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| To anyone kind enough to watch this page or who otherwise happens to see this, I have ] up for peer review, with a view to taking him to FAC. Suggestions for improvements will be gratefully received on ] – '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 10:36, 18 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
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== 2025 == | ||
| Happy 2025 to all visiting this page.<br> | |||
| Hi, about Bernard Levin, wanted to ask you about the issues you have with this edit , as there is no ] violation anymore, and the ] and ] fixes were re-added; if you just have a problem with me reverting your edit, then please revert your last edit yourself. ] (]) 21:18, 23 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
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| :No objection to your other edits - ulc and so on - but please refrain from persistent ] violations: they are unhelpful and discourteous as well as contrary to Misplaced Pages's rules. As your other alterations, they seem in line with MoS guidelines, and if so, fine. The citations for footnotes might conceivably be better in the form you propose (the existing version goes back some years) but you must propose such changes on the article talk page and not just impose them unilaterally. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 21:29, 23 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::Your "Thank" message in response to the above is much appreciated. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 08:07, 24 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
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== His Master's Voice == | ||
| I suspect that "Sources" was mislabeled and should be "Further reading." Not one of the listed "sources" has a page number; it seems more like a bibliography. More important is that we include a major new biography of Vaughan Williams. We have three choices: (1) Revert your reversion so that the new book is listed, (2) Change "Sources" to "Further reading" and add the new book, or (3) create a "Further reading" section solely for the new book. Do you have a preference? ] (]) 12:55, 24 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
| #"Sources" was not mislabelled. It is a list of books used as sources, which is why it is called Sources. There is a very simple reason why none of the sources listed has a page number: the page numbers are in the References section; there are e.g. more than twenty references to Kennedy's 1980 book. How would ] be satisfied if we put " pages 19, 43, 44, 74, 37–38, 76, 85, 114, 139, 179, 218, 221, 224, 254, 268, 276, 412–416 415, 420, 421, 427, 428, 431 and 432" after the entry for that book in Sources? | |||
| #Before considering adding a Further reading section you should read ]. If you contend that your favoured book contains "additional and more detailed coverage of the subject" over and above that in the existing sources, please add a section to the article talk page to the effect that your book says x, y or z, not mentioned in earlier sources. If you can't identify anything important of that nature, there is no pretext for adding a Further reading section. If there is anything new of importance, please mention it on the talk page and we can adjust the article accordingly. – '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 13:44, 24 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
| #:I agree about your first point. As for your second point, I have not read Saylor's book, but the review to which I linked, which is by a leading music critic ], states, "Now Eric Saylor, a professor of music at Drake University, has published a valuable study of Vaughan Williams’s long life and multifarious work, one that will serve both the novice listener and the scholar. It is fair-minded and wide-ranging, both easy to read and unusually weighty...." Page concludes (in an exceedingly trite sentence), "Mr. Saylor’s book may be recommended to anybody in search of information about this admirable man and creator." | |||
| #:This establishes, I think, that knowing of the existence of this book would be useful to readers of Misplaced Pages's entry on Vaughan Williams, and I will therefore create a "Further reading" section for it. I hope you will agree that informing readers of the existence of this book is more important than correctly applying Misplaced Pages's rules that prescribe where and when books may be listed (if I am applying them incorrectly). If you don't, then do what you want, and I will drop the matter. ] (]) 14:28, 24 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
| Hello! Thank you for the post on my talk page. I have been working tirelessly on "His Master's Voice" related matters for the past couple of months, trying to understand the fragmented history of the brand. Unfortunately, most recordings on Misplaced Pages use the article ] as a label, however this page is strictly about the painting and trademark that was sold in 1899. | |||
| :I agree with Tim riley – this FA sets up the references, notes and sources correctly, even elegantly. Moreover, if you want to discuss the improvement of a particular article, you should do it at that article's Talk page so that everyone interested in the article can see the discussion. -- ] (]) 14:27, 24 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thank you for that, Ssilvers. I think I have set out clearly and fairly what criteria need to be satisfied for a Further reading section to be added. If they are not (and nothing above suggests that they will be) we can delete any unjustifed attempt at doing so, but you're right − the article talk page is the place for this discussion. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 14:37, 24 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
| I turned ] to ] and began removing the ] on the recording pages and replacing it with ] under the belief that 'His Master's Voice' became its own record label in 1952 when the Gramophone Company ventured into pop music. However, on further inspection, all His Master's Voice releases still have The Gramophone Company Limited imprinted on them. And then doing some further research, His Master's Voice was never incorporated as a recording company, only as a retailer. | |||
| ==Somerset Maugham, again== | |||
| ] | |||
| After a productive peer review I have ]'s article up for ]. If anyone who watches this page or otherwise chances to see these words cares to look in at the FAC review page it will be esteemed a favour. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 20:26, 24 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
| There is no debate that the American releases using the ] trademark and artwork are ] or ] releases. | |||
| == ''ITMA'' == | |||
| In an attempt to resolve this, I have made a merge proposal on the ] and ] that I invite you to join. Many thanks. ] (]) 15:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| I didn’t know you cared! With your superb work on ‘conventional’ entertainment I almost missed your recent FA . With a sudden flash of inspiration starting in late December last year I vastly improved and expanded ], aided and abetted by excellent contribs from ] although we were not working as team and were barely aware of each other’s work. It’s not FA or even GA material but it was a lot of hard work but fun to do. Naturally ''ITMA'' gets a mention. Britcom is a history of a genre of TV humor rather than an anthology, but it demonstrates what makes our UK humour so special. If you are of my generation (and I think you are) you might enjoy the nostalgia evoked by reading it. Favorite armchair, a bottle of well matured ]… ] (]) 13:06, 1 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == File:Hérold-by-David-d’Angers.jpg listed for discussion == | |||
| :I shall go and read that article. No Gigondas to hand, but I have a nice plump Juliénas on the go. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 17:19, 1 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ] A file that you uploaded or altered, ], has been listed at ]. Please see the ] to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. <!-- Template:Fdw --> — Ирука<sup>]</sup> 09:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::Ah, a Beaujolly! Don't hesitate to tell me if the quality of the Britcom article makes you cough and splutter. I hate wasting good wine. ] (]) 21:11, 2 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :Another waste of time deletion nomination: I've swapped the image on the article with the one from Commons, where it is freely and adequately licensed. There's no issue with it here, but as there's a Commons copy, that may as well be used (Iruka13 is blocked on Commons for "wikilawyering, contributing in bad faith and other tangential nonsense", so there is no danger that their version will face a similarly spurious deletion; hasten the day the process is repeated here). - ] (]) 09:50, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::Didn't know the crus, and knowing that you're not likely to be drinking Château Bag-in-a-box Nouveau from the Co-oP, I looked it up. Liked what I saw and went and bought a bottle in Udon. Arm and a leg at twenty-four quid but went down very well with a lamb couscous so I ]. Easier to get here in Thailand than my favourite CDR, the meaty three neighbours Vacqueyras, Gigondas, and Cairanne. Not dissimilar in a way to the Juliénas. Thanks for the tip. ] (]) 09:38, 3 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I say, ]! That's a mightily impressive article to have put together in next to no time. I'm sorry to say it induced me to open another bottle of the stuff. As to the British sitcom article, it brought many a smile to my septuagenarian eke. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 18:48, 5 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Yes, it's pretty good stuff. I hope you can afford it if it costs anything like it does here! No great performance really, I've written lots of Misplaced Pages articles about wine. I took some cues from the fr.Wiki effort and borrowed their Commons images. Nothing that would warrant an attrib as a translation though, but out of courtesy I did give them a mention on the tp. Glad you liked the Britcom. A rambling stroll through some of the funniest parts of UK culture when we postwar born Brits still had something to laugh about, but not one of my best efforts. Since the turn of the century overzealous PC stymies anything that could stimulate the slightest snigger. Instead, comedy is now studded with unfunny four-letter words that would give Ms Whitehouse and even Johnny Speight a couple of turns in their graves; there's not been any laugh-out-loud telly to wax lyrical about and that's where I'll leave the article. And I'll let you get on with your work. ] (]) 21:38, 5 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
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==DYK for Home and Beauty== | ||
| Hi Tim, hope you're well! Can you find anything on ] for his London stage work, lists a few performances at the White Bear and Aldwych Theatres but the source looks like a Wiki and not reliable. {{u|Charles Matthews}} and ] might also find something. ♦ ] 18:12, 2 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :What ho! I'm replying on your user talk page, as there's a fair bit of text for you to consider. In my book there is no doubt of the notability of someone who directs an opera conducted by ]. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 10:59, 3 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::If there's anything left that you feel should be added feel free to add it. His brother Anthony Meyer was deleted, but I redirected the article. I could have probably found enough for a start class article but he seems to be less notable then his brother. ♦ ] 10:01, 7 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == ] == | |||
| If you have some time, could you look at the above, now at FAC? Despite the mundane title, it's a most interesting story. ] (]) 20:59, 5 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :It will be my privilege and pleasure. In fact, having finished dinner, I shall look in now. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 21:00, 5 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == A rare distinction == | |||
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| |style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken fifty articles to Featured status". Fifty! Fifty? How did that even happen? Clearly indicative of a wasted youth. ] (]) 21:55, 22 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
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| :How very nice! Fifty is a decent haul, but the beloved ] contributed a hundred, and computers run out of memory to count how many ] has clocked up. The rest of us bob along in their wake. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 22:08, 22 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::Congratulations, and the high quality of your quantity speaks much. ] (]) 22:50, 22 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::A half century. Congratulations indeed! ] (]) 05:10, 23 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Well done Tim, the coverage of English (and French!) music, literature and performance is that much richer for your contributions. Cheers, ] (]) 09:53, 23 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::::I shall need a larger size in hats! Thank you all for such kind remarks. They are, as I hardly need say, very much appreciated. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 12:02, 23 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Congratulations on this wonderful milestone and, of course, on your rich contributions to Misplaced Pages beyond the 50+ FAs. Of equal importance is your generous and skillful advice and congenial collaboration, peer reviews, GA reviews, research and other extraordinary assistance that you give to other editors here. You will look good in a 10-gallon hat! -- ] (]) 18:04, 23 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Yee haw, y'all. ] (]) 21:02, 23 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
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| |text = On ], ''']''' was updated with a fact from the article ''''']''''', which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ''... that ''''']''''' has been described as both a "little masterpiece of polite merriment" and a "misogynist comedy dipped in vitriol"?'' The nomination discussion and review may be seen at ]. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page <small>(], )</small>, and the hook may be added to ] after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the ]. | |||
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| |text = Congratulations, Tim riley! The article you nominated, ''']''', has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Misplaced Pages. The ''']''' has been archived.{{parabr}}This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may ] to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, {{user0|Gog the Mild}} via ] (]) 00:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
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| == ] moved to draftspace == | |||
| An article you recently created, ], is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs citations from ], ''']'''. <small>(])</small> Information that can't be referenced should be removed (] is of ] on Misplaced Pages). I've moved your draft to ] (with a prefix of "<code>Draft:</code>" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Misplaced Pages's ] and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. ] (]) 10:46, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :], if you read the article more carefully you will see that every statement in it is cited to a published source with full bibliographical details given on the page. Kindly undo your unwarranted intervention without delay. You will see from the entries immediately before this that I have been receiving congratulations on my 51st successful FAC - I do know how to write and reference an article. No apology required as long as you undo the damage straight away. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 10:56, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::In the absence of action on your part I have restored the page to its proper state. Please tidy any remnants of your intervention. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 11:13, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::I draftified because I could not find any ], i.e. not references to the book itself, so it fails ]. I hoped you might rectify that. Congrats on your FACs, but that does not mean ] does not apply to your writings. I'm very sure you know how to write, but a well written article on a non-notable subject is still in conflict with policy. Also waiting a full 17 minutes does not exactly constitute patience. Strange as it may sound, I do have a life besides Misplaced Pages and obligations to match. But we'll let the community decide. | |||
| :::Ah, yes. I am not about to apologise. ] (]) 13:09, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::Lastly, Copy&Paste moves are usually frowned upon. An experienced user ought to know that. ] (]) 13:30, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Ahem! In an article about a piece of music we say what the score says, quoting bar number; in an article about a play we summarise the action and cite the page numbers of the playscript. In an article about a novel we summarise what the novel says, quoting the page or chapter numbers. By your imbecilic logic every such article would fail GNG, but they don't and neither does this. You want us to say what somebody else says the book says? Duh! As to your hit and run editing, I do not think it proper or colleaguely to make such a drastic and unreasonable change as you made without waiting to see the consequences, but your conception of good manners may not coincide with mine. As to copying and pasting, happily there was no need as I draft in Word and had a copy of the untampered article there. Just as well, as it turns out. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 13:39, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::::I strongly suggest you bring that up on the appropriate page, without the ] type of remarks, since that does show your "conception of good manners", not mine. ] (]) 13:51, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::It would have been another courtesy if you had mentioned that you were nominating the article for deletion. Good luck with ''that'' idea. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 15:15, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::The upside is, the independent sources I requested were actually provided, So I'm happy with that outcome. ] (]) 16:35, 25 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::], you simply jumped the gun. Tim was in the middle of putting up the article. If you had just waited a few hours, all this could have been avoided, and so the only real outcome is that you wasted your own, and a lot of other people's time. -- ] (]) 19:09, 25 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::I beg to differ. ] (]) 21:46, 25 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::Ssilvers, your wise words are wholly ''ad rem''. A short civil note on the article talk page would have been the commonsense and courteous course. A jackbooted trample is seldom necessary or desirable. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 20:19, 25 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::I admire your restraint Tim. ] (]) 15:44, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::Thank you, Dudley. As Dr Chasuble says, "Charity, my dear Miss Prism, charity! None of us are perfect". '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 15:49, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == Arnold Bennett, again == | |||
| Hi Tim, I'm writing a short note for the Arnold Bennett Society newsletter about the improvements we've been able to make to AB's Misplaced Pages entry (and others that may need to be made), in the course of which I will be mentioning your name. How can I describe you? I'm thinking of something along the lines of 'experienced Misplaced Pages contributor who specialises in early 20th-century writers and composers' - or what would you prefer? ] (]) 10:03, 13 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| : That's fine with me. As always, let me know if I can be of any help. By the bye, if you want to, you can email me by clicking the link on the left of this page. | |||
| :I'm trying to persuade myself that ]'s article needs the Riley oar put in, but his life-story is so eye-glazingly dull − unlike those of Bennett, Maugham, Shaw, Walpole, Wodehouse ''et al'' − that I can't quite summon the enthusiasm. (And though he was a good writer, he strikes me as v. lucky to have got the OM and the Nobel Prize for Literature.) '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 10:29, 13 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ===Frivolity from KJP1=== | |||
| ::Is the game: "Thinking of suitable descriptions for Tim", one anyone can play? ] (]) 10:09, 13 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::Less of your cheek, my lad! '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 10:29, 13 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::If we are allowed Latin - and as it is Tim, I am sure we are - how about "Tim the Tribulator"? ] (]) 13:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::::A classical education is not all it's cracked up to be, but I can tell you that Timothy is "God-fearing" in Greek. Away from Latin and Greek, one of you two ruffians has a Celtic name meaning "handsome by birth" and the other has a Hebrew name meaning "snub-nosed". I decline to identify which is which. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 13:44, 19 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::My given name in Biblical Hebrew means "hearkening". Now there is wishful thinking for you!. ] (]) 14:06, 19 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == In appreciation == | |||
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| |style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of the thorough, detailed and actionable reviews you have carried out at FAC. This work is very much appreciated. ] (]) 21:33, 18 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
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| :That's very kind! A similar gong, but Grand Cross, should go to you, as a reviewer of the greatest assiduity in between your FAC co-ord duties. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 07:58, 19 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::Hear hear -- for both of these sentiments! Cheers, ] (]) 09:21, 19 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::Ian, you are in line for a Grand Cross with oak leaves and knobs on, and quite right, too. At the end of the day, we all do our best. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 13:27, 19 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Prince Octavius of Great Britain/archive1 == | |||
| Hi, @]! You may have seen my message on ], but just in case you have not, I'd like to apologize for the way I handled your comments regarding the FA nomination. I did not mean to come across as rude and dismissive, but looking back at it, my messages certainly seemed that way. I am so sorry the way I handled that situation. Thank you for your comments! I have reconsidered my previous hesitation and fixed your concerns. I look forward to seeing you around! ] (]) 23:05, 24 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :Apology accepted, naturally. We all get things wrong from time to time. I'll keep an eye open for future FACs from you and will offer what help I can. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 11:34, 25 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == Welcome home == | |||
| , as doing so (there) may entice the wolves to the door. I hope you had a wonderful time up the Nile, welcome back. Yours truly, Senna Pod ] (]) 21:31, 25 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == ]== | |||
| This Ukrainian composer has been up for a pre-FA peer review for several weeks now, without any responses. Are you able to take a look for me? Regards, ] (]) 22:32, 9 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == Cosima Wagner == | |||
| Yes, an improvement. When there is a run-on sentence consisting of two essentially unrelated thoughts, it should be split into two sentences. In this case, marriage and legacy are essentially unrelated and should be separated. Your grammar looks bad to me, so please explain why it is not. ] (]) 21:26, 12 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :Please discuss on the article talk page, where any interested editor can say if s/he agrees with you or prefers the version agreed by the main author and the reviewers at PR and FAC. For my own part I am not disposed to debate grammar with someone who imagines "so" is a conjunction in good written English. (See Fowler, current edition, p. 757.) '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 08:58, 13 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::Good advice; I take this away from you. I am not disposed to debate grammar with someone who is pompously self-righteous but cannot distinguish a run-on sentence (see any elementary writing instruction) and has no self-awareness. ] (]) 06:58, 14 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::By the way, what WP policy accepts the idea of a "main author"? I recall the principle that no article belongs to anyone. I agree you won't find that in Fowler. ] (]) 06:59, 14 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::The main author in this case is the late ]. He wrote 79.8% of the current text. Some of us who respected him greatly and miss him keep an eye on the 100+ articles he successfully took to FAC. We attempt to fend off (usually) well-meant alterations that are not helpful. We do not quarrel with valid and helpful tweaks, e.g. . '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 09:42, 14 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == Pommes boulangère == | |||
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| I bought Delia’s ''Complete Illustrated'' for Christmas 1995. We’re still using it and her Potatoes boulangère (p=229) is one of our favourites. All the best, ] (]) 19:44, 27 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :I was surprised we had no article on pommes boulangère, and the skimpy affair I ran up this afternoon will just have to do, unless (hint) someone improves it. I love boulangères − so versatile − they go with so many main courses. I'm agnostic about their posher sibling, gratin Dauphinoise: very nice, but I've never found a meat it quite seems to go with. As to Delia, I am an admirer, and to Hell with the snobs who sniff at her − though I think they are latterly almost an extinct species, happily. − '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 20:43, 27 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::Afterthought: ], in your 1995 Delia did she use veg stock? ''Autres temps, autres mœurs'', and all that. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 21:04, 27 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :::Rather unhelpfully for Delia, she says “stock”. It’s the 1989 BBC Books edition, and the recipe just says “5 fl oz hot stock”. We use chicken, but I guess beef or vegetable would work. I’m with you on Dauphinoise, but J adores it with pork. ] (]) 22:05, 27 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Pork? Not tried. I'll engage you separately by email on that. '''<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">]]</span>''' 22:16, 27 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
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His Master's Voice
Hello! Thank you for the post on my talk page. I have been working tirelessly on "His Master's Voice" related matters for the past couple of months, trying to understand the fragmented history of the brand. Unfortunately, most recordings on Misplaced Pages use the article His Master's Voice as a label, however this page is strictly about the painting and trademark that was sold in 1899.
I turned List of HMV POP artists to His Master's Voice (British record label) and began removing the His Master's Voice on the recording pages and replacing it with His Master's Voice (British record label) under the belief that 'His Master's Voice' became its own record label in 1952 when the Gramophone Company ventured into pop music. However, on further inspection, all His Master's Voice releases still have The Gramophone Company Limited imprinted on them. And then doing some further research, His Master's Voice was never incorporated as a recording company, only as a retailer.
There is no debate that the American releases using the His Master's Voice trademark and artwork are Victor Talking Machine Company or RCA Victor releases.
In an attempt to resolve this, I have made a merge proposal on the Gramophone Company and His Master's Voice (British record label) that I invite you to join. Many thanks. Icaldonta (talk) 15:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
File:Hérold-by-David-d’Angers.jpg listed for discussion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Hérold-by-David-d’Angers.jpg, has been listed at Misplaced Pages:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. — Ирука 09:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Another waste of time deletion nomination: I've swapped the image on the article with the one from Commons, where it is freely and adequately licensed. There's no issue with it here, but as there's a Commons copy, that may as well be used (Iruka13 is blocked on Commons for "wikilawyering, contributing in bad faith and other tangential nonsense", so there is no danger that their version will face a similarly spurious deletion; hasten the day the process is repeated here). - SchroCat (talk) 09:50, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
DYK for Home and Beauty
On 6 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Home and Beauty, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Home and Beauty has been described as both a "little masterpiece of polite merriment" and a "misogynist comedy dipped in vitriol"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Home and Beauty. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Home and Beauty), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.