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I am not very handy with computer stuff so when I found this simple edit counter on another users page I wanted to add it to mine to make it easier to find my count. http://tools.wikimedia.de/~tangotango/editcount.php MarnetteD | Talk 16:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

BBC Shakespeare Cat

I'm overhauling the Shakespeare categories, so the look of that cat may change, but we can leave it out until it does if you like. Wrad 18:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I, Claudius

		The Original Barnstar
		For your hard work on the I, Claudius article, I award you this barnstar. Cheers! -- Merope 23:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

The article has been on my watchlist for a while, since I was planning on rewatching the series (and re-reading the novels) and thought I might spruce it up. I still may, but I have considerably less work to do now! And the series is brilliant, isn't it? I always forget how much I love it. -- Merope 23:29, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Non-free image on Derek Jacobi

I notice the image you added to Derek Jacobi does not have a valid fair-use rationale. Please do not refer to removals of such images as vandalism (see "What is not vandalism"), as WP:NFCC is policy. 81.104.175.145 14:33, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

An interesting note since the anonymous user claimed to be reverting vandalism when they took the picture back out. Especially as it actually has a fair use rationale. MarnetteD | Talk 23:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Mac Address book disaster

I have had a minor disaster with my Mac laptop after downloading a security update and restarting.

The damn thing would not restart and although I could recover all my files using Fire Wire, I was not able to retrieve my MAIL Address Book, and so have lost all my email contacts after doing a 'clean' start.

Can you help with yours? Please. Best wishes, John Thaxter 23:09, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the email - you should now have had my reply.

I have been collecting performing arts reference books for most of my adult life. A couple of years ago, strapped for space I offered my film books and reference material to other members of the Critics' Circle. David Parkinson, a film critic living in Oxford, gave most of them house room.

He is currently compiling a reference work on foreign language films which will probably take the form of an encyclopedia. I wonder if he knows about Wiki?

But I have kept all the theatre, opera and musical theatre stuff, including complete runs of such as Theatre World Annual and Who's Who in the Theatre going from the late 1920s until 1980 when it was taken over by Gale. I also have a complete run with indexes of Theatre Record, not to mention a collection of several thousand programmes and the complete 8 volumes of the Spotlight UK casting directory for 2004/5.

If you ever have specific queries, let me know. Best wishes, John Thaxter 23:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Up series

Greetings! No problem. There was some discussion at CfD a while back that "television documentaries" covered too much ground and wasn't well-defined. So it was decided to rescope into the two categories mentioned on that page. AFAIK, Category:Documentary television series is for series like Modern Marvels or Wild Kingdom that go for a whole year. (Sometimes when I come across an article about an episode of a documentary tv series, I fudge and put it in this category.) Category:Documentary television films would be for documentaries of any length which are not part of an ongoing season-length series of shows, which is why you get something as short as 30 minutes in this category. I hope this doesn't muddle things further, and happy editing to you too! Her Pegship (tis herself) 19:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Louis Vuitton Cup 2007

Hello

I just want to be sure that you agree with the actual structure of the article or if you have another idea (taking into consideration that you rv my modification :) If you have one it would be a plesure to hear it because I'm running out of imagination ^_^

"putting a cite needed tag in ur own edit is a curious thing at best" Sry I just had to verify the date. I added the template to remember myself putting this later. (I forget things easily ;))

Thanks for your help, Best wishes --Mrpouetpouet 13:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks a lot for the Barnstar. It's greatly appreciated to have my work recognized since I started my Le Mans work about 2 years ago. The359 02:46, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Ben Kingsley Knighthood

Hi. About Sir Ben Kingsley's postnominals: He was made a knight bachelor in New Year's honors; this type of knighthood does not grant the use of postnominals. However, he was previously awarded a CBE, which remain in use. He was not made a Knight Commander of the British Empire, so he does not use the postnominal letters KBE. If you have evidence to the contrary, feel free to let me know. Thank you. Ulpian 19:30, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

• No, thank you. Keep up the great work. Ulpian 19:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Notable roles

a while ago we had a discussion about actor notable roles, and how they so easily get out of hand. i thought you might get a kick out of what's brewing in at Laurence Olivier. --emerson7 | Talk 15:33, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Image from A Fistfull of Dollars and films lists discussions

HI Marnette. Are you absoluterly certain? Becuase Mr Volante was much rougher cut with an unkempt beard and hair in For a More but in Fistful of Dollars in 1964 was more cleaner cut -I thought the huildings in the background were from the town ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 15:35, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes in Fistful 1964 Volante's hair is also less shaggy. I watched High PLains Drifter dvd earlier - have you see it ? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 22:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

That image was misleading allright -unfortunately you can't move image names ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 22:53, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Its quite a shocking film isn't it. The film score with the discords and the wailing I find really quite shuddering!! "Bums like you don't usually drop by in Lago. Life here's a little too quick for them".. I stubbed a few articles e.g on Paul Brinegar and much of the cast from GBU. Part of watching al the westerns is spotting the minor characters who keep appearing from film to film but you never know their names!! Joseph Egger or Lorenzo Robledo of course eis a fine exmaple of this ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 23:13, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Great work on the British films anyway. You'll be pleased to know I have made a good start at the biggy List of American films e.g see American films of 1945 American films of 1959 etc. My first job is to fromat them all in the tables then I will go thorugh and add the details and remove any films which aren't American -I These lists should look fantastic when they are finished. I hope you like them ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 23:19, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes these lists are quite important for the encyclopedia -very important as a resource for film. I aim to have an iconic image of a film for each year at the top mostly the Academy Award winner or major blockbuster of that year. American films of 1982 - of course that image sums it up!!! Several images per page is OK I think. Screenshots I think are better than the posters as they familiarize the reader with the actual content of the film. All the best ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 23:33, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi do you think we ought to have a page for each year like the American films with the British films -to split it. I believe there are many missing films which are not yet in the category. I reckon we should wait to see what it looks like when all the film in thecategory are completed. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 10:12, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I've checked imdb now and think we can get away with the decades for Britain. Hope you are good. You from Colorado you say? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 13:26, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

British television is particularly good -I am amajor fan of cult series. Ever seen The Avengers or Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) ?- Randall is a favourite of mine -I started all the episodes for wikipedia and wrote 95% of the main article! Fawlty Towers is another good un.

Ah you have to see the original RHD 1969 series -I have the dvd box set and am addicted. -you can read the work on wikipedia to familiarize youself with it. In my view the 2000-2001 remake was a complete and utter disaster -terrible Reeves and Mortimer -it was not even familiar to the original. It was like the Teletubbies trying to act out Hamlet!!!!! . Of course Monty Python and Doctor Who as I can see are tops. I do also love many classic US series, such as the A-Team and the Rockford Files although many newer series seem to be too cloned -particularly US sitcoms. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 13:54, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

You may want to check if the image I uploaded is correct -I beleive it is A Fistful of Dollars ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 12:00, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I've compared edits and have reverted it - your're right it appeared to be worse - I don't know why people try to make articles worse!!! Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 08:39, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Cast List for Doctor Who

I was unaware of this, my mistake

June 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter

The June 2007 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Please also, if you have not already, add your name to the Member List. Nehrams2020 08:33, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism report

Thank you for making a report about 71.204.133.75 (talk · contribs · block log) at Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Misplaced Pages and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, administrators generally only block users if they have received a recent final warning (one that mentions that the user may be blocked) and they have recently vandalized after that warning was given. The reported user has not yet been blocked because it appears this has not occurred yet. If this user continues to vandalize after their final warning, please report them to the AIV noticeboard again. Additionally, I do not believe this is vandalism, under WP:VANDAL. This is a content dispute. Please be aware of WP:3RR, not only if the anon editor violates it, but also consider your own actions on Kenneth Branagh. Thanks for your consideration. -Andrew c  00:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I apologize if I came off as warnhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Button_redirect.png

Redirecting you. I was just trying to politely say that your initial report did not constitute vandalism, and that I saw edit warring on both sides. Unfortunately, administrators generally do not settle content disputes, but instead address policy issues and violations. So, hypothetically, even if the anon was correct that Branagh is not "British", but s/he still violated 3RR, admins would not take into consideration that the anon was right, just that the anon violated 3RR. Also, this is my first day being an admin, so I apologize for that as well. I just came across a WP:AIV report that didn't belong on that page (and had been removed by another admin once before) and that is how I ended up messaging you. As for removing talk page comments, Misplaced Pages:Talk page guidelines states that a user can remove comments from their own talk page (but archiving is preferred). I looked at the anon's talk page and the last message was from 2 months ago, and I couldn't find a single vandalism warning. I'm planning on leaving the anon a message. I hope this clears things up, and sorry for the confusion. In the future, in case you didn't know, 3RR is reported at WP:AN3.-Andrew c  01:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

End of the 32nd america's cup

Thx for your smile :) I whish we'll work again together (and with boatman too) on the next edition of the cup in 2009 ^_^ (and perhaps before).

Great thanks for your help. --Mrpouetpouet 21:25, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

PS: Do not hesitate to edit me if you think that I'm wrong just like on the America's cup article ;)

Previewing categories.

Re - you can see the categories during preview right at the bottom of the page (below the edit box, shortcuts, legalese, and templates used) when using the default skin. Not that I ever look there ;). -- Jeandré, 2007-07-12t20:40z

Victoria Beckham

Hi there. I thought I would come to you for help as I know you are a skilled and experienced editor. I was wondering if you could please look at the edits being made by Vtruth2007 on the Victoria Beckham article. I personally don't think the information about this forum's activities is of any benefit and is really quite messy in format and style. I'm too unsure to go on reverting so I would really appreciate your help. Many thanks. Eagle Owl 20:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Eyes Wide Shut.

Dear Marnette D,

I see you keep changing my contribution on "Eyes Wide Shut". Now, I have better things to do in my life than loosing my time in a struggle with you, but it is clear that you have not seen the movie and that you don't know how to write in English. The editing you did on the piece is not only grammatically hideous, but it falsifies the facts, and this is insufferable. Now, what I have written sticks closely to the facts, there is no personal research, it's just a matter of having just a bit of insight (eyes wide open) in order to see some pretty obvious relations which compose a certain pattern. I challenge you or anyone else to find in what I have written elements which can be considered of an excluisively subjective nature. I see things that are in the movie-text not in my mind. Should you go on with your personal acts of vandalism I shall duly report it.

Best regards

Z.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Zosar (talk • contribs) 2007-07-15t08:00:32z (UTC)

M, I've left a welcome message and link to WP:V for Zosar. -- Jeandré, 2007-07-15t14:26z

Please see my proposal at Talk:Eyes Wide Shut#Theatricality. -- Jeandré, 2007-07-15t19:24z