I can't seem to find birthdates or places of birth for them. I feel a stub should be started for each, and it's why I focused on finding photos of everyone and some from the Soul Stew Revival with Susan Tedeschi and Ron Holloway (his page is a nightmare, as he continues to try editing it himself, and doesn't seem to comprehend inline citations, even after I had a 1 1/2 hour conversation with him (all the way from France he was so peeved about it.) Question -for example, anyway.. Derek's guitar focus has gone now from "guitar albums" to albums that do not rely as heavily on his expertise as before. There are a couple of references to this, good quotes, although he's maintained that his bandmates in the DTB have been his musical peers in previous interviews. That withstanding, it's true that his most recent songs released, with Already Free, have shown this shift in his music. Would this belong in the musical style area of his page, or in the article about his band? I'm pretty much the person editing both articles, other than User:Suede67 who I recruited last year to help with discography..-- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 03:08, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
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For bringing the Running to Stand Still article up to WP:NSONGS standard, and then some... -- Merbabu ( talk) 23:14, 20 November 2009 (UTC) |
Have you seen the Classic Albums episode on The Joshua Tree? Lanois discusses the recording of the song (and about half the album's other songs). I cannot remember from memory whether there is anything that has not already been discussed in this article. I have a copy somewhere on DVD - let me know if I can help. --
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The nom's run into trouble and I'm out of ideas on what else to put. Do you have any suggestions? MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 00:56, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
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For commendable patience and tolerance in the face of his GA reviewer's continually missed deadlines and inane complaints about phrasing, I award Wasted Time R this barnstar of good humo(u)r. Steve Smith ( talk) 10:43, 4 December 2009 (UTC) |
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WTR, do you have any insight on this? You were originally arguing for dropping accessdates on print sources, but now they've been dropped on web sources as well. How and when did that happen? I wanted to query others before starting yet another thread on the talk page of Citing sources. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 01:54, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
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Have you considered putting it up for WP:GAN? The article looks like it would get through without too many difficulties. MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 01:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, you are absolutely right. Take it easy, Drmies ( talk) 03:44, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
iTunes lists "Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge & Rihanna"; see for yourself MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 23:41, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Just to say I created this just to get rid of some cruft on the article music critic, so am very happy to support your prod.-- Smerus ( talk) 20:44, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I'm contacting you as a significant contributor to Elton John. I am concerned that such a high profile article on a living person is so poorly sourced. It is a matter of priority that statements are sourced. See Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Quotations from Elton John or any other person must be closely cited, as per Wikipedia:Quotations. If reliable sources cannot be found then all contentious material should be removed - [1]. It is better for us to have no material at all than to have incorrect, misleading or potentially libelous material. Will you help to source the article? SilkTork * YES! 10:54, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi, there is a problem with your dyk hook here. Please clarify. Thanks, — Mattisse ( Talk) 02:28, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:01, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Category:The Fifth Dimension songs ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for renaming to Category:The 5th Dimension songs ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 06:19, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:Bruce Hornsby/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells ( talk) 19:17, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
Just a quick note re the references - most of the sources for which an online version has been provided don't have a retrival date, which will probably be expected at GA. Cheers, hamiltonstone ( talk) 03:14, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi Wasted Time R, as I'm sure you know " City of Blinding Lights" is currently up for FAC. At the moment it looks as if the article will not pass unless the prose receives a copyedit from somebody with fresh eyes; could I ask you to take some time in the immediate future to give the article a look-over and tighten up the prose? Cheers, MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 04:00, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for finding those additional reasons for it's use by Obama, but I have to ask; how reliable can we consider that blog entry? Wouldn't it be best to just leave it with that first reference to avoid any RS issues? MelicansMatkin ( talk, contributions) 02:53, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. You are being notified as you have made a number of contributions to the article. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:Natalie Maines/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells ( talk) 05:32, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Category:Pink Floyd tribute bands ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 22:40, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
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Hey WT R: Thanks again for helping with the confusing mess on the Derek Trucks article. I suppose you noticed that Natalie Maines is in danger of losing it's GA-ranking. Also in that group of self-appointed Nazis on the GA review thing is the Cat Stevens/ Yusuf Islam piece since he's back performing. I believe you must have met User:Tvoz, who also has worked with me on the Cat Stevens article, and so I'm giving some attention to it, as well. Many criticisms are valid on that one, but if you have time (and interest)- it could use help to keep it's status. Tvoz and I both agree that there aren't too many music clips for such a prolific songwriter, but are looking for help finding additional references for the "Cat Stevens" days, aside from his website, (and the Majicat.com former fansite which originally was a fansite till Stevens bought it outright to eliminate facts or whatever that weren't true. He also added a lot of references- interviews about his early years there, so a trail to specific reliable sources CAN be found- as with Melody Maker, and Rolling Stone. Will you be helping to keep Natalie Maines to GA standing? If so, it seems like only a minor bit of work needed there. Anyway, here are some requests for help (when you have time)..
Hi Leah. Some responses:
Anyway, hope this helps, stay in touch. Wasted Time R ( talk) 04:27, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I forgot to mention to you that I've become good at finding photos for musicians for their articles-- free images, no copyright issues. I've uploaded about 350 of them to Commons- CC-BY-SA. Take a look at the list below the little gallery on my user page for a partial look! If you're looking for photos or want me to do it, I'd be glad to help, using Creative Commons. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 21:26, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I added one photo of Max Weinberg to the article. Do me a favor, and don't remove the photographers' name from the caption for about a week, OK? He's not a pro-photographer, and it'll give him enough time to brag to friends & family for now. He does know that his name will be removed from the front of the article, soon, though. Some more look like they are coming. I haven't found any from the Tonight Show yet though-- but did find a few of Soozie Tyrell and The E Street Band that are better than what's on the articles- yours are too far away, and too dark, I'm afraid-- I did see you put some there. Ah well, nothing is permanent. Especially in the musicians' area of the Wikipedia! -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 20:37, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
And the other one is this:
I have placed photos on Soozie Tyrell, Max Weinberg, and have the following photos for Bruce Springsteen and of the E Street Band, but people get so touchy about infobox photos, that I thought I'd leave the last two to you, and you can decide where they'd fit, OK? I hope they are to your liking, as well as the others. I really think a more updated photo of Springsteen should belong in the infobox, the one there now is from 1988! Cheers. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 00:02, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
I'm currently trying to expand the article for " With or Without You", and I think the areas it is currently lacking in might be right up your alley. The article needs to go over lyrical interpretations and live performances more, and those are areas that you covered well in the " Running to Stand Still" article. Do you think you could help out with adding some information?
Also, since you have found a number of valuable resources for various song articles, I'm wondering if you have any references that discuss sales/charting/popularity of the Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky concert film. Let me know, thanks. Y2kcrazyjoker4 ( talk) 15:04, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
If this is about your disagreements with Merbabu and myself on some articles, I would ask you to reconsider - we all disagree with each other from time to time (heck, look at the last 6 months of Achtung Baby!). You've added a lot of valuable content to U2 articles, and I don't want us to dissuade you from continuing to do that. Y2kcrazyjoker4 ( talk) 16:04, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
I placed a couple photos. One is on Steven Van Zandt's article, and a nice one I added to the Working on a Dream Tour (I think it fits well there), and another of Clarence Clemons doing a solo of " Jungleland", I replaced with a clearer one. The articles are your work --I know there's no ownership, but still, when we edit we still have a plan in mind or on the back burner of the sandbox, so feel free to revert. Here are some other ones; you decide where they go! Oh, two things. I think that Clemons needs a better and more up to date photo in his infobox.. I can't tell what's going on with his eyes and glasses unless I see the whole enlarged thing, so I'm going to look for one.. and oh, yeah, the one above with the Fender Telecaster might go well anywhere or in a section on Springsteen's equipment, I didn't look.. he and Nils Lofgren (my personal favourite from the band members) both use the same guitar, but I guess you know that. Some of the photos you took would be lovely but are so dark! It's why I replaced another of yours. But you are better at this stuff, you decide, as I said, but if you have a favourite photo and want it nuked and lightened tastefully, just ask.-- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 22:54, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Our article for Derek Trucks.. I don't know how to nominate it, but I added in his early years a piece that I think is interesting- his Great-Uncle is the baseball pro, Virgil Trucks. For years, both Derek, on the back of his guitar, and his uncle, Butch Trucks, on the back of his drum kit, taped a baseball card of their famous relative, who Derek finally met in 2001, I think it was.. he'd never heard of The Allman Brothers Band, but they got on famously. Would you take a look when you get a chance? I think it's kinda neat. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 22:59, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Wasted:
The diff shows that you added the following to an ALT tag for that picture:
"alt=Middle-aged man with slightly graying dark hair and glasses wearing black shirt sits behind a silver-colored, gold-lit drum kit with his left hand and stick about to hit a cymbal and his eyes fixed straight ahead." I reverted because it was not encyclopedic in a BLP.
You know, after I reverted that edit, I looked at your talk page and wondered how someone with your good reputation could have done that. My conclusion: It was either not you that did that or a mistake in a cut and paste. Am I right?
I will remove the vandalism tag from your page. Thanks for the note and you have my apologies - but please try to see my point of view.
Regards.
-- Manway ( talk) 01:07, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi - I see you have this up for GA review. I'm a bit stretched at present, so not going to do the whole thing. If you haven't had someone volunteer by end of the month, send me a message and I'll do it. Meantime, there is something very wierd going on in the first para of "Move to The Tonight Show", which isn't about the move at all, but reads like the customary "personal life" section at the end of such an article. It can't stay as it is - have a look at either creating a personal section at the end, or integrating this material some other way. In general the article looks good. Cheers, hamiltonstone ( talk) 01:41, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Can I interest you in fixing the talk archives to Mitt Romney, since you're fairly active there these days.
There's an 'archive1' and also an 'archive_1'
All of the 'archive_x' need to be moved up one number, and the old 'archive1' should be fit into the current naming regime.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mitt_Romney/Archive_1#Archives
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Yellowdesk (
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18:53, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Ouch. Apologies for asking you in on that. Should I ask an admin, or should you? -- Yellowdesk ( talk) 16:03, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Hiya - I haven't been on as much as usual lately - thanks for the backup on Cat Stevens, which I just saw. Hope all's well with you and the fam! Tvoz/ talk 00:38, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
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Hi- probably you have far too many already, but here's one from Roma.. it was a late response.. put it someplace nice, let me know if you don't use it, and I'll place it on the Portuguese version of the Wikipedia, or the Spanish one, but I'd like to show this new amateur photographer that it was used, someplace! Any other photo requests? -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 12:08, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
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I appreciate your help and feedback. We Wikignomes don't get barnstars, but we can sure give them! A Pleasure:
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Awarded to User:Wasted Time R Appreciation for splitting that "time" between your own excellence in editing without forgetting about those of us still plodding along. Leahtwosaints ( talk) 01:34, 29 March 2010 (UTC) |
Sincerely meant. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 16:42, 29 March 2010 (UTC)