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''']''' has been identified as an '''''Awesome Wikipedian''''',<br /> | |||
and therefore, I've officially declared today as ]!<br /> | |||
You have made remarkable contributions to the project,<br /> | |||
and the editors and readers of those pages are and always will be grateful to you for them.<br /> We all look forward to seeing you return and continue in such development. <br/>Thank you again for your outstanding efforts at article development. | |||
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:Thanks from me to and thanks for trying to save the Han / Roman article as your last action. If you decide to return I look forward to seeing more of your gorgeous content for me to review over at Good Articles. Merry Christmas! ] (]) 13:51, 24 December 2009 (UTC) | |||
Merry Christmas |
== Merry Christmas, Ottava Rima! == | ||
Peace be with you, brother. | |||
Serious. Peace. Let these things go and be filled with joy. Christ was not gifted to humanity for you to be unhappy. | |||
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Someday at Christmas man will not fail | |||
Take hope because your love will prevail | |||
Someday a new world that we can start | |||
With hope in every heart | |||
</poem></center> --] (]) 15:44, 24 December 2009 (UTC) | |||
:And to you to, Moni. But don't worry, I could never be unhappy in regards to Christ. :) I'm sure most people have read excerpts of my column to know that so far. ;/ Have a good New Year, too. ] (]) 15:48, 24 December 2009 (UTC) | |||
If you have any problems, concerns, or just want to comment on my actions and behavior in general, ], or if you would like to discuss things, my talk page and email is available for use. A ] has been created that will list areas that I might have problems with and may need help with. - Ottava Rima | |||
== DYK for Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard == | |||
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== Getting a bit worried ... == | |||
Congratulations, dude. ] (]) 18:29, 15 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
== Two things == | |||
I'm getting a bit worried about your apparently new-found empathy and reasonableness Ottava. You're not trying to prepare the ground for an assault on RfA in 2019 are you? :lol: --] ] 00:49, 7 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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:How did you know he asked me to be a co nom along with Jimbo? Though you missed the date by six years, 2025 seemed like a nice round figure--] (]) 00:52, 7 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
::It would be refeshing to see a voter go neutral or oppose with "try again in sixteen years time". :-) Probably not so refreshing fot Ottava though. :-( --] ] 01:00, 7 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
and . | |||
::Actually, I did use that joke with someone else (co-nom with Jimbo thing). Haha. I have enough admin duties to handle over at wikiversity. :) ] (]) 01:01, 7 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::Great minds think alike!--] (]) 01:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
Commence half-frowny-face reaction. That is all. --] (]) 15:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
::::I'd support you Ottava, only because your RfA would be one of the most fun to read ever. Definitely a two-bucket popcorn event. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 16:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
== DYK for Kubla Khan == | |||
==Lucy== | |||
Yeah I saw. I'm going to start heavy work on this now; you might keep an eye and jump in when necessary. Obviously I would preffer to see you fully focus in on the page, but if not I understand where you are coming from re FAC stress. However, I would prefer if you, not me, made the co-nom when the time comes. ] (]) 17:37, 11 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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==The Treatment== | |||
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Thanks for raising a question about my statement, I've tried to clarify my perceptions of the issues. Questions of etiquette and civility are clearly important, but in my view our primary aim is building an encyclopedia according to article content policies, and stamping out rudeness is a failure if it impedes our primary aim. Just my tuppenceworth. . . ], ] 11:55, 22 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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:Just remember that my purpose is to treat and lighten things up a bit. What is with trench warfare if you can't have a Christmas with caroling? Even the worse problems need a little joy every once in a while. I like you, and I like KC. But I also like Elonka and some of the other people. I guess I am like Switzerland, sitting back, watching, and fretting because if everyone destroys themselves, who am I going to sell delicious chocolate and watches to? :( ] (]) 16:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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::You sell delicious watches? Sounds tasty! . ], ] 17:38, 22 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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:::ROFLMAO. I need to rely on dashes to separate out items instead of that. :) ] (]) 17:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
}} ] ''(])'' 11:17, 2 July 2010 (UTC) | |||
::::And an obscure reference to one of my favorite movies of all time, ]. Although, if you didn't see the movie, I know you're referring to the ]. However, let us not forget, the war continued for another year. My Swiss watch is beautiful. I can't believe they misspelled Rolex, imprinting it with Rofex. So much for that renowned Swiss quality. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 16:43, 23 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:When you finsh shaking up the AN, AN/I pages, ruffling the feathers of the DYK admins, and being irritably correct on every issue regarding WP pollicy, how's about we knock out a few poetry articles together, get some GA's, FA's, and encounter a whole new gaggle of editors to file frivolous complaints against you?:) ] (]) 17:51, 23 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Haha! Yes. I am finishing up some stuff on Henry Fielding. However, I prefer to work on two article tasks at a time. I will work with you while I work on a novel task with Malleus (I tend to like to have one of each type, but no more than two at a time - of poetry, novel, short story, and theatre). I have quite a bit of stuff on Keats, and I should finish ] and put it up towards FAC. If you want to help, it would be appreciated. What I am going to do is use that page for the epic as a whole, then have the two individual pages on the poems. The epic as a whole page would go to FAC definitely. There are a lot of Keats poems missing, along with some Blake, Wordsworth, Byron and Shelley missing. I also have Leigh Hunt that I am dying to work on. :) ] (]) 20:15, 23 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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== On the literary treatment of spirits... == | |||
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I had a hankering to spruce up ] in the manner of ], which occupied me for much of 2007. One thing I would really appreciate is some commentary of the use of ghosts in literature (eg in Shakespeare, Dickens, Wilde, as messengers/ etc.) Would you have anything to add? This is one of my weak points. ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Would you be delving into the psychological ghosts - works like ''Wuthering Heights'' play with ghost folklore to talk about resonating psychological trauma existing in society. They aren't real ghosts (most of the time) but play with the idea. For notable ghosts, there is Jonathan Swift's spirit in Yeats's ''Words upon the Window Pane'' (during a seance). In Yukio Mishima's plays there are many ghosts, as with most of Noh drama (ghost plays are a type of "demon" play of the Noh theatre). There is an example of a "fetch" in ''Aoi no Ue'' (a woman's spirit is able to leave her body and make a phone call, similar thing sans phone happen in the ''Tale of Genji''). | |||
:Ghosts are a very important part of Japanese (and Asian in general) tradition. There are the "shades" in Homer's the ''Odyssey'' (when Odysseus experiences a vision of Hades), and Aeneas travels to the underworld (as with Dante) and sees various shades. However, shades are spirits that have normally passed out of this world and probably shouldn't be merged. | |||
:A famous ghost is the "]". The name has been played around with, such as in Wilkie Collin's the ''Woman in White'' (she isn't dead, but there is a play on her actually being alive in many scenes). Then you have spirits who may or may not be ethereal - Keats's ''La belle dame sans merci'' for example. I'm going to stop for now and get more examples. ] (]) 03:25, 29 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Oh, I'd kick myself for not immediately adding these - Coleridge's ''Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' and Wordsworth's ''Lucy poems'' play with the idea of ghosts and spirits. ] (]) 03:26, 29 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Some more - Henry Fielding has Tom Thumb's ghost (killed when swallowed by a cow) murdered in ''Tom Thumb''. Horace Walpole wrote of the first ghost based Gothic novels - ''Castle of Otranto''. The ''Orestia'' contains the ghost of Agamemnon, one of the first ghosts in a play. ] (]) 03:33, 29 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Where are my manners - the ''Tale of Genji''/Noh Play ''Aoi no Ue''/Mishima's remake ''Aoi no Ue'' spirit character is ]. She is one of the most famous Japanese ghosts. ] (]) 03:39, 29 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Also - '']''. may give you some things to think about as would . Ghosts have to be one of the largest topics to discuss. :) ] (]) 03:44, 29 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
==Banglapedia copyright problems== | |||
Hi, Ottava. I just wanted to thank you for having this brought to my attention. You might be interested in what we're doing with your tip; we've launched a ] (special, since this isn't a contributor) and are planning to appeal to the relevant WikiProject for assistance. It's going to be a lot of work cleaning it all up, but certainly it is much needed, and the longer problems like this go unaddressed, the more tangled clean-up becomes. --] <sup>]</sup> 17:23, 14 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
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Aaargh, I hadn't given much thought to psychological ghosts, and I think touching on them is good. ''Wuthering Hts'' is a great example. Dammit, big topic :( ] (] '''·''' ]) 19:59, 30 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Now, a small note (and Awadewit might be able to chime in with her own opinion) - in ''Wuthering Heights'' there were two types of psychological ghosts. There was the almost haunting presence of Heathcliff and the drama that comes around that (the constant "demonic" imagery). Then there is the final scene in which there are rumors of the two running about the moors even though they are clearly dead. Also, about ghosts in general, you may want to discuss exorcisms of ghosts. In Noh plays, this idea comes up often. ] (]) 21:48, 30 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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== Samuel Johnson == | |||
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== Cookie == | |||
FA! :) ] (]) 02:08, 31 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Saw it on the main page, and came here to say the same thing. Congrats... ]] 02:16, 31 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Yes, nice work indeed.] (]) 22:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::It's wonderful to see it there at last, congratulations and best wishes. Graham. ] ] 22:35, 31 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
Aparrantly no one comments on your talk page, so I thought I'd give you a cookie ... except I cba to find the cookie template, so I'll give you an IOU for a cookie :) --<span class="sigInvitatious"><span id="Imagine Wizard" class="plainlinks" >] (] <small>•</small> ] <small>•</small> </span>) <small>]</small></span> 01:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC) | |||
:Haha, thanks. But now I have to finish the last part of his early life so I can get that up for his 300th birthday. :) ] (]) 23:48, 31 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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I don't know why you are asking me this. Surely you know by now that the minimum length of an article for DYK is 1,500 chars, and your two current finished Fielding articles are well over that. | |||
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== Barnstar == | |||
You don't have to do "full" plot summaries but I think for articles about plays there should certainly be a plot summary section giving some idea of what the play is about, even if it's only a paragraph or two. ] (]) 02:22, 31 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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== New Samuel Johnson bios == | |||
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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" |<font style="font-family:AR Blanca;font-size:20px">I just wanted to let you know that your monumental literary contributions are still very much appreciated. ] 19:40, 6 June 2012 (UTC) | |||
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== Whoa... == | |||
Did you see in the ''Times''? ] (]) 10:50, 3 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
: That may be (??) the first real mainstream mention of his TS ... I told you :) ] (]) 13:35, 3 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
::I added in parts of the Martin biography already. I haven't seen the Meyer's biography yet. I haven't heard of "basic books" and I am a little weary about the publisher. It use to be part of a popular publisher, but I don't know about its academic value. The Times article is troubling (but NYT is always troubling!) for phrases like - "No one who had ever seen Samuel Johnson in his infancy (as Jane Austen might have put it) would have predicted that he would interest a biographer." I don't know if that was ever the case, as most child prodigies that could memorize the whole Bible by 7 and could recite ancient Latin and Greek writers from heart by 16 are interesting. Oh gesh ("gives more weight than most biographers to the discovery made over half a century ago, by the editor of her diaries, of references to whips, chains, fetters and padlocks. What Meyers explains as a sadomasochistic pact, Martin puts down to Thrale’s role as “therapist” for Johnson’s fear of insanity.") I think the Meyer's biography needs to be burned. There were fetters and a padlock. No whips. No chains. >.<!!! The author couldn't even get the early biographies correct. At least the Times article is able to recognize that the two recent biographies are not so great. | |||
::But Sandy, people were speculating about TS for a long time. They knew he had "tics". Many of the biographies discuss them but failed to label them as TS. The two from the 90s jumped out and said it. The people who don't accept that he had TS are insane, but you know that already. :) ] (]) 16:18, 3 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
::: Agreed ... but I said it may be the first mainstream (meaning, media) mention of his Tourette's, not just oddities. ] (]) 16:45, 3 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::Yeah, but they use in it a way that makes it seem like an oddity (how the article read to me - Sam Johnson may bore the rest of you, but look at this goofy kid with TS and you'll be bound to want to read about his early life!!). I was disappointed. The woman who they got to write the story doesn't even deal with biographies let alone with Johnson. They just picked her because she is a Harvard liberal that would make the Times seem more smart. Johnson had TS. It isn't something to poke fun of or mock him over. It complicated parts of his early life, but it didn't make him into the clown that the article suggests. ~.~ meh. ] (]) 16:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
::I just sent an angry email with a list of corrections to Price. ] (]) 16:28, 3 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
I just stumbled across your story while looking up other things. | |||
== List of Copyright problems == | |||
Suffice to say, it's a whale of a tale. Being rather brutally honest, you were kind of like me back in 2007; | |||
Good intentions, but poor execution. | |||
In regards to the page and copyright problems in regards to copyrighted book (looking for phrases that include 3 or more consecutive words that are duplicated and thus violate copyright standards): | |||
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to insult you or be mean or cowardly. Seriously, you made some INCREDIBLE edits (a quick once-over of your edit history will back me up here), but looking over your block log tells me that you were always rather confromational (a Wikiversity fracas with the equally-legendary Abd springs to mind), and as such, you were always "riding the ragged edge of disaster", to quote Jim Davis. And you got tangled up with the ArbCom...there's a pit that's hard to get out of. Banned, even stripped of the ability to edit your own talkpage and reply to me. That's a rather stiff punishment, no? You must have really screwed up somewhere (I'm not going to dwell on that). Still, in my eyes, you deserve a...what is it now, twentieth chance? (just kidding). But there are a bunch of people who are behind you all the way. I'm not one of them....I know bog all about you, really. Have a listen to Queen's ''Hang On In There'' and mull it over; try to see how it relates to your experiences. | |||
* Article: "After an eight-day period '''known as 'Navy Farewell Week'''' during which festivities were held for the departing sailors, and all sixteen battleships '''took on''' full loads of '''coal, stores, and ammunition''', the ships were ready to depart." | |||
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* Original: "The following eight days were '''known as 'Navy Farewell Week.'''' The preparations and festivities concerning the fleet's departure were extensive. Every battleship took '''on coal, stores and ammunition to capacity'''." | |||
== Main page appearance: The Covent-Garden Journal == | |||
Addition of "full loads" and a few rearrangements but preservation of many original phrasings. | |||
This is a note to let the main editors of ] know that the article will be appearing as ] on January 6, 2013. You can view the TFA blurb at ]. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director {{user|Raul654}} or his delegates {{user|Dabomb87}}, {{user|Gimmetoo}}, and {{user|Bencherlite}}, or start a discussion at ]. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you can change it—following the instructions at ]. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below: | |||
* Article: "After '''three Japanese men-of-war and six merchantmen''' escorted the Americans in, festivities began. The celebrations culminated in '''the village of Uraga, where Commodore Matthew C. Perry had landed 50 years before'''." | |||
* Original: "'''Three Japanese men-of-war and six merchantmen''' joined up as escort. The black hulls of the merchant men were emblazoned with WELCOME in large white letters. Aboard, men, women and children cheered and sang American patriotic songs Their triumph concluded at '''the village of Uraga, where Commodore Perry landed more than fifty years before'''." | |||
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* Article: "'''On 2 November, Connecticut led the Presidential Fleet Review in New York''' and remained '''in New York until 12 January 1912''', when she returned to Guantánamo Bay. During a March overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Yard, the battleship relinquished her role as flagship to the armored cruiser Washington. After the overhaul's completion, Connecticut's activities through the end '''of 1912 included practicing with torpedoes in Fort Pond Bay, conducting fleet maneuvers, and battle practice off Block Island and the Virginia Capes'''" | |||
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* Original: "'''On November 2, USS ''Connecticut'' led the Presidential Review of the Fleet in New York'''. She maintained station '''in New York''' waters '''until January 12, 1912''' Following her refit, USS ''Connecticut'' spent the rest '''of 1912 engaged in torpedo practice at Fort Pond Bay, then in fleet maneuvers and battle practice off Block Island and the Virginia Capes'''." | |||
''''']''''' was an English literary ] published twice a week for most of 1752. It was edited and almost entirely financed by novelist, playwright, and essayist ] ''(pictured)'', under a pseudonym. The ''Journal'' incited the ], a conflict between a number of contemporary literary critics and writers, which began after Fielding declared war on the "armies of ]" in the first issue. His proclamation attracted multiple aggressors and instigated a long-lasting debate argued in the pages of their respective publications. Initially waged for the sake of increasing sales, the Paper War ultimately became much larger than Fielding had expected. Further controversy erupted in June, when Fielding expressed support for a letter decrying the Government's 1752 Disorderly House Act in the ''Journal''. His remarks were viewed by the public as an endorsement of the legality of ]. The final issue of the ''Journal'' was released on 25 November 1752. In its last months, poor sales had resulted in a transition from biweekly to weekly release. Ill-health and a disinclination to continue led Fielding to end its run after the 72nd number. {{TFAFULL|The Covent-Garden Journal}} | |||
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== Precious == | |||
Three random passages found in addition to the previous problems. ] (]) 19:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Could you '''bold''' the alleged violations, the specific "3 consecutive words"? ''']<sup>]</sup>''' 19:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Done. ] (]) 19:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::I'm not sure how you would like a date or "Navy Farwell Week" reworded. Like mentioned already, the text isn't a word-for-word reproduction. If you looked at ''any'' article here you could find portions just like this. ''']<sup>]</sup>''' 19:50, 11 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Thank you for the broad coverage of English language literature in quality articles, showing in '']'' and '']'', and for ] on conflict, consensus ... respect ..., - repeating: you are an ] (20 December 2009)! | |||
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Thanks for the heads up. It doesn't bother me if you cite the Cup for something like this. I agree it is likely the speed thing that gets people. <small><span style="border:1px solid #999933;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 19:56, 11 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
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== your advice on ] == | |||
:: Today, I like your TFA, "... a lot of examination and discussion over just about every line over months and months. I will welcome -all- concerns and comments, and I will thoroughly discuss matters with ] in order to ensure that changes would not disrupt the balance. I would also prefer to keep the balance over anything else. However, I do feel that the page is extremely thorough and well put together, as it represents just about -everything- on Giraud. So, I now present to you our dear ], the boy/young man who almost absolutely nothing is really known, for your consideration." --] (]) 11:48, 16 May 2014 (UTC) | |||
:: ]. --] (]) 08:10, 10 January 2020 (UTC) | |||
== A beer for you! == | |||
I have been browsing AfD lately to avoid doing anything meaningful, and I came across ] , which I thought to be a clear case where an article provided nothing but the "slang or idiom guide" discribed in ], but the admin who ruled in the case seemed to disagree. Since you seem to understand these rules better than I, I was wondering if you could lend me your thoughts if you have time. ] (]) 23:43, 11 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
:4 deletes plus nom (5) and 2 transwikis. 3 keeps. I'm not sure why Julian kept it. You could ask him yourself. He is a decent fellow. I will ask him personally to find out some more about it. ] (]) 03:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
::One of the delete "votes" was invalid, as it was based on the notion that CSD G4 applied, while one was proven faulty by another editor. After excluding the nominator, who has the obvious bias, we have two valid delete votes. Transwiki closures default to keep, at least in my experience, so it essentially came down to 4 deletes/3 keeps. Then I took into account the strength of the arguments presented by each side, and the editors in favor of keeping the article backed up their claims with more solid evidence than those in favor of deletion. Thus, I feel my closure was appropriate. Regards, –] ] ] 03:20, 12 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
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* me too. — <small><span class="nowrap" style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:1px;"><b>]</b> : ]</span></small> 18:20, 19 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
I was confused by this for a long time - "to Cole" as some sort of trasnitive verb I had never seen, but then realised it was a capital i not a small l... ] (] '''·''' ]) 20:52, 14 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Where? ] (]) 21:03, 14 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Oh, the Ravenloft item. Yeah. :) I think I am the only one to admit their conflicts of interest anymore, so, its an acronym rarely employed. ] (]) 21:05, 14 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
Welcome back, and I look forward to helping you come back into the community. ] (]) 18:21, 19 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
== To Autumn == | |||
Welcome back. I'll be really happy to see you contributing as prolifically as you did in the past. If there's anything I can do to make that easier for you, please say so here. I'll keep your talk page on my watchlist. All the best --] (]) 23:06, 19 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
*All the Best Ottava!...] (]) 23:08, 19 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
*A belated welcome back Ottava. --]<sup>(]) </sup> 21:58, 20 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
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(found by ], where ice-breaking is also mentioned) --] (]) 18:20, 19 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
:Maybe kitty kitty here got into the beer Drmies left above? Good to see you back, OR. ] (]) 16:08, 21 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
] <sup>]</sup> has smiled at you! Smiles promote ] and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, Go on smile! Cheers, and Happy editing! <br /> <small>''Smile at others by adding {{tls|Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.''</small> | |||
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Was going to make some comments to National Register of Historic Places Registration Form but noticed that section seems to be missing off your Talk Page. I am in direct contact with Patrick A. Schroeder, the Park Historian. If you like I can give you his e-mail address and you can communicate with him directly. He gave me advice on some of the 16 Appomattox articles for additional improvements which I made. He said everything looked good and accurate, as far as he was concerned. He is doing some additional research I requested and should be getting back to me soon (suspect in the next few days). If you would like I can forward his reply to you also. | |||
Either I don't see your Archive Section with your various archives when you removed sections off your Talk Page from time to time -OR- perhaps you ''accidently'' forgot to Archive the sections when you removed them from your Talk Page. This should be of benefit: ]. Cheers! --] <sup>]</sup> 22:06, 20 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
:My talk page is only for work. Once a topic is removed, I no longer have consideration about it. You don't need to forward the reply. The community already decided on it and its not worth pursuing further. I am willing to thrash against waves but I know when to get out before I drown. ] (]) 22:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Thanks for getting back to me Ottava. Didn't understand what you were doing on Archiving. Just suggesting, as I notice others always Archive their Talk Page and not just remove the sections. Apparently it has historical reference that they felt should be kept. Will not forward the Park historian's reply to you, only to the other Misplaced Pages editors that requested his information. Cheers! --] <sup>]</sup> 22:42, 20 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::My talk page is a notebook. When things are no longer important to my work, I rip out the pages and keep it clean. Good luck with it all. ] (]) 22:43, 20 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::Sounds like an interesting method - just never heard of that before. Good luck to you also.--] <sup>]</sup> 23:02, 20 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::::Ottava, I have done the grunt work and set up an Archive Talk Box with the archives up to date for you. All you have to do is cut and paste into the blank ones in the future when you clean up. --] <sup>]</sup> 22:08, 22 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
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As I finish drafting material related to ''Lamia'', I have some material for an article on an award winning poet for someone else to use to create a page. | |||
, I don't see this as a trivia section; it's a list of other art that references the work, which is common in film and literature articles. I won't disagree if you claim this list in particular is haphazard and poorly written, but deleting instead of revising it is information loss. ] (]) 05:46, 21 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Nonsense == | |||
I'm not sure how to explain nonsense if you don't understand. Emoticons have nothing to do with it. If it's uncomprehensible gibberish, it's nonsense. If you understand what they're getting at, it's not. ]<font color="FF8800">]</font> 20:18, 21 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
*Nonsense is a very easy test. Either you read it and understand what the author is getting at, or you don't. If it might be a biography, or about a species of fish, or a coming of age ritual, it's nonsense. If you know it's a slang term used to tell someone to be quiet, it's not nonsense. This really isn't an area for interpretation, it's simply what the criterion says. | |||
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**Err, sure, but the entire article has to be meaningless gibberish to qualify for G1. Not merely a bit of it. ]<font color="FF8800">]</font> 16:28, 22 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
***Well, your statement seems to be a true-ish interpretation of the rule, but fails to apply to ], which clearly communicates that it's a term used on www.blogtv.com to tell people to be quiet. At the point where it's clearly communicating information, it's simply not gibberish. ]<font color="FF8800">]</font> 16:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
Ryan Wilson (1982-) is an academic, editor, literary critic, and poet from Baltimore, Maryland. He is the office manager of the ], editor of ''Literary Matters'', and an award winning poet and essayist. His first collection of poetry, ''The Stranger World'', will be published in June, 2017. | |||
::::While I did delete this article as lacking the needed context to be even a stub, and not being a likely foundation for a good article, I do agree it was not 'nonsense'. The nonsense criteria is more for "Flippity floppity floooo!!!!" than for that type of article. Perhaps CSD did not strictly apply, but ]. ] 17:02, 22 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
===Personal life=== | |||
****Ottava, by telling you what the article's about, I demonstrate incontravertably that it's not nonsense. If it was nonsense, I wouldn't be able to tell you what the article was about. That's probably the sole criterion here. ]<font color="FF8800">]</font> 17:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
In 1982, Wilson was born in Griffin, Georgia.<ref name="Awards"/> He grew up in Macon, Georgia and graduated from Tattnall Square Academy in 2000.<ref name="Literacy Matters"/> | |||
*****Bad and aggresive speedy tagging are the single biggest factor driving away new controibutors. It's better to apply the criteria as they are. Whether we should be overly aggresive or not is a matter of opinion, I guess, but there's no reasonable way to construe the page as "gibberish". There's no hurry - something that doesn't meet the speedy deletion criteria can be deleted in a tardy fashion (hence my PROD - it's not exactly like I thought the article should be kept.) ]<font color="FF8800">]</font> 00:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
He has a B.A. (English) from the University of Georgia, an M.F.A. (Poetry) from The Johns Hopkins University, and an M. F. A. (Poetry) <ref name="Catholic"/> from Boston University in 2008.<ref name="Awards"/> Currently he is a doctoral candidate at The Catholic University of America, and he serves as the Office Manager of the ] and editor of ''Literary Matters'', the association's digital literary journal.<ref name="Literacy Matters"/> He lives in Baltimore with his wife.<ref name="Awards"/> | |||
== My swmpathies == | |||
===Publications=== | |||
It is awful to go through what you must be going through right now. My deepest sympathies go out to you and your family. <font color="navy">]</font>''''' <sub>(<font color="green">]</font>)</sub>''''' 04:16, 22 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
His works have been published in ''32 Poems'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''Able Muse'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''The Classical Outlook'',<ref name="Pushcart"/> ''Dappled Things'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''First Things'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''Light'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''The Hopkins Review'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''Iron Horse Literary Review'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''Measure'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''Raintown Review'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''River Styx'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''The Sewanee Review'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''The Sewanee Theological Review'',<ref name="Awards"/> ''Unsplendid'',<ref name="Awards"/> among others. | |||
:Its nothing to worry about. I just wont be able to devote time to working on the Fielding stuff. Priorities, priorities, priorities, and all of that. ] (]) 04:33, 22 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
His first collection of poetry, ''The Stranger World'' was published by Measure Press in June 2017.<ref name="Awards"/> ] said, "The Stranger World includes heartbreaking lyrics, haunting narratives, inspired translations, and finely honed satires... written with the authority of mastery."<ref name="Literacy Matters"/> ] wrote, "Ryan Wilson’s mastery of traditional forms serves a fresh, distinctive poetry of candor and meditation: soulful rather than brittle, more observant than performative. The idiomatic, American blank verse of Wilson’s 'Authority' and 'L’Estraneo' is as fluent as that of Robert Frost, but with an oblique tenderness that reminds me of Frost’s friend Edward Thomas."<ref name="Literacy Matters"/> | |||
==Lucy== | |||
I'm away from home at the moment, but can check the bio tomorrow night. Are you happy enough with the page otherwise? ] (]) 15:56, 22 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
:I agree with going to FAC, but as its a lith article its worth waiting to have it ''just so''. A few days wont kill us; any input it might recieve between then and now would be great. Am, well done Ottava, it was great to see you work. ] (]) 16:01, 22 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
::I ''kind of'' asked Liz to nom, so lets see. Hand on to your seat. ] (]) 00:53, 25 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
===Awards=== | |||
== ] Newsletter == | |||
* Sankey Prize for Excellence in Poetry (JHU).<ref name="Catholic"/> | |||
* Schmuel Traum Prize (BU).<ref name="Catholic"/> | |||
* Eleanor Clark Award (Robert Penn Warren Circle), winner.<ref name="Catholic"/> | |||
* Morton Marr Prize (''The Southwest Review''), finalist, 2009.<ref name="Catholic"/> | |||
* International Poetry Contest (''River Styx''), honorable mention, 2012.<ref name="Catholic"/> | |||
* Vassar Miller Book Prize, finalist, 2015.<ref name="Awards"/> | |||
* Frost Farm Poetry Prize, honorable mention, 2015.<ref name="Farm"/> | |||
* Jacques Maritain Prize (Dappled Things), winner, 2015.<ref name="Jacques"/> | |||
* Vassar Miller Book Prize, finalist, 2016.<ref name="Pushcart"/> | |||
* Walter Sullivan Prize for Promise in Criticism (''The Sewanne Review''), winner, 2016.<ref name="Sewanee"/> | |||
* ], winner, 2017.<ref name="Poetry News"/> | |||
===Works cited=== | |||
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<ref name="Awards">"Ryan Wilson’s recent publications and awards." Boston University Creative Writing. June 15, 2015 </ref> | |||
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<ref name="Pushcart">"Ryan Wilson’s Pushcart nomination and publications." Boston University Creative Writing. July 15, 2016. </ref> | |||
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<ref name="Farm">The Robert Frost Farm </ref> | |||
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<ref name="Jacques">"Winners of the 2015 Jacques Maritain Prize for Nonfiction." ''Dappled Things'' </ref> | |||
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<ref name="Sewanee">Johns Hopkins University Press </ref> | |||
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<ref name="Literacy Matters">"Ryan Wilson, Our Editor" ''Literary Matters'', The Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers. </ref> | |||
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<ref name="Poetry News">"Poetry News." Westchester University Poetry Center </ref> | |||
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* Beltway Poetry ''Quarterly''. http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/poetry/poets/names/wilson-ryan/ | |||
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I updated the article proposed above for anyone to use it. As a disclosure, I know the gentleman (he is a bit of a big to do in the literary circles). I also have a lot of notes for Lamia and am looking for someone who would be interested in working with me. Drop me a note. ] (]) 23:55, 19 June 2017 (UTC) | |||
: <s>Hello. Just to let you know that you can move the above content to ] or ] if you wish. BTW, I'd love to help out, but I have other priorities. Sorry.</s> Well, best of luck. --] (]) 02:34, 20 July 2017 (UTC); oh well, 03:08, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
: Hmm... I can just reformat your references <s>and/or move the content to either page for you</s>, but that's it. Thanks. --] (]) 02:36, 20 July 2017 (UTC); okey dokey, 03:05, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
::I -can't- move the page or use it due to various restrictions. All I can do is offer it to other people. But thanks anyway. :) ] (]) 02:39, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
*Hey Ottava--the praise cited in note 2, are those blurbs from the book? They all sound good, but I typically don't regard those very highly. Thanks, ] (]) 12:03, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
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::: {{ec}} I've created the article at ] and made a couple of snapshots at archive.org to replace the Google caches. I hope it meets with your approval. Hopefully others will expand it. It should be ready for mainspace anyway as I believe it passes ] and ] part 4(c). Cheers --] (]) 12:09, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
::::Thanks. ] (]) 13:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
:::Drmies, I would normally agree but for the status of those two: Pinsky was the US Poet Laureate, which is a pretty big deal. ] (]) 13:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
;<big>From the Judges</big> | |||
::::Oh I know--I'm a big fan. I have his ''Sounds of Poetry'' laying around somewhere. But the sourcing here is tricky. Where did Pinsky say this? His publications are sourced to the BU website, and these blurbs are sourced to the journal that he himself edits. So what's left, I suppose, is the awards--one of which may be notable, but even that one, the Donald Justice prize, hasn't received much coverage (I mean both your subject winning it and the award itself). In fact, I don't see a single real secondary publication in here, so I won't be the one moving it to main space. If {{U|RexxS}} wishes to do so, that's his prerogative of course. ] (]) 13:34, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
Hi Guys! Well it's Thehelpfulone's first time properly looking at the scores as he made this newsletter and he's impressed on how much work you have all done. It's a shame to say that ] has withdrawn from the Cup. We have almost hit 200 DYKs, not far off from 100 GA's and ] has passed the 1000 point mark on points, with 1347 points so congratulations to her! <small><span style="border:1px solid #660000;padding:1px;">]</span></small>, <font face="cursive">'''] // ]'''</font>, and ]]] </span></font> | |||
::::::Awards are secondary to the author but primary to themselves. The problem with modern poets in general is that they tend to have very few news articles so award pages tend to be all we have left. Also has some background on the publication and Donald Justice Poetry Prize - "The award includes publication of his manuscript, The Stranger World". This suggested to me that the Pinksy quotes were connected to this. I'm still looking for some more sources. ] (]) 13:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Awards themselves need secondary sourcing to prove they're notable awards. That Justice award is hard to gauge; it's not a big national one, of course. So it helps, sure, but whether that alone is enough is a matter of judgment. I am well aware of the problems with poetic sourcing (you know I've worked on a few articles pertaining to modern poetry...) and it's something that I'm working on; what we really need is a set of guidelines (we need to get away from "poet X published in these journals" and then list them all) and a list of notable publications and awards. Most of all, we need a list of publications and zines whose reviews are reliable and important. I know someone who writes on LitHub, and the moment he started doing that his career started happening--so clearly that's an important place in the world of poetry. Just like poetry.com, haha. If only poetry generated the kind of airtime that's dedicated to monster trucks, K-pop, rassling, and all that. ] (]) 13:55, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Indeed! ] (]) 13:57, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
::::::::By the way, the Frost Farm Poetry Prize should probably have its own page, seeing as how it is from the Robert Frost foundation. is interesting, though. Poor Robert Frost and his legacy. ] (]) 14:01, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
::::::::: My hesitation in putting the article in mainspace to begin with, is that I'm no expert on the ''significance'' of the awards. If this were some here-today-and-gone-tomorrow pop star, they'd have hundreds of mentions in the popular press for every two-bit award they received. Sadly, no such channels exist for promulgating the news of more traditional artists' awards. However, my take is that the sections devoted to Wilson in particular by John Hopkins Press, and by Boston University amount to "''significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject''" – the touchstone of our notability criteria. I would also argue that "''The person's work ... has won significant critical attention''" which is ]. No doubt others may disagree, so I'll leave the final decision to publish the article in mainspace to someone else for now. Cheers --] (]) 16:23, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::I'll keep an eye out for more sources and links. ] (]) 16:33, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::By the way, I had a typo - it is ''Literary Matters'' and not ''Literary Manners''. ] (]) 16:38, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
Just a note: ] page has the Aiken Taylor award but not the breakdown of the other five titles: . These should probably be listed in the same section (or change the section name to "Prizes"). ] (]) 14:10, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
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:And another: Vassar Miller could be noted at the ] (a sadly under-served page). ] (]) 14:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | |||
It's interesting that ] has just made its way into mainspace. You were right, {{u|Drmies}}: predictably, the quotes have attracted disagreement about their sourcing, and it would perhaps be best to reduce them to a summary as a compromise. We'll see how that pans out. --] (]) 17:18, 17 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
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*Hmm a good occasion to do some updating: the LitHub person mentioned above is getting two books out with ]. Anyway, Rexx, what I mentioned above, those are also the standards I try to live by--I don't write in awards unless I can verify them, even if I know them to be true. And my standards--obviously notable ones (even if "obviously notable" to the experts only) can do with some kind of primary sourcing, from the organization, less obviously notable ones require secondary sourcing of the not-just-local-news kind. ] (]) 17:34, 17 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
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*Ah, yes, the Pinsky quote...can't find anything for that. I assume it's a note of sorts pertaining to an award, or possibly a blurb for a book. I don't like it, sorry. ] (]) 17:37, 17 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
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::The Pinsky quote can be found on the bio page at the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writer's journal Literary Matters: . The same quote is also at Verse Daily and poems.com . Also, CUA has a faculty page that is available . Dappled Things has an interview . Also, Archive.Org has a file on him as part of their "Apostrophe Cast" program . And here is a review . And in searching, I found him at Yale Review to add to the others . ] (]) 20:25, 17 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
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::: Thank you, Ottava. I've transcribed them onto ] and asked if others would like to use them to expand the article (hint {{u|Drmies}}). Otherwise I'll try to find time to incorporate them myself to the best of my limited ability. --] (]) 21:50, 17 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
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::::Ottava, that they're repeated on various websites doesn't tell me anything about when the man said that and to whom and in what context... ] (]) 21:57, 17 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
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::::: My spidey-sense is telling me that the quotes smack of something you would read on the dust-cover of a book like ''The Stranger World''. Unfortunately, the nearest library copy to me appears to be in San Angelo, TX (7800 km away). | |||
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::::: Update: My spidey-sense didn't let me down. Have a look at https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-World-Ryan-Wilson/dp/193957420X – there's a link on the left under the front cover image, . Clicking that allows you to see the back cover. Lo and behold! There are the quotes from Pinsky, Yezzi, Warren and Jarman. So the answers to {{u|Drmies|the good Doctor's}} questions are: the quotes were said to the publisher's gopher who was canvassing for text for the back cover prior to the book's publication. Does that help? --] (]) 23:15, 17 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
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I find your accusations that I have copied information and dealt in original research an insult. The alleged OR is supported by other sources, and my wording is completely different from that of the source. However, to placate this nonsense, I have reworded some of the sentences. ] (]) 21:38, 3 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
:According to version, there was only one citation. This is the one I saw via the timestamps. You cannot add in a source later and then attack me. Now, a phrase is 3 or more words. As per the bold, there are too many duplications of language in many key portions. At one point, you have over 20 words in a row that are duplicates. Please address the problems now and then I can look over the page and see if it is clear of any problems. ] (]) 21:41, 3 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Seriously, how would you expect someone to react whan accused of such things? I did not add the source in later, it was already present just a little further down. There are no copied phrases, and definately not one as long as 20 words; they had all been placed in my own words. ] (]) 21:55, 3 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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:::That is a lot to be "coincidental". Regardless, passages like this should be rewritten to conform to Wikimedia copyright policy. ] (]) 22:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::What has ] got to do with this? Of course I don't own the article, no one does. However, all of the wording in that article at the present time '''is''' my wording. No one else has of yet significantly contributed to the article, so I do view this as a personal reflection on my editing and writing abilities. Yes, perhaps that wording is '''slightly''' simular to the original text, but it is '''not''' the copy you are claiming it to be. ] (]) 22:11, 3 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::::Re-worded again. ] (]) 22:27, 3 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::::WP:OWN makes it clear that you should not take offense when someone criticizes an article. ] (]) 23:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::::::How can I not take offence? The criticism of this article reflects on my writing and editing abilities. ] (]) 23:18, 3 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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== Links to FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 DYK == | |||
The only thing I can think of to hook all three of them (], ], and ]) into one is to have the number of skiers who won their first individual medals in the events though I don't believe any of them are hooked in the inline cites. I would prefer to have one of the articles not make DYK if separate hooks than loose all three in a single hook. ] (]) 02:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
:That's fine. It just seems a waste to create three at the same time and not have them together. By having three different ones on the same topic, it just causes a slight problem with trying to diversify the types of hooks. But yeah, it's your call. ] (]) 03:04, 4 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
::I did put a combined link in with Germany, Norway, and the United States medaling in all three disciplines for the championships. It may be hard to justify the inline cites, but eay once you see the results and the subsequent cites for each events. I hope this helps. ] (]) 13:01, 4 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Hope you are well and things are going OK. ] (]) 21:37, 18 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Am I to be told? Is my input desired? Is there a list of actions that are considered problematic? Is there any particular reason why I have been left in the dark regarding these matters? ] (]) 22:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
:You have a reputation for being harsh when it comes to length of blocking. Regardless, this is not an RfC on your conduct. It is simply to try and have a fair state for a user that has another antagonizing them while they are indef blocked. ] (]) 23:19, 4 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
::In looking up "tariff" and its use (because its odd to see the term used with blocks), I have found quite a bit of use from you. You asked for previous accounts and I think that some of these may shine some light. | |||
:: Has PMAnderson 23:20, 20 January 2008 (UTC) mentioning similar concerns as expressed above. :: has you stating that there is a "standard tariff" (13:49, 12 April 2008 (UTC) ), which suggests that you recognize a standard of progression. | |||
:: was another case of an indef block with Firsfron of Ronchester 13:17, 10 July 2008 (UTC) questioning. This was followed by Kingturtle (talk) 16:06, 10 July 2008 (UTC) and Blueboy96 20:00, 10 July 2008 (UTC). | |||
:: where you call for another indef at 14:45, 15 November 2008 (UTC). You even acknowledge that it "might be draconian". | |||
:: is another call for an indef block to be put after a 24 hour warning. That is a large jump. | |||
:: is a time where you only blocked for a month at 12:53, 10 June 2008 (UTC). It is an interesting jump from 24 to a month and not indef, and this is about copyright matters which are suggested to have an indef block if they come up frequently. | |||
:: you "put the tariff at 2 days as I am aware that there is a RfC" at 10:35, 1 September 2008 (UTC). Hard to participate in an RfC when there is a 2 day block, but it is also less than the one month block called for. | |||
:: you "concur with Ned Scott" about indef blocking being inappropriate for a first block, but obviously not for a second. | |||
:: you state "but I was unwilling to block for a stated length as I considered they would quickly resume the same behaviour as before". This would seem to go against WP:AGF. Note, the one who put up the ANI report also said "I'm not sure if indef is called for at this point" Farix (Talk) 20:18, 30 November 2008 (UTC). | |||
:: this is a block of a user for a week on their first offense based on a standard incivility action at 15:03, 20 September 2008 (UTC). | |||
::Now, I find it interesting that you use a term connected to criminal -punishment- when we are supposed to have a system of preventative blocks that do not deal with retribution or punishment. Administrators are not judges of criminals, but sysops who are supposed to keep things clean. The only other person I have seen use it in looking up the use is Roger Davies at one time, and during a 4 day block as the length for a third block. ] (]) 23:53, 4 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::Tariff is not exclusively judicial, but also monetary - the list of charges is also known as a tariff, hire by the hour/day/week is again known as a tariff. I come from a previous background of accountancy, where I am familiar with the monetary terminology - and especially in the UK. I think you are reading too much into the judicial use - and drawing conclusions based upon that aspect which are not that which by which I became familiar with the term. I see the matter of Tarysky is concluded, so I shall not be commenting there again, but I realise the question of the use (and supposed severity) of indefinite blocks is one that you are going to pursue - so I suggest that you consider opening a discussion/rfc on the matter; I would participate in that, seeing as I was not party to the concerns expressed regarding my use of such blocks. ] (]) 13:52, 5 March 2009 (UTC) |
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Thanks again for all the high quality contributions
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- Thanks from me to and thanks for trying to save the Han / Roman article as your last action. If you decide to return I look forward to seeing more of your gorgeous content for me to review over at Good Articles. Merry Christmas! FeydHuxtable (talk) 13:51, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Merry Christmas, Ottava Rima!
Peace be with you, brother.
Serious. Peace. Let these things go and be filled with joy. Christ was not gifted to humanity for you to be unhappy.
Someday at Christmas man will not fail
Take hope because your love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart
--Moni3 (talk) 15:44, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
- And to you to, Moni. But don't worry, I could never be unhappy in regards to Christ. :) I'm sure most people have read excerpts of my column to know that so far. ;/ Have a good New Year, too. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:48, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
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Main page
Congratulations, dude. Ceoil (talk) 18:29, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
Two things
This,
and this.
Commence half-frowny-face reaction. That is all. --Moni3 (talk) 15:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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Banglapedia copyright problems
Hi, Ottava. I just wanted to thank you for having this brought to my attention. You might be interested in what we're doing with your tip; we've launched a special "CCI" (special, since this isn't a contributor) and are planning to appeal to the relevant WikiProject for assistance. It's going to be a lot of work cleaning it all up, but certainly it is much needed, and the longer problems like this go unaddressed, the more tangled clean-up becomes. --Moonriddengirl 17:23, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
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Cookie
Aparrantly no one comments on your talk page, so I thought I'd give you a cookie ... except I cba to find the cookie template, so I'll give you an IOU for a cookie :) --Imagine Wizard (talk • contribs • count) Iway amway Imagineway Izardway. 01:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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Barnstar
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I just wanted to let you know that your monumental literary contributions are still very much appreciated. INeverCry 19:40, 6 June 2012 (UTC) |
Whoa...
I just stumbled across your story while looking up other things. Suffice to say, it's a whale of a tale. Being rather brutally honest, you were kind of like me back in 2007;
Good intentions, but poor execution.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to insult you or be mean or cowardly. Seriously, you made some INCREDIBLE edits (a quick once-over of your edit history will back me up here), but looking over your block log tells me that you were always rather confromational (a Wikiversity fracas with the equally-legendary Abd springs to mind), and as such, you were always "riding the ragged edge of disaster", to quote Jim Davis. And you got tangled up with the ArbCom...there's a pit that's hard to get out of. Banned, even stripped of the ability to edit your own talkpage and reply to me. That's a rather stiff punishment, no? You must have really screwed up somewhere (I'm not going to dwell on that). Still, in my eyes, you deserve a...what is it now, twentieth chance? (just kidding). But there are a bunch of people who are behind you all the way. I'm not one of them....I know bog all about you, really. Have a listen to Queen's Hang On In There and mull it over; try to see how it relates to your experiences. Xterra1 20:02, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
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The Covent-Garden Journal was an English literary periodical published twice a week for most of 1752. It was edited and almost entirely financed by novelist, playwright, and essayist Henry Fielding (pictured), under a pseudonym. The Journal incited the "Paper War" of 1752–1753, a conflict between a number of contemporary literary critics and writers, which began after Fielding declared war on the "armies of Grub Street" in the first issue. His proclamation attracted multiple aggressors and instigated a long-lasting debate argued in the pages of their respective publications. Initially waged for the sake of increasing sales, the Paper War ultimately became much larger than Fielding had expected. Further controversy erupted in June, when Fielding expressed support for a letter decrying the Government's 1752 Disorderly House Act in the Journal. His remarks were viewed by the public as an endorsement of the legality of prostitution. The final issue of the Journal was released on 25 November 1752. In its last months, poor sales had resulted in a transition from biweekly to weekly release. Ill-health and a disinclination to continue led Fielding to end its run after the 72nd number. (Full article...)
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:55, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Precious and missed
- Today, I like your TFA, "... a lot of examination and discussion over just about every line over months and months. I will welcome -all- concerns and comments, and I will thoroughly discuss matters with Haiduc in order to ensure that changes would not disrupt the balance. I would also prefer to keep the balance over anything else. However, I do feel that the page is extremely thorough and well put together, as it represents just about -everything- on Giraud. So, I now present to you our dear Nicolo Giraud, the boy/young man who almost absolutely nothing is really known, for your consideration." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Seven years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
A beer for you!
Cheers. Drmies (talk) 17:25, 19 April 2016 (UTC) |
- me too. — Ched : ? 18:20, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Welcome back, and I look forward to helping you come back into the community. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:21, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Welcome back. I'll be really happy to see you contributing as prolifically as you did in the past. If there's anything I can do to make that easier for you, please say so here. I'll keep your talk page on my watchlist. All the best --RexxS (talk) 23:06, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
- All the Best Ottava!...Modernist (talk) 23:08, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
- A belated welcome back Ottava. --kelapstick 21:58, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
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(found by Opabinia regalis, where ice-breaking is also mentioned) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:20, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
- Maybe kitty kitty here got into the beer Drmies left above? Good to see you back, OR. John Carter (talk) 16:08, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
New Article
As I finish drafting material related to Lamia, I have some material for an article on an award winning poet for someone else to use to create a page.
Ryan Wilson (1982-) is an academic, editor, literary critic, and poet from Baltimore, Maryland. He is the office manager of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, editor of Literary Matters, and an award winning poet and essayist. His first collection of poetry, The Stranger World, will be published in June, 2017.Photo, released CC-BY-SA 4.0 according to ref 7
Personal life
In 1982, Wilson was born in Griffin, Georgia. He grew up in Macon, Georgia and graduated from Tattnall Square Academy in 2000.
He has a B.A. (English) from the University of Georgia, an M.F.A. (Poetry) from The Johns Hopkins University, and an M. F. A. (Poetry) from Boston University in 2008. Currently he is a doctoral candidate at The Catholic University of America, and he serves as the Office Manager of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers and editor of Literary Matters, the association's digital literary journal. He lives in Baltimore with his wife.
Publications
His works have been published in 32 Poems, Able Muse, The Classical Outlook, Dappled Things, First Things, Light, The Hopkins Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Measure, Raintown Review, River Styx, The Sewanee Review, The Sewanee Theological Review, Unsplendid, among others.
His first collection of poetry, The Stranger World was published by Measure Press in June 2017. Mark Jarman said, "The Stranger World includes heartbreaking lyrics, haunting narratives, inspired translations, and finely honed satires... written with the authority of mastery." Robert Pinsky wrote, "Ryan Wilson’s mastery of traditional forms serves a fresh, distinctive poetry of candor and meditation: soulful rather than brittle, more observant than performative. The idiomatic, American blank verse of Wilson’s 'Authority' and 'L’Estraneo' is as fluent as that of Robert Frost, but with an oblique tenderness that reminds me of Frost’s friend Edward Thomas."
Awards
- Sankey Prize for Excellence in Poetry (JHU).
- Schmuel Traum Prize (BU).
- Eleanor Clark Award (Robert Penn Warren Circle), winner.
- Morton Marr Prize (The Southwest Review), finalist, 2009.
- International Poetry Contest (River Styx), honorable mention, 2012.
- Vassar Miller Book Prize, finalist, 2015.
- Frost Farm Poetry Prize, honorable mention, 2015.
- Jacques Maritain Prize (Dappled Things), winner, 2015.
- Vassar Miller Book Prize, finalist, 2016.
- Walter Sullivan Prize for Promise in Criticism (The Sewanne Review), winner, 2016.
- Donald Justice Poetry Prize, winner, 2017.
Works cited
- ^ "Ryan Wilson’s recent publications and awards." Boston University Creative Writing. June 15, 2015
- ^ "Ryan Wilson, Our Editor" Literary Matters, The Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers.
- ^ Catholic University of America
- ^ "Ryan Wilson’s Pushcart nomination and publications." Boston University Creative Writing. July 15, 2016.
- The Robert Frost Farm
- "Winners of the 2015 Jacques Maritain Prize for Nonfiction." Dappled Things
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- "Poetry News." Westchester University Poetry Center
External links
- Beltway Poetry Quarterly. http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/poetry/poets/names/wilson-ryan/
Update
I updated the article proposed above for anyone to use it. As a disclosure, I know the gentleman (he is a bit of a big to do in the literary circles). I also have a lot of notes for Lamia and am looking for someone who would be interested in working with me. Drop me a note. Ottava Rima (talk) 23:55, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
Hello. Just to let you know that you can move the above content to Draft:Ryan Wilson or User:Ottava Rima/Ryan Wilson if you wish. BTW, I'd love to help out, but I have other priorities. Sorry.Well, best of luck. --George Ho (talk) 02:34, 20 July 2017 (UTC); oh well, 03:08, 20 July 2017 (UTC)- Hmm... I can just reformat your references
and/or move the content to either page for you, but that's it. Thanks. --George Ho (talk) 02:36, 20 July 2017 (UTC); okey dokey, 03:05, 20 July 2017 (UTC)- I -can't- move the page or use it due to various restrictions. All I can do is offer it to other people. But thanks anyway. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 02:39, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Ottava--the praise cited in note 2, are those blurbs from the book? They all sound good, but I typically don't regard those very highly. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 12:03, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) I've created the article at Draft:Ryan Wilson (poet) and made a couple of snapshots at archive.org to replace the Google caches. I hope it meets with your approval. Hopefully others will expand it. It should be ready for mainspace anyway as I believe it passes WP:GNG and WP:CREATIVE part 4(c). Cheers --RexxS (talk) 12:09, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks. Ottava Rima (talk) 13:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) I've created the article at Draft:Ryan Wilson (poet) and made a couple of snapshots at archive.org to replace the Google caches. I hope it meets with your approval. Hopefully others will expand it. It should be ready for mainspace anyway as I believe it passes WP:GNG and WP:CREATIVE part 4(c). Cheers --RexxS (talk) 12:09, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Drmies, I would normally agree but for the status of those two: Pinsky was the US Poet Laureate, which is a pretty big deal. Ottava Rima (talk) 13:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Oh I know--I'm a big fan. I have his Sounds of Poetry laying around somewhere. But the sourcing here is tricky. Where did Pinsky say this? His publications are sourced to the BU website, and these blurbs are sourced to the journal that he himself edits. So what's left, I suppose, is the awards--one of which may be notable, but even that one, the Donald Justice prize, hasn't received much coverage (I mean both your subject winning it and the award itself). In fact, I don't see a single real secondary publication in here, so I won't be the one moving it to main space. If RexxS wishes to do so, that's his prerogative of course. Drmies (talk) 13:34, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Awards are secondary to the author but primary to themselves. The problem with modern poets in general is that they tend to have very few news articles so award pages tend to be all we have left. Also has some background on the publication and Donald Justice Poetry Prize - "The award includes publication of his manuscript, The Stranger World". This suggested to me that the Pinksy quotes were connected to this. I'm still looking for some more sources. Ottava Rima (talk) 13:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Awards themselves need secondary sourcing to prove they're notable awards. That Justice award is hard to gauge; it's not a big national one, of course. So it helps, sure, but whether that alone is enough is a matter of judgment. I am well aware of the problems with poetic sourcing (you know I've worked on a few articles pertaining to modern poetry...) and it's something that I'm working on; what we really need is a set of guidelines (we need to get away from "poet X published in these journals" and then list them all) and a list of notable publications and awards. Most of all, we need a list of publications and zines whose reviews are reliable and important. I know someone who writes on LitHub, and the moment he started doing that his career started happening--so clearly that's an important place in the world of poetry. Just like poetry.com, haha. If only poetry generated the kind of airtime that's dedicated to monster trucks, K-pop, rassling, and all that. Drmies (talk) 13:55, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Indeed! Ottava Rima (talk) 13:57, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- By the way, the Frost Farm Poetry Prize should probably have its own page, seeing as how it is from the Robert Frost foundation. This is interesting, though. Poor Robert Frost and his legacy. Ottava Rima (talk) 14:01, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- My hesitation in putting the article in mainspace to begin with, is that I'm no expert on the significance of the awards. If this were some here-today-and-gone-tomorrow pop star, they'd have hundreds of mentions in the popular press for every two-bit award they received. Sadly, no such channels exist for promulgating the news of more traditional artists' awards. However, my take is that the sections devoted to Wilson in particular by John Hopkins Press, and by Boston University amount to "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" – the touchstone of our notability criteria. I would also argue that "The person's work ... has won significant critical attention" which is the notability guideline for creative writers. No doubt others may disagree, so I'll leave the final decision to publish the article in mainspace to someone else for now. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 16:23, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- I'll keep an eye out for more sources and links. Ottava Rima (talk) 16:33, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- By the way, I had a typo - it is Literary Matters and not Literary Manners. Ottava Rima (talk) 16:38, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- My hesitation in putting the article in mainspace to begin with, is that I'm no expert on the significance of the awards. If this were some here-today-and-gone-tomorrow pop star, they'd have hundreds of mentions in the popular press for every two-bit award they received. Sadly, no such channels exist for promulgating the news of more traditional artists' awards. However, my take is that the sections devoted to Wilson in particular by John Hopkins Press, and by Boston University amount to "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" – the touchstone of our notability criteria. I would also argue that "The person's work ... has won significant critical attention" which is the notability guideline for creative writers. No doubt others may disagree, so I'll leave the final decision to publish the article in mainspace to someone else for now. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 16:23, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Awards themselves need secondary sourcing to prove they're notable awards. That Justice award is hard to gauge; it's not a big national one, of course. So it helps, sure, but whether that alone is enough is a matter of judgment. I am well aware of the problems with poetic sourcing (you know I've worked on a few articles pertaining to modern poetry...) and it's something that I'm working on; what we really need is a set of guidelines (we need to get away from "poet X published in these journals" and then list them all) and a list of notable publications and awards. Most of all, we need a list of publications and zines whose reviews are reliable and important. I know someone who writes on LitHub, and the moment he started doing that his career started happening--so clearly that's an important place in the world of poetry. Just like poetry.com, haha. If only poetry generated the kind of airtime that's dedicated to monster trucks, K-pop, rassling, and all that. Drmies (talk) 13:55, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Awards are secondary to the author but primary to themselves. The problem with modern poets in general is that they tend to have very few news articles so award pages tend to be all we have left. Also has some background on the publication and Donald Justice Poetry Prize - "The award includes publication of his manuscript, The Stranger World". This suggested to me that the Pinksy quotes were connected to this. I'm still looking for some more sources. Ottava Rima (talk) 13:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Oh I know--I'm a big fan. I have his Sounds of Poetry laying around somewhere. But the sourcing here is tricky. Where did Pinsky say this? His publications are sourced to the BU website, and these blurbs are sourced to the journal that he himself edits. So what's left, I suppose, is the awards--one of which may be notable, but even that one, the Donald Justice prize, hasn't received much coverage (I mean both your subject winning it and the award itself). In fact, I don't see a single real secondary publication in here, so I won't be the one moving it to main space. If RexxS wishes to do so, that's his prerogative of course. Drmies (talk) 13:34, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Drmies, I would normally agree but for the status of those two: Pinsky was the US Poet Laureate, which is a pretty big deal. Ottava Rima (talk) 13:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
Just a note: The Sewanee Review page has the Aiken Taylor award but not the breakdown of the other five titles: . These should probably be listed in the same section (or change the section name to "Prizes"). Ottava Rima (talk) 14:10, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- Similarly, Southwest Review could mention The Morton Marr Poetry Prize along with their others . Ottava Rima (talk) 14:14, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- And another: Vassar Miller could be noted at the University of North Texas Press (a sadly under-served page). Ottava Rima (talk) 14:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
It's interesting that Ryan Wilson (poet) has just made its way into mainspace. You were right, Drmies: predictably, the quotes have attracted disagreement about their sourcing, and it would perhaps be best to reduce them to a summary as a compromise. We'll see how that pans out. --RexxS (talk) 17:18, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- Hmm a good occasion to do some updating: the LitHub person mentioned above is getting two books out with Riverhead Books. Anyway, Rexx, what I mentioned above, those are also the standards I try to live by--I don't write in awards unless I can verify them, even if I know them to be true. And my standards--obviously notable ones (even if "obviously notable" to the experts only) can do with some kind of primary sourcing, from the organization, less obviously notable ones require secondary sourcing of the not-just-local-news kind. Drmies (talk) 17:34, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- Ah, yes, the Pinsky quote...can't find anything for that. I assume it's a note of sorts pertaining to an award, or possibly a blurb for a book. I don't like it, sorry. Drmies (talk) 17:37, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- The Pinsky quote can be found on the bio page at the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writer's journal Literary Matters: . The same quote is also at Verse Daily and poems.com . Also, CUA has a faculty page that is available . Dappled Things has an interview . Also, Archive.Org has a file on him as part of their "Apostrophe Cast" program . And here is a review . And in searching, I found him at Yale Review to add to the others . Ottava Rima (talk) 20:25, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you, Ottava. I've transcribed them onto Talk:Ryan Wilson (poet) and asked if others would like to use them to expand the article (hint Drmies). Otherwise I'll try to find time to incorporate them myself to the best of my limited ability. --RexxS (talk) 21:50, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- Ottava, that they're repeated on various websites doesn't tell me anything about when the man said that and to whom and in what context... Drmies (talk) 21:57, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- My spidey-sense is telling me that the quotes smack of something you would read on the dust-cover of a book like The Stranger World. Unfortunately, the nearest library copy to me appears to be in San Angelo, TX (7800 km away).
- Update: My spidey-sense didn't let me down. Have a look at https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-World-Ryan-Wilson/dp/193957420X – there's a link on the left under the front cover image, . Clicking that allows you to see the back cover. Lo and behold! There are the quotes from Pinsky, Yezzi, Warren and Jarman. So the answers to the good Doctor's questions are: the quotes were said to the publisher's gopher who was canvassing for text for the back cover prior to the book's publication. Does that help? --RexxS (talk) 23:15, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- The publisher is the group that awarded the Donald Justice Prize (Measure Press), and publication of the book is part of the prize. As for the Pinsky quote, he is a former laureate and has a relationship with Measure Press, often reviewing works. He also has a relationship with Ryan as per the interview ("Anyway, a few dozen drafts, a lot of help from Robert Pinsky, and a year later, “The City Under Vesuvius” came out in heroic couplets") and taught in the Boston University program where Ryan graduated. It would be a notable quote simply because he is a very notable individual. Bias doesn't really affect quotations, especially when most quotations are formed by bias. Would it settle any concerns if it was from Robert Pinsky's website? Ottava Rima (talk) 23:29, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- Ottava, that they're repeated on various websites doesn't tell me anything about when the man said that and to whom and in what context... Drmies (talk) 21:57, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you, Ottava. I've transcribed them onto Talk:Ryan Wilson (poet) and asked if others would like to use them to expand the article (hint Drmies). Otherwise I'll try to find time to incorporate them myself to the best of my limited ability. --RexxS (talk) 21:50, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- The Pinsky quote can be found on the bio page at the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writer's journal Literary Matters: . The same quote is also at Verse Daily and poems.com . Also, CUA has a faculty page that is available . Dappled Things has an interview . Also, Archive.Org has a file on him as part of their "Apostrophe Cast" program . And here is a review . And in searching, I found him at Yale Review to add to the others . Ottava Rima (talk) 20:25, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
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How did you get two articles to FA status while banned? Benjamin (talk) 05:26, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
- Which two are you referring to? Ottava Rima (talk) 15:15, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
- None, in particular; any, or all of them, I suppose. Really, I'm just curious what the procedure is for contributing while banned. Benjamin (talk) 15:17, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
- There is none. Most of the articles were written well before hand. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:19, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
- How is that "while" banned, then? Benjamin (talk) 15:23, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
- There is none. Most of the articles were written well before hand. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:19, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
- None, in particular; any, or all of them, I suppose. Really, I'm just curious what the procedure is for contributing while banned. Benjamin (talk) 15:17, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago
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and today's TFA is an article about a poem ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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Precious anniversary
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A barnstar for you!
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I just started making my way through the articles on T. S. Eliot you wrote. Thanks again for your dedication to qualitiy work. Viriditas (talk) 21:20, 14 July 2022 (UTC) |
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Hope you are well and things are going OK. Herostratus (talk) 21:37, 18 December 2023 (UTC)