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Witkacy

Good job! :-))) I really missed a contribution like this in the article. Alx-pl 08:27, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Hello

Have you visited Scottish Wikipedians' notice board yet?--Mais oui! 20:50, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Looked in a couple of times and followed up on some articles needing fixed (e.g. the Carlyle one is probably ready to lose its clean-up notice). But generally I'm a bit dour and unsociable... AllyD 23:01, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Join the club. We're called "Scots".--Mais oui! 23:41, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Escalator Over The Hill

Hi AllyD, and thanks for jumping in. Currently, "(vocals)" is not part of the members listing, can be found in the second review partly tho. Since I don't have the album and/or booklet currently, it would be great if someone else could add that information, hopefully respecting my "cronotransductional" page structure ;) Regards,--wolfgang 00:29, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Please always sign comments

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• Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_February_5#Category:English_charities_to_Category:British_charities

--Mais oui! 01:35, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Aye wasn't my night for remembering the tildas! AllyD 23:02, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

PMaG

Nice work starting the Perth Museum and Art Gallery article. It was in my to-do list, which is now one item shorter. - Dudesleeper 21:18, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

The Fergusson Gallery has always passed me by for some reason. I even stayed at a B&B on Marshall Place in April but didn't realise the Fergusson was so close by. I included the other photo of the PMaG (please tell me we're the only ones who call it that) I took on the same day in a gallery I started in the Perth article.

Thanks for the heads-up on Allan Moore. I added the necessary categories. - Dudesleeper 10:11, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

John Cale - Honi Soit

The inside jacket of the lp does caption a pic of Cale as "flight surgeon," with the other members of his band as "hellcat," "gunner," "navigator," and "wing and prop." Here's a pic on my photobucket I just took of it: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/SchnappM/IMG_2104-P30.jpg Sorry it's not more clear, but you can make out "flight navigator" pretty easily. I'm gonna remove the citation request from the article SchnappM 10:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Progressive big bands

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I've been categorizing so much I'm glad people are willing to fix mistakes when I make them. Yeah the term "progressive big band" is a bit weird, but like you said it does apply to certain big bands, as does Category:Experimental big bands. The problem is, there are so few articles on jazz ensembles on here. People have the habit of briefly mentioning groups in passing regarding certain musicians. I'd like to see more articles on jazz ensembles myself. How about you? (Mind meal 21:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC))

van Deurzen

I've worked on Emmy van Deurzen a little more, but have now given enough time to it. It wins the prize for COI of the week--good luck with it. DGG (talk) 23:32, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Category:Duke Ellington

Thanks for lending your support. InnocuousPseudonym 19:09, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

George Russell

Did you read my edit summary (see also Lennie Tristano (per Lewis Porter)? "The matching of scales to chords was espoused by Lennie Tristano and George Russell during the early 1950s. Before that time, players were already doing that by ear, as we've seen." Porter, 1999, John Coltrane, p. 321. —Viriditas | Talk 22:30, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Category:Esperantist up for review

The deletion is up for review. In case you'd like to chime in, go here. --Orange Mike 18:33, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

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RE: Template

hmmm which template was that? Which page as well? _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}☆ 18:40, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh right, I see it. Changed accordingly. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}☆ 18:43, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

James Duncan and birth certificates

Hey, I saw the change you made to James Duncan, and how you found the birth certificate which identified the place of birth more closely. How did you find that birth certificate? Is there a Web site somewhere? This would be a terrific resource. Thanks! - Tim1965 (talk) 21:16, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

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John Law (economist)

Hey, the article is part of WP:EDUCATION because its in the Category:Calculating prodigies. If that category is incorrect, then the article isnt part of the scope of WP:EDUCATION. Thanks. Twenty Years 15:52, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

The Mighty Stirling Albion

I bunged in something that seemed reasonable to me, but please change it if you disagree. It's a global project, so outside of the Old Firm (boo!), I'm not sure any team in Scotland rates more than Low importance. I don't think I've ever watched Stirling Albion, unless they played the Shire in the late 80s. I used to sit in an office that overlooked Firs Park, so if I was working on a Saturday, as happened quite a lot, I'd get to sneak a look at East Stirlingshire's finest. If the Shire are as bad as they used to be, and that was pretty bad, I'm seeing a better game up the road at White Star ... Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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Wallonia & Flanders Maps

Thanks for pointing out those maps at Flanders & Wallonia. Wow, there's alot of erroneus maps out there. GoodDay (talk) 20:40, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

They should be changed to political (i.e. show Belgium); as the article isn't restricted to geography. GoodDay (talk) 20:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Sonny Rollins photo

If you can find a way to fit it in that section without causing page display issues, then I have no objection. Unless the image is significantly minimized, however, it will mess up the sections. (Mind meal (talk) 23:17, 8 May 2008 (UTC))

External links

Hi. I removed the links for a number of reasons. One is that they were added by what appears to be a single purpose account that has only added, or revised, links to this website. The website is related to an organization whose purpose, as stated in its "about", as well as in the WP article LUX, is a promotional site. WP:LINKSPAM provides to remove such links. This policy provision also notes Many times users can be confused by the removal of spam links because other links that could be construed as spam have been added to the article and not yet removed. The inclusion of a spam link should not be construed as an endorsement of the spam link, nor should it be taken as a reason or excuse to include another. So while there may be more questionable links on articles, this one came to attention because the contributor added a quantity of links to the website. Wildhartlivie (talk) 18:32, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Cecil Taylor

Thanks. Hyacinth (talk) 20:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Scotland

I refer to the Talk:Scotland page and your comment: I've restored the prior version and suggested that the participants bring their proof to this page before editing further. However, I noted that User:Astrotrain has, without further discussion, proceeded with and edit relating to the Scottish royal arms. Yours, Czar Brodie (talk) 14:56, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Albert Ayler

"baby with bathwater" is very well-put. You have a point there.

And thanks for making some subsequent changes to more carefully address what I was trying to address with my sledgehammer approach.

If you are feeling more motivated than I am, there are still some things that I would argue need to go in the lead section--words like "blistering" and "pathos-filled" really either shouldn't be there or they should be in quotation marks and cited.SlubGlub (talk) 18:41, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Series merges

Hi Ally,

Thank you for your insightful and curteous messages, both on The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra talk page and on my own. I began suggesting these series merges because I had been coming across a lot of articles about albums, television episodes, books etc. which presented no citations and very little information (other than track listings, in the case of albums) and yet were part of a larger series. I have been approaching these merges by creating an article about the series first and then suggesting the merge because in almost all cases (and I have only been doing this when I thought it was the case), the series article needed to be created anyway, even if the merge did not take place. For example, even though all three Back to the Future films have their own articles, an article about the trilogy is still appropriate. In most cases, the series is more notable than the constituent albums (or films, or books, etc). As for The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, you have made a good case for not merging, although I think it would be helpful to include the citation you provided on the actual article. If they are not to be merged, would you recommend that The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra redirect to the first volume? Have you noticed any other series merges I have suggested to which you would object? Thank you again for your advice. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any other recommendations.

Happy editing,

Neelix (talk) 23:20, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Maya Deren and Meshes

Thanks for your note updating the moves. It did seem strange to find it in the bio but in my haste I didn't check there was an article for the film. Looks much better now with your good decision. I don't have an immediate reference for it, but Deren's death sparked fear that it was because of Voodoo among some art historians commenting on the circumstances. Don't know if that's relevant, but it's part of the surrealism-ismness of her life or persona. Thanks again, Julia Rossi (talk) 21:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Rip Rig Panic

Yea, but it links to the album in the first sentence, so I think it's a little redundant.Cosprings (talk) 14:25, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Sonny Rollins and narcotics (?)

re: User:Hleo, Ally wrote: "Any chance of adding some references?" Wait- I contributed to a Rollins _bio_? Likely 'twas elsewheres... An' most-likely Sonny & me got so high nobody'd never know. Unfortunately this editor mostly lives outside WP-land, and you din't bother to link to the article/section in question- So yeah, I don't know what you're referring to here. But please, 'Feel Free' to add the *useful* material ya got.
Tags? Can't be a hater. They add color to a dull grind. Tschuss!- and . ..
Happy nu-YARRR!!! Hilarleo (talk) 23:58, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

George Russells

Sorry if I acted too hastily in making the move to a disambiguation page. The reason I did so was because I was searching for the "AE" George Russell and ended up on someone's page that I wasn't looking for and had to find the disambig page then choose the appropriate article, when it seemed to me this was backwards . . . I should have landed on the disambig page first. I am planning to update the links. You can remove the not to be confused with" links if you don't approve. NoVomit (talk) 23:40, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Sun Ra

Lol, I don't think they have birth certificates on Saturn, but I hear what you're saying. Happy editing! Spinach Monster (talk) 15:43, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Category:Fortean writers

I've responded to your remarks in the CFD for Category:Fortean writers. Cgingold (talk) 20:46, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Psychic claimants

There seems to be support for changing the name to something, but we are still going around and around because everyone wants their formulation. I don't suppose you could support "psychic claimants" as originally proposed in the interest of compromise and consensus. It was carefully chosen, and I have responded to all the objections given. "Purported" is negative. While I personally think it should be categorized straight up under "scams", I am trying to be responsible here. I have at least some appropriate background in the field of critical thinking so I have given the subject thought. Be well, Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 20:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Please reconsider supporting the original proposal. Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 17:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Philosophy categories

If I could direct your attention to WP:PHILO. Please note the navigation bar organizes the task forces such that we could reasonably expect that every "philosophy" article in WP would be covered by at least one task force. Ideally, each article should be within at least one task force for subject area, one for major tradition, one for period. This set up had been discussed at WT:PHIL a long time ago. Since it was set up, it has proven to be a good system of organization.

The article space categories do not mirror this organizational system perfectly. In fact, articles in the philosophy department need a lot of help generally. I am now doing my part by looking at the categories. Obviously, my goal has been to put them into a category structure similar to the task force structure.

I think there has already been an enormous amount of planning, thought, and consideration by many people to make the task force structure possible. I think we can reasonably conclude that it can serve as a model for organizing the article space categories. Furthermore, the proposal was posted at WT:PHILO explicitly for half a month. If anyone had objected we would have heard something by now already either in response to the task force set up or the latest proposal consistent with it.

Please cooperate with the proposal in consideration of the project. Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 17:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Music of Scotland and Andrew Macpherson?

Nope, 'fraid not! I've no objection to just deleting it. It's possibly a "vanity" edit - someone with the same name adding it so they can brag to their mates down the pub!

Cheers, This flag once was red_deeds 21:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I saw the latest edit - the one that added Gordon McPherson - and left it in place because he had an article. I don't know nearly enough about the subject to make a call on notability, however (my view of Music of Scotland doesn't stretch too much further than King Tut's or The Barras). As a layman McPherson does seem notable - he's allegedly head of composition at RSAMD, for example, but I'll defer to your judgement.

Cheers, This flag once was red_deeds 11:05, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

No worries! I'm wondering if the first edit was a mistake, and the editor intended to add "Gordon"? No matter, all good now. Cheers, This flag once was red_deeds 11:18, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment ported from User Page

Thanks AllyD - though, not very welcoming to a new user. I only wanted to add on one fact here but it kept getting deleted by (in my opinion) over zealous editors. If you look at a lot of other information added by others, mine is no more irrelevant or superfluous than other facts. However, in future I will try and restain myself from updating the world to a musicians shoe size or informing what daily paper a politician reads etc - 20:18, 20 June 2009 Nakedlunch123

Kennaway and Scottish literature

I would suggest, reading other posts to your talk page, that your editing style is based on imposing your views inappropriately on the contributions of other people. Misplaced Pages is for everyone, not for everyone as long as they have your permission or agree with you. I disagree wih you. That is not a reasonfor you to remove my posts, especially as you clearly have no knowledge of Kennaway.

The paragraph in question relates to Scottish writers who have "displayed a new outwardness". Kennaway did exactly that. He left Scotland and worked in England. His themes sometimes relate explicitly to Scotland but more often to the wolrd as a whole. That is a classic definition of "outwardness". He is also a more siginificant writer than any of those included in the paragraph or mentioned in your post on my talk page, with the possible exception of AJ Cronin.

I have replaced the fully justified reference to him and will continue to do so. Insideintelligence (talk) 16:02, 8 November 2009 (UTC)