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| == January music == | |||
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| Happy new year 2025, opened with ] that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). - I saw ] by Rimsky-Korsakov, - see ]. -- ] (]) 17:41, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ⚫ | :Happy New Year! ] (]) 20:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | ||
| :: Did you listen to the music? (Take the last movement if you have little time, but the yt not the lilypond). --] (]) 21:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ⚫ | :::Not yet. Home tomorrow. Will try then. ] (]) 00:22, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | ||
| :::: ], my ] 300 years after the first performance, is up for GAN. ] will be my story tomorrow. --] (]) 21:23, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ⚫ | ::::: Lovely! Keep up the good work. ] (]) 23:18, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | ||
| :::::: I try ;) - My ] is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. --] (]) 10:03, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Fascinating. I had never heard of him. ] (]) 17:50, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::: same for me --] (]) 20:20, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::: Happy birthday! I'm at a birthday celebration ;) - enjoy! --] (]) 11:34, 11 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::: back home - today a violinist from Turkey, ], whom you can watch playing Schubert chamber music --] (]) 21:57, 13 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ⚫ | {{od}} Thanks! I missed your first message. I had quite a good day. I'll have a look at the article now. ] (]) 22:37, 13 January 2025 (UTC) | ||
| : Thank you! - Today, ], ], in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author ]. --] (]) 18:47, 14 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Lake Michigan Monster == | |||
| hey, it has been a while since I have done major work on '']''. I am thinking of putting it up for FA nomination, however I wanted to run by you first to see if all the prose is the high quality it needs to be and if there are parts I should work on. ] (]) 22:04, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Looks pretty good to me. What does {{u|Ceoil}} think? ] (]) 22:33, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::He has not been on the past week or so and has not replied to a chat I sent. I guess we will have to wait and see.--] (]) 23:13, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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| Hey, John. Did you ever decide whether you wanted to put the Hainan Incident article up for FA? It's as good as an FA's we have, better than many, in fact. ]<sup>]</sup> 17:21, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :Wow, I am flattered. If you think it stands a chance definitely nominate it! Let me know what I can do. --] (]) 18:57, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| OK, let me look up the rules for nomming something (I forget these little Misplaced Pages things). Eh, so long as I remember which way to point the claymore, lol. ]<sup>]</sup> 19:04, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| OK, let's both watchlist this . A Scotsman who likes beer? Must be a disappointment to the clan. :) ]<sup>]</sup> 19:18, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :Done, and thank you very much. Yes, most Scots prefer a cup of ]. Alcohol use is severely frowned upon. --] (]) 19:33, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| I love tea, but the caffeine effects me rather quickly, so I don't often drink it. Thanks for the link, I was not aware that Scotland ranked higher than the antifreeze-drinking Russ. Eh, it's cool and damp in Scotland, and even though alcohol makes one colder, it makes one feel warmer. Have a drink, it's 10C outside! America only ranked lower because of the plethora of Fundies we have: the rest of us try to make up for it, but don't quite get there. ]<sup>]</sup> 19:47, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::As a moderate drinker I like to think that when I moved to California from Scotland I raised the average alcohol consumption of both places very slightly. You can get decent beer here, in spite of what people in Europe tend to think there is (thankfully) far more to American beer than ]. --] (]) 20:41, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| The only Anheuser-Busch product I like is Michelob, and the seasonal Michelob bock beer. I very much like Yuengling's ], but two is sufficient. BTW, in California they've moved on to other drugs. :) ]<sup>]</sup> 20:50, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :So I hear. Black and Tan has an unfortunate connotation where I come from and I don't think I have ever tried it. I do very much enjoy stouts, porters and lagers but tend to partake of them separately. --] (]) 22:05, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Yes, black and tan in the version you allude to is yet another feather in the cap of British imperialism. You might want to try mixing some porter with some bitter, it really is quite nice. Getting porter in Philly is a bit hard, unless you go to a specialty shop, but certainly worth it once you find it. Stout is usually served in the better pubs, and there are some good mircobrews at some of them. Ach, now I'm thirsty! ]<sup>]</sup> 16:17, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :Do you have any kind of software that could rotate the Shenyang J-8 81192 pic 180 degrees? It wouldbe nice if they were seen as "opposing" each other. Just a thought. ]<sup>]</sup> 16:45, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :::I know -- I reversed it and it does look funny. I uploaded it, though . Think most folks would notice? ]<sup>]</sup> 17:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :::Cool! I can't even tell that it was "doctored". What software did you use? Anyway, very nice job! Looks like it just might make it to FA status. :) ]<sup>]</sup> 17:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :::Ah, we use to have Photoshop, but it got deleted -- probably one of the ]. ]<sup>]</sup> 17:58, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I just noticed this conversation, as I still happened to have had John's userpage on my watchlist since our little NFC brouhaha earlier on. I'm glad I didn't "unwatch" it. This is great photo work; and a very impressive result. My compliments. ... ] (]) 02:47, 1 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Thank you! I was pleased with it myself. Ironically in view of our previous interaction we just lost the lead image from that article as it isn't a free pic. We'd be into constructing a fair use rationale, which we may do if there's a consensus the article needs it. Good to see you in happier circumstances. --] (]) 03:49, 1 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::Oh, is that what the brouhaha was about? I'd forgotten what it was -- mostly because I realised it was just a matter of opinions, not of any of us being "pricks". Odd how "adversity" and/or "conflict" can actually proveto be beneficial in the long run. So endeth the sermon, lol. | |||
| :::Anyway, have you looked at ? Neat that the superstructure is so far aft. ]<sup>]</sup> 16:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Hi {{u|John}}, as a former administrator and thus obviously also a former rollbacker, you won't need the following information. But getting a permission (and granting it, admittedly) would only be half as enjoyable (to me, admittedly) without the message I customized for this purpose. So I absolutely have to. Feel free to remove it and welcome back! ] (]) 22:27, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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| Hi. Is there any particular reason you chose to remove my edits of the Irish-Scots page? I don't imagine it should be a page solely for mawkish trivia and common sense comment. I see your list of main interests/activities does not include history, politics or sociology (specifically in relation to Scotland, Britain and Ireland), subjects which I am quite interested in and knowledgeable about (up to PhD level). At least provide a reason for any pointless editing.{{unsigned|Reefyj}} | |||
| Best regards,<br>] (]) 22:27, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks for your inquiry. You seem to be laboring under a number of misunderstandings about the nature of our project. One is your apparent belief that one needs to be an expert to edit here; one does not. After all, how could either of us prove we were experts in what is a virtual environment? We are all equal here, you who claim to be an expert in "history, politics or sociology" and I who do not. The other is that because you claim to be an expert in the field your assertions, opinions and commentary will automatically enhance an article. In fact we use ] from ] and ] as the standards here, rather than opinion, however knowledgeable the holder of an opinion believes themselves to be. I notice that you have restored the comments I removed; rather than remove them I have requested that you provide reliable sources which support your statements. If you are unable to do this, the material will have to be removed again. Finally, remember to sign your comments on talk pages with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, which will produce your signature and a datestamp, as follows: --] (]) 22:06, 31 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :Ooooh! Rollback. How very ! ] (]) 22:31, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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| :::Yes, now we can all see why users ] to become ] and/or ]. Yay! ] (]) 22:46, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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January music
Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). - I saw a lovely opera by Rimsky-Korsakov, - see here. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:41, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Lake Michigan Monsterhey, it has been a while since I have done major work on Lake Michigan Monster. I am thinking of putting it up for FA nomination, however I wanted to run by you first to see if all the prose is the high quality it needs to be and if there are parts I should work on. Paleface Jack (talk) 22:04, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
+rollbackHi John, as a former administrator and thus obviously also a former rollbacker, you won't need the following information. But getting a permission (and granting it, admittedly) would only be half as enjoyable (to me, admittedly) without the message I customized for this purpose. So I absolutely have to. Feel free to remove it and welcome back! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:27, 6 January 2025 (UTC)  Hi John, After reviewing your request, I have added your account to the rollback group. Keep in mind these things when using rollback:
To try rollback for the first time, you may like to make an edit to WP:Sandbox, and another one, and another one, and then revert the row with one click. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about rollback. Thank you for your time and work in cleaning up Misplaced Pages. Happy editing! Best regards,
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