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== Thanks again for all the high quality contributions == | |||
:1. ] (Jan 27,2008-Feb 6,2008)<br> | |||
:2. ] (Feb 7,2008-Mar 22,2008)<br> | |||
:3. ] (Mar 23,2008-Apr 1,2008)<br> | |||
:4. ] (Apr 2,2008-Apr 13,2008)<br> | |||
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:8. ] (Mar 10,2008-Jun 23,2008)<br> | |||
''']''' 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. | |||
Peace,<br /> ] (]) 20:39, 19 December 2009 (UTC) | |||
:11. ] (Aug5,2008-Sep21,2008)<br> | |||
:12. ] (Sep21,2008-Oct8,2008)<br> | |||
:13. ] (Oct 8,2008-Nov 8,2008)<br> | |||
:14. ] (Nov 8,2008-Dec 4,2008)<br> | |||
:15. ] (Dec 5,2008-Feb22,2009)<br> | |||
<small>A record of your Day will always be kept ].</small> | |||
:16. ] (Feb 22, 2009-March 31, 2009)<br> | |||
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:17. ] (April 1, 2009-May 29, 2009)<br> | |||
: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) | |||
:18. ] (May 30, 2009-June 29, 2009)<br> | |||
:19. ] (June 30, 2009-July 31, 2009)<br> | |||
:20. ] (August 1, 2009-September 5, 2009)<br> | |||
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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 | |||
==Poof== | |||
] (]) 00:13, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Very fortunately, we Yanks have never adopted such things. I'd look pretty shitty in a barrister's gown and wig. Not that I look wonderful at the best of times (i.e., 1982).--] (]) 00:12, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Ha! Sorry to fool you, but I am actually an American (I proudly represent the lovely state of Maryland in the WikiCup). I just needed an excuse for a visual. :D ] (]) 00:14, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::Oh well, such is life.--] (]) 00:26, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
==A precedent== | |||
Ottava, you may like to look at for the hassle you had recently. I'm disturbed by the uncanny similarities. --] (]) 11:39, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:That is rather worrying. It shows continued bad judgement from ], and not the sort of temperament I'd expect from an admin. Also, perhaps I'm mistaken, but I was under the impression that ] is a friend of yours, which makes me even more worried. Personally, I'm going to have a look at the users admin contributions, and if there is more worrying contributions then I'd be tempted to raise this elsewhere. ] (]) 12:07, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::As I've pointed out before - Malleus isn't a "friend". We rarely agree on issues. However, we do talk a lot about the community as we are both very active in the same area (even though we have little mutual agreement on language, grammar, style, or weight). We've worked together on two major articles, but during that time fought a lot. Do I respect him? Yes, I do. Do I trust him? Yeah. Are we pals and the such? Well, maybe in the classic Irish rugby/hurling sense where you might go for a beer after beating the crap out of each other. ] (]) 13:11, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:I referred to that above. We did not pursue a desysop of her last time because she promised that she would never make such blocks again and she apologized for her mistake. ] (]) 13:11, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Well I don't know you that well (apart from one incident... Can't remember what that was about...) and I'd just seen Malleus on your talk page a few times so I assumed you were "friends". And this time? ] (]) 15:03, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::Lar is on my talk page a lot and we are definitely not friends. Etc. ] (]) 15:05, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::I think that "friend" is the wrong word here. How could Ottava and I possibly be friends? We live on different continents and have never met, and are never likely to meet. In fact I've never, at least to my knowledge, ever met another wikipedian. This isn't a social club, it's a collaboration amongst (hopefully) equals, each of whom contributes what they can. As Ottava says, he and I often disagree around the edges—I think he throws commas around like confetti at a wedding, and he thinks I play fast and loose with English grammar—but we still manage to work together in an atmosphere of mutual respect. That's not to do with friendship, it's to do with respect, something that has to be earned. --] ] 01:01, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::I must admit, I love me some commas like a Brits love sheep. :D ] (]) 01:13, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::::Not all Brits, just the Welsh. Allegedly.--] ] 01:16, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::::Well, I could really offend you by saying that there is no difference between an Manchester lad and a Welsh lad. :P ] (]) 01:18, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Admittedly Wales is only about 40 miles away, but if you wanted to offend me you'd have to try much harder than that. People from Liverpool sometimes call those from Manchester "woolly backs", but I won't melt your Internet connection by telling you they call the scousers. --] ] 01:23, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::::::"Woolly backs?" You may be the mother country, but you've got nothing on us colonials when it comes to ]s -- ] (]) 22:29, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
==Christopher Smart== | |||
Ottava, Iv'e left some more comments and done some copyediting. I'll be back when I can - maybe tomorrow. Regards. ] (]) 11:33, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Admin culture == | |||
Sir, how can I read more about 'admin culture' and the behavior of admins at Misplaced Pages? Are you capable of supplying me with a wealth of information on this subject, or else a modicum of information on this subject? If you and others are afraid to critically discuss Misplaced Pages's administrators then please let me know about this as well. ] (]) 14:20, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:All you have to do is to observe what's going on around you. Or choose to to ignore it if you prefer. --] ] 00:54, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::I've noticed a lot in a short period of time. A lot of squabbles that on first read appear to be wholly ridiculous. I know that isn't a fair judgment. I'm keeping an open mind. ] (]) 21:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
== ] == | |||
== Merry Christmas, Ottava Rima! == | |||
Hi, just a heads up that the above, a ballet article, is top of the backlog list. I left it as you had expressed an interest in reviewing this type of article. ] (]) 17:57, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Oh, I totally missed it. That was mostly why I wanted them separated. :) ] (]) 18:02, 6 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Ottava, you started reviewing this, but didn't tag it for review at GAN. I went to GAN and tagged it to start reviewing it. Now, here's the catch. As I have flagged to the editor (and have tagged at the article page), there is a copyright problem - the article leans very heavily on one source, sometimes quoting phrases without quote marks. That source is also the origin of a quote that is cited as a separate source in the article. It will need significant work to pass in my view, but I am hopeful that kathryncelestewright will be able to look at this. Cheers. ] (]) 00:30, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::I was waiting to hear back from her on the citation needed before I made any move either way at GAN. I tend to do all of the sourcing concerns at once, and, well, I wanted to hear back before I actually opened up an official GAN. :) If you want to open it up, you can feel free. I will check through everything and give any opinion if you want. ] (]) 00:36, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::I made a brief analysis of the first half of the page. ] (]) 01:09, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
Ottava, given the nominator has not made any edits at WP at all since 28 August, and given the copyright issue that is outstanding, i have failed this at GA. If the nominator returns and wants to discuss, I'm happy to do that, and have left a note to that effect at the review page. regards, ] (]) 23:50, 20 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
Peace be with you, brother. | |||
==The U== | |||
Thank you for your comment. The problem is that the footnote follows a sentence which says the University of Miami is commonly referred to as "The U", but at the very most (and I don't read it that way) the reference cited in the footnote merely quotes someone as saying "The U" after laying down a context and antecedent. If there were a press report that said that a survey was conducted and people nationwide associate "The U" automatically with the University of Miami, then we could use such a footnote to support the text. The reference and the article text must match; an example of one person saying "The U" does not prove that it is common (throughout the English-speaking world) for people to do that. Thanks. ] (]) 15:14, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:I saw multiple sources for the term and found it many times in my own search. I an unpersuaded by your statements. ] (]) 15:16, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
==New sock?== | |||
RE: ] | |||
Serious. Peace. Let these things go and be filled with joy. Christ was not gifted to humanity for you to be unhappy. | |||
New sock of Peter? ] (]) 15:33, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:I put forth my opinion over there - there is no personality or editing connection between the two users from what I can see. ] (]) 15:37, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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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) | |||
Progress is now being made at ]. The topic is very important, and I'd love to get the proposed policy back on track. If you have any input, I'd love to see it on the page. ] (]) 16:52, 9 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
== DYK for William Britten 9 part DYK == | |||
== DYK for Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard == | |||
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== Your edit to ] == | |||
Congratulations, dude. ] (]) 18:29, 15 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
== Two things == | |||
Putting this text on ] and then blanking it a second later is pretty silly. I really don't understand why you keep on bringing up ]--how exactly do you think I'm violating that policy? I would appreciate an explanation. If you really believe I'm such a problematic user, please start a topic on ] or whatever noticeboard you think is appropriate, or start a user RfC. Otherwise, I would really appreciate it if you stopped saying things like Even though you erased that from the page directly afterward, I can't see it as anything but an attempt to intimidate me. ] (]) 01:40, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Akhilleus, I have already talked to many admin. My two options are ArbCom asking for a desysopping of everyone currently working with Folantin in abuse of the above policy, or directly starting an RfC with such intent. I have received many emails. Your history of performing this same action with her across multiple pages has been noted by many people. Diffs and links have already been provided in public. Your name was also on a list that was given out to people when Dbachmann started echoing Folantin as one to expect to appear. Your appearance only verified the problematic nature of your action and it is 100% exact to that at ], which is a move almost too stupid for words. It has also been pointed out that many, many sources were pointed out, yet you willfully ignore them in order to echo what Folantin has stated. It is not a coincidence. You can either stop your problematic behavior now, or I will move forward. You may think that I am intimidating you. No, I am promising you that your behavior will not be ignored any longer. ] (]) 01:49, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::I thought I had made it clear I don't want any more warnings. Please, start that RfC, file that request for arbitration, whatever it is that you think is best. But if you're still in a mood to give warnings, can you please explain exactly how I've violated ]? I understand that you think I'm too chummy with Folantin, but you haven't explained why that's a policy violation... ] (]) 01:58, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::As I stated above, you are using their same arguments and using the same rhetoric that has been proven wrong over and over. Having Folantin say something, then Fullstop saying it, then Dbachmann saying it, then you saying it without paying attention or acknowledging anything else is classic use of meat puppets to violate a consensus discussion. Admin should know better than to do such. ] (]) 02:17, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::Thank you for explaining, but I am afraid that I don't agree with your interpretation of the facts or the policy. Cheers. ] (]) 02:22, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::::Which is why an RfC or ArbCom is necessary to ensure that your behavior comes to an end. ] (]) 02:37, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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== You might know this... == | |||
Can you think of a way to ''briefly'' summarize ], in such a way that it won't baffle readers, but won't be so long-winded that it makes the section unscannable? (The article is question is ], if you want a context - see the discussion on the talkpage.) – <font color="#E45E05">]</font><font color="#C1118C">]</font> 01:44, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Simply put - It was a reactionary movement that opposed the secularization of the Anglican Church while promoting ] views along with claims to a historical alignment with both the ] and the ]. Do you need more? ] (]) 01:55, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::No, that's great - thanks. If you get the chance could you give ] a quick skim, to make sure I haven't wildly misrepresented the church; I'm not convinced even the Anglo-Catholics themselves are entirely sure what they believe, and I'm certainly not. – <font color="#E45E05">]</font><font color="#C1118C">]</font> 15:09, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::When I have time tomorrow evening, I'll open up a full GAN on the matter so I can go through it all, settle any issues, and then allow for the fixes so it can be passed. ] (]) 02:03, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::Give it another 24 hours or so, as Ealdgyth has found a bunch of extra sources that I need to check and work in if appropriate (see the talk page) so it may look quite different in a couple of days. I'm not at home at the moment and not wildly keen on the thought of trying to rewrite a section on a two-inch screen. – ] 14:40, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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==Request== | |||
If took ] to PR, would you mind having a look. ] (]) 18:19, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:The rain is killing my internet, so don't expect anything within the next few hours. After it ends, then I will tackle it. ] (]) 18:46, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Why does rain effect your Internet? Where do you live for God's sake, on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific? --] ] 18:50, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::Not unless they moved Maryland. ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 18:51, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::My connection is Satellite internet. Maryland, although between two major urban areas, has little fiber optic cabals out in the countryside. One of the disadvantages of living on a horse farm, it seems. Thankfully, I spend many of my days in DC so I can get online there (while at work, or from the Archives/LoC). But today is not one of those days. ] (]) 18:54, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
Commence half-frowny-face reaction. That is all. --] (]) 15:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
::::On my one and only visit to the States, if you can call California typical, I was struck by two things. The first was that between LA and Lake Tahoe—what's that, about 250 miles—was largely wilderness. The other thing that struck me was the "primitive but it works technology", and doughnuts for breakfast. Oh, and the other thing was the completely confounding answer when I happened to ask another skier on a chair lift we were sharing if he was an expert, as he seemed to be claiming. Naturally, being a good American, of course he was. Pity he could even get off the lift without getting his skis tangled. --] ] 19:25, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::::Ski accidents happen to experts all the time. That is what makes the Winter events so exciting. ] (]) 19:31, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
== DYK for Kubla Khan == | |||
::::::This guy was no expert, except in his dreams. --] ] 19:38, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Well, I think it is more true to say that there are no experts on rocketing down steep icy slopes on tiny wooden planks. That is like saying there is an expert on terminal stupidity. ] (]) 19:41, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::::::I'm coming to believe that skiiing in Europe vs the US is a good indicator of the cultural gap that exists within wikpedia. Lake Tahoe is crawling with "skiing police", telling you to slow down, speed up, get out of the way, or whatever their mantra of the day is. Those kids wouldn't be allowed out without a note from their mothers in Europe. --] ] 20:03, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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:-->Ottava. Good man. Rain? We are having a late summer here; first set of shiny days we've had in 3 years. And what am I doing? Looking at the internets. Go figure ;) ] (]) 18:52, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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::Go out and play in the fields! Go harass some sheep or something! ] (]) 18:54, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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:::No, cant go near sheep, terms of parole and all that. I think I'll go climb a tree though. ] (]) 18:56, 11 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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::::Thanks, Ottava, that is exactly the feedback required. Good material for work. ] (]) 08:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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== Your offer at MF's page == | |||
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Hey, would you consider looking at ] and ] with an eye to FA potential? One just got GA, the other is even newer but I think it has potential too... Thanks. ++]: ]/] 04:02, 12 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:I'll place them 5th and 6th on my list. I've been having to refresh over and over in hopes that these comments go through. So, hard to check over articles that wont even fully load. I should be able to get around to them today. ] (]) 13:49, 12 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Mostly at this point a very rough assessment is all I seek, ... are these even anywhere close yet or no, and if no, what (broadly) are the biggest things to work on? I have trouble calling my own babies ugly :). Hopefully not too time consuming. No rush. Thanks! ++]: ]/] 08:10, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
==Banglapedia copyright problems== | |||
== ] Newsletter XXX == | |||
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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;<big>Pool leaders</big> | |||
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom four contestants of the top eight will be eliminated on September 30th, while the top four will continue with the same score for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced. | |||
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#{{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (650) | |||
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#{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (426) | |||
#{{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (277) | |||
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#{{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (253) | |||
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) | |||
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== Whoa... == | ||
I just stumbled across your story while looking up other things. | |||
You posted that on the wrong talk page. Can you please move it? :) Thanks, ''''']]''''' 21:48, 12 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
Suffice to say, it's a whale of a tale. Being rather brutally honest, you were kind of like me back in 2007; | |||
:Just so you know, I wrote that article long before my RfA and before I fully understood ]. I simply haven't had time to clean it up ''yet'' and unfortunately the GA reviewer didn't notice the mistakes (and neither did I as I didn't have time to read through the article during the review). I know this isn't the best excuse but I hope you understand. I'll try to address the issues you brought up on the talk page. Regards, ''''']]''''' 22:00, 12 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::I know it is one of the old ones. It was one of the ones that I checked before but I didn't mention at your RfA because it was not a GA. I was surprised that it passed without the reviewer bothering to check. As I've said before, this is a failing of a reviewer for not checking more thoroughly. People think that a quick grammar sweep is enough. ] (]) 22:50, 12 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::By the way, I had many of Garycolmanfan's GANs open and I chose the wrong one apparently. ] (]) 22:52, 12 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::I think you posted it on the wrong talk page again. :-) It should be on ], not ], and ] actually reviewed the article, not User:GaryColemanFan. Sorry for not being clear before. ''''']]''''' 22:58, 12 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::::These Simpsons titles are way too similar for their own good!!! >.< ] (]) 23:06, 12 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
Good intentions, but poor execution. | |||
== wow... == | |||
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. | |||
... with friends , Mal doesn't need any more enemies .. ;-) — <small><span style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:1px;"><b>]</b> : ]</span></small> 00:21, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
]]]]] 20:02, 23 June 2012 (UTC) | |||
== Main page appearance: The Covent-Garden Journal == | |||
== GA reviewing concerns for ] == | |||
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: | |||
I'm sorry that you are not happy with the review. Did you try contacting the nominator or the reviewer? ] (]) 03:59, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:After a bajillion tries of trying to do it all in the rain (with in and out internet and constantly having to refresh), I think I now have the correct talk page and the correct user notified. LOL. Ridiculous. :) ] (]) 13:57, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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I apologize for not making a more thorough review. I will definitely use this as a learning experience for future GANs that I look through. If you want, you can also take a look at ] to make sure that I didn't miss anything. --] (]) 14:11, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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''''']''''' 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 == | |||
:Actually, I do check images before passing articles. The only thing that I probably haven't checked that much is the reliable source criterion. (That will change, though) Please note, however, that Internet sources don't necessarily have to exist during the time of the review. As long as there is an access date provided, I'm usually ok with dead links as long as the website can reasonably be assumed to be reliable. --] (]) 14:21, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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::So should I pass Lisa's Pony?--] (]) 16:34, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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'''story, poem and play'''<br /> | |||
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)! | |||
--] (]) 12:55, 10 January 2013 (UTC) | |||
<small>(ec)</small> Yeah, that review was a bit too short. I think he's learned his lesson though (see ]). :) ''''']]''''' 14:12, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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== ] == | |||
:: 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! == | |||
Hi, Ottava. Thanks for your comments. But it is not yet looking nearly as good as I would like it to look. I was sidetracked as always by all sorts of other things in life, but I have gradually been working up some revisions and additions to the section on ''Othello''. I just noticed and fixed a minor typo, which clearly caught your attention; but very shortly, maybe even later today, I plan to add, finally, what I have been working out, combining what you already put there (and you laid down a great foundation) with some additional things I think need emphasis. Stay tuned. (But I know I hardly need to add that. :-) I can't imagine how you manage to stay tuned to so many different things, as well as carrying on the rest of your life.) --] (]) 21:02, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Mostly because I try to have my Wiki writing coincide with my real life writing. It makes it easier to do the research for one topic and use it multiple times. :) ] (]) 21:08, 13 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Cheers. ] (]) 17:25, 19 April 2016 (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) | |||
Well done. Nice working with you. ] (]) 04:38, 14 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
Welcome back, and I look forward to helping you come back into the community. ] (]) 18:21, 19 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
== Persian Empire == | |||
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) | |||
Hello, Ottava, how things going on with ] recently? You've defended for keeping the well-known "English name" as a DAB page, so I'm asking this question. Some article that I've worked on has a brief mention of ], but the source that I have used for the passage exactly specified "Persian empire" (in Korean though), so I've wanted to link Persian Empire instead of Persia which redirects to ]. Although I have to admit that I'm not keen at knowing of Arabic culture or history, I've never heard of ] and it is ridiculous to remove the dab page from Misplaced Pages. Well, if you're stepping away from the topic, I'm sorry for bothering you. --] 18:44, 14 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
*All the Best Ottava!...] (]) 23:08, 19 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
:Quite the contrary - I've defended the original page and have been agaisnt it becoming a Disambiguation page. Please see the talk page. There use to be an article there and a small group has removed it and edit warred out the page. I've been trying to build a clear consensus to the return of the page. ] (]) 18:59, 14 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
*A belated welcome back Ottava. --]<sup>(]) </sup> 21:58, 20 April 2016 (UTC) | |||
::Well, that is a confusion on my part. ] is currently redirecting to ], which is "shame". Sorry, the talk page has a wall of text and I currently have no time to dig up all arguments there for the mentioned article, so directly asking you could get a fast answer. Anyway, if there would be held a "page move", just let me know. Thanks.--] 19:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::: is what the article looked like for a very long time until it was edit warred into a redirect by those who did not like the page. ] (]) 20:24, 14 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Happy == | |||
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Thankyou very much for your comments at the FAC for the Battle of Grand Port. The article has now passed, and your interest and comments during the process were much appreciated.--] (]) 21:58, 14 September 2009 (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) | |||
Hi, I'm not sure if you noticed but ] has been put up for FA status ]. It's been running for almost a month. I'm not sure if you remember, but you called the sourcing of this article into question during Davemeistermoab's RFA . I'm not sure your concerns were ever addressed. I reviewed only the last section of the article and found problems, and I'm very concerned that none of the reviewers thus far have looked at the sources. If you have time, please look it over and provide feedback, or least a note about whether your earlier concerns were assuaged. --] ] 20:20, 15 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Thank you for notifying me. Real life has been dragging on my time to perform close reviews and I never noticed that the page was listed. ] (]) 20:28, 15 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:: Same here. Anyway, I got my wires crossed... it's I-70 Utah that you reviewed, and this is Colorado. --] ] 02:37, 16 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
== I know you don't "do" these but... == | |||
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For your work on writers and writings. ] - ] 22:25, 15 September 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 -not- accept them, because that would be rude. I just feel that they get rather silly sometimes, and I tend to just write long winded messages or emails instead. Thank you. :) ] (]) 22:39, 15 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Drapier's letters == | |||
]. ] (]) 01:43, 16 September 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. | |||
== re Please don't == | |||
===Personal life=== | |||
It is not a harvnb function, check the coding, it is different. ''']''' (]) 17:52, 16 September 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"/> | |||
:Interesting, please show me where you created the coding? Please also show me this change in consensus? ''']''' (]) 17:57, 16 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
'''Note:''' It appears the template is used on . However, if you feel the template or style of formatting should no longer be used, perhaps you should nominate {{tl|Harvard citation no brackets}} for a deletion discussion. ''']''' (]) 18:00, 16 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Responses such as ] would seem to indicate a positive response for use of that formatting, not negative. ''']''' (]) 18:01, 16 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::One article does not a consensus make. Was there an informal poll, a discussion of some sort, post to the Village Pump, etc. ? ''']''' (]) 18:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::Unfortunately, though I have politely given constructive suggestions on how to improve the article, (so far) it appears that none of the recommendations have been implemented. As I had placed the article on GA Hold, I will of course allow for the hold period to expire before reevaluating. However the original comments remain. ''']''' (]) 18:11, 16 September 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"/> | |||
== Your tone == | |||
===Publications=== | |||
The tone you have chosen to use here is a bit harsh. Let us try to please remain polite and cordial in discussion about how to best implement constructive suggestions to improve articles. Thank you, ''']''' (]) 18:14, 16 September 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. | |||
: ''']''' (]) 18:37, 16 September 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"/> | |||
== Olive Branch == | |||
===Awards=== | |||
{{Olive Branch|''']''' (])|I am sorry that we got into it over at ]. I am going to disengage from the page and I have removed myself as GA Reviewer. I hope we can move past it and hopefully in the future interact with each other in a more polite and cordial manner. ''']''' (]) 19:03, 16 September 2009 (UTC)}} | |||
* Sankey Prize for Excellence in Poetry (JHU).<ref name="Catholic"/> | |||
:Here's to more positive interactions in the future. ''']''' (]) 19:03, 16 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
* Schmuel Traum Prize (BU).<ref name="Catholic"/> | |||
::Great, thanks very much for doing that. Good luck with the rest of the GA Review. :) ''']''' (]) 01:19, 17 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
* Eleanor Clark Award (Robert Penn Warren Circle), winner.<ref name="Catholic"/> | |||
:::Thank you for this . Much appreciated. ''']''' (]) 01:44, 17 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
* 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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Please can we discuss an appropriate formulation for the sentences setting out Fone's views of the poem? You "undid" my last attempt with the edit summary "I could not see anything in the source to justify this, nor is the section about them but about Giraud." but no reply to my comment on the talk page. I have tried again. I'd be grateful if you would return to the discussion at ]. -- ] (]) 19:15, 16 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
<ref name="Awards">"Ryan Wilson’s recent publications and awards." Boston University Creative Writing. June 15, 2015 </ref> | |||
<ref name="Pushcart">"Ryan Wilson’s Pushcart nomination and publications." Boston University Creative Writing. July 15, 2016. </ref> | |||
<ref name="Catholic">Catholic University of America </ref> | |||
<ref name="Farm">The Robert Frost Farm </ref> | |||
<ref name="Jacques">"Winners of the 2015 Jacques Maritain Prize for Nonfiction." ''Dappled Things'' </ref> | |||
<ref name="Sewanee">Johns Hopkins University Press </ref> | |||
<ref name="Literacy Matters">"Ryan Wilson, Our Editor" ''Literary Matters'', The Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers. </ref> | |||
<ref name="Poetry News">"Poetry News." Westchester University Poetry Center </ref> | |||
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===External links=== | ||
* Beltway Poetry ''Quarterly''. http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/poetry/poets/names/wilson-ryan/ | |||
==Update== | |||
Hi Ottava, in case I seem a bit slow to respond, it's because I'm having to deal with some FA issues of my own, and then I have to go out. But I will definitely look at your point more closely later. <font color="green">]</font> <small><sup><font color="red">]</font><font color="pink">]</font></sup></small> 18:55, 17 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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) | |||
== Four Quartets == | |||
::::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) | |||
::::::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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*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) | |||
*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) | |||
::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) | |||
::: 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) | |||
::::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) | |||
::::: 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 {{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) | |||
::::::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? ] (]) 23:29, 17 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
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Generally, I found it well done, although I'm concerned about the depth of discussion that required such an elaborate diagram of assonance. Perhaps that would have been better included in the article on assonance, and the link established. Or perhaps not. Don't know. I think in the second section, you have the wrong verb tense in the first paragraph. In 1819, Keats had left (or whatever). but you're missing the "had". That said, I'm not sure of the motive for this. It seems like the critics have largely dismissed this as "not" among his best work, so why is there an entire article devoted to this. I have the impression that this is a paper you wrote for the uni that you have converted to an encyclopedia article, is this right? I've read several of your other entries, and this is the impression I get. Just an impression. I'm not intending to be negative, it's just the feeling I get after reading them. But, something to think about...if this is what you are submitting, you'll need to assess whether or not this is encyclopedic, or whether this sort of article belongs in a peer reviewed journal, rather than an encyclopedia. <br> | |||
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Hi Ottava, I don't quite know what's going on with the Ode FAC, and your reluctance to comment. My thinking is that the pre-FAC version (at least that section) was better than it is now, and so maybe we should return to it, or take the best from both. But that suggestion seems to be upsetting you. It could be that you're just upset in general about the reaction of other people—and if that's what it is, you have my sympathy, because I'm going through something similar myself, where an article I got a lot of pleasure from working on has been somewhat ruined for me. This is a general problem with the FAC process that I wish we could find a way to sort out. | |||
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::Well, I don't want to promote things that completely go against our policies and are destructive to our encyclopedic integrity. A question was posed to a board, for editors interested in sourcing issues to comment on. I'm an editor interested in sourcing issues. I commented on it. Don't you want to encourage people to participate in boards like RS:N? ] (]) 15:02, 22 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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:::::Okay, now that comment is rather teenage emo angsty. You should have expected editing that page that some Fenian would be after you as not pushing their view hard enough. Don't act all surprised once it happens. I mean, gesh. ] (]) 20:13, 22 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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I am a little surprised by your endorsement of Kww in the RfC and I would not be surprised if A Nobody is not particularly hurt. After all, he praises your good arguments as the 54th supporter in http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Ottava_Rima#Support. In fact, they make it seems as if A Nobody opposes practically everyone because he has too extreme of an inclusion criteria and yet http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/rfap/index.php?name=A+Nobody confirms far more supports than opposes. And actually reexamining most of these, he typically cites a few different reasons for supporting or opposings. He only has out of nearly two hundred RfA votes only a handful, i.e. only those they cite in the RfC in which he strongly opposed based on weak AfD votes, but these choice examples are in actuality the clear minority approach he takes and a misrepresentation of how normally approaches RfA. Anyway, I would be interested in your opinion about this. Thanks. ] (]) 01:03, 24 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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::I do not mean to make it personal nor do I have any personal concerns against him. On principle, the abuse of RTV like that is troubling. I read this as "should he return after agreeing one more time to leave" - one last chance not to repeat it. From what I can see, his talk page is still active so he has not used a RTV lately. So, there is no worry about a ban, no? ] (]) 01:17, 24 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Ottava, you have ''nothing'' on me. Your threats are empty, hollow, meaningless, and foolish. I defy you to produce ''anything''. Go on: do it. Your threat by e-mail to have my desysopped was particularly odious. The proper response to bullies is to stand up to them, and to you, Ottava, I call '''bullshit'''. ] ] 00:54, 24 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Nothing on you? Antandrus, I sent diffs to Arbcom of over 11 different pages in which you meat puppetted and reinforced your friends, threatened to block, made aggressive warnings, and basically reinforced people that were blatantly acting disruptively. I've been constantly sending emails about the situation over the past month. Do you think that when your group decides to mess around with what Wizardman clearly said was inappropriate that people wouldn't notice when you pulled these games? It is one thing to pick on and bully unknown users at the RS and Fringe noticeboard. But you went after an Arbitrator when doing this. People pay attention to that and don't look on it kindly. The only bully here is you and the rest of your group. Please, for the sake of the encyclopedia, pack up and go. Your group constantly chases away decent editors while promoting hundreds of policy violations, disruptions of articles, out right trolling, and abuse. It is no wonder that my article creations, DYKs, GAs, and FAs for this whole year out number -all- nine of you for your whole careers here. It is about time that you were kicked out because you have done -nothing- worth while here and have spread a lot of hate and outright distruction. ] (]) 01:01, 24 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
::So you're going to start an arbitration case or a user conduct RfC soon, right? ] (]) 01:46, 24 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Hi, you wrote - ''And yet above you claim that people should be labeled as hate criminals even if courts don't decide such. That is the very definition of promoting libel. There is no way for you to justify or excuse such a claim.'' You may have not intended to put words in my mouth but intentionally or not I think you did. I never suggested we should call a crime a hate crime if a court ruled it wasn't. The usual scenario is that a court ''can't'' rule sexuality and gender-based hate crimes are such because the law has not yet allowed for this. We call these hate-crime enhancements and they mostly don't yet exist. So, similar to ] we allow reliable sources to note who considers the crime a hate-crime in accordance with NPOV negating the need for Misplaced Pages to print anything libelous at all. Also just because a crime is considered a hate crime does not mean there even is a criminal named in the case or that they have been tried for the crime. If a criminal is tried but hate-crime enhancements are dismissed, not mentioned or otherwise accounted for we simply state that. IMHO, it's generally not needed to mention the alleged criminals of hate crimes at all unless it's commonly printed in RS and seen as needed for the relevant content. ] 01:38, 24 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
:I don't think you understand - any description of a criminal act is not reliable unless there is a verified court case to back it up. You can have 100 sources saying Ted Kennedy murdered the woman at Chap and we can't claim that simply because there was no trial that proved it. There is no difference here. Criminality is not allowable when a trial has confirmed it. ] (]) 01:45, 24 September 2009 (UTC) |
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Thanks again for all the high quality contributions
User:Ottava Rima has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, Peace, A record of your Day will always be kept here. |
- 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)
DYK for Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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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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Actually...
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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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Precious
story, poem and play
Thank you for the broad coverage of English language literature in quality articles, showing in The Covent-Garden Journal and The Awful German Language, and for your philosophy on conflict, consensus ... respect ..., - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (20 December 2009)!
--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)
Happy
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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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