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== Thanks again for all the high quality contributions ==
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:9. ] (Jun 23,2008-Jul 31,2008)<br> ''']''' has been identified as an '''''Awesome Wikipedian''''',<br />
:10. ] (Jul31,2008-Aug 4,2008)<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)
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:Thanks from me to and thanks for trying to save the Han / Roman article as your last action. If you decide to return I look forward to seeing more of your gorgeous content for me to review over at Good Articles. Merry Christmas! ] (]) 13:51, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
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== Merry Christmas, Ottava Rima! ==
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Peace be with you, brother.
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


Serious. Peace. Let these things go and be filled with joy. Christ was not gifted to humanity for you to be unhappy.
== 200 dyk ==


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Take hope because your love will prevail
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Someday a new world that we can start
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The 200 ] Medal'''
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)



== DYK for Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ==

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==Main page==
:I came so close to beating you to the mark. Foiled! :D Thanks, by the way. ] (]) 20:25, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
::Race you to 300 then :) ] (] '''·''' ]) 22:26, 26 October 2009 (UTC) Congratulations, dude. ] (]) 18:29, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
:::Congratulations! ] (]) 00:18, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
:::Casliber, I almost beat you to 200 and you had a long head start. I'm about to pass you, and by the end of this time next year I should be over 500. You might as well give up now. :P If not, I shall taunt you a second time. :P ] (]) 03:12, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
::::Wow. That's quite a lot. Congratulations! ] (]) 16:16, 27 October 2009 (UTC)


==Copyedit request== == Two things ==
First off wow, congrats on the 200 DYK medal. I'm still working on 25. :) But the actual reason I'm here is a copy edit request for ]. I worked up this article to save the Seasons of 30 Rock featured topic, and it ] for quite a while. Two voters are considering/weakly supporting the article, but numerous problems with copy-editing issues arose during the FLC and they requested a proper review by some third party. I can't think of anyone better than you, if you have the time. Thanks either way! ] <sub>]</sub><sup><span style="position: relative; left: -16px; margin-right: -16px;">]</span></sup> 02:07, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
:I'll have time tomorrow. I have a list of articles to go through and I will add it onto my list. ] (]) 03:14, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
:*Thanks so much! ] <sub>]</sub><sup><span style="position: relative; left: -16px; margin-right: -16px;">]</span></sup> 13:14, 27 October 2009 (UTC)


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== Apologies ==


It was certainly not my intention to get you blocked. I think the action was clearly premature, and I'm glad that cooler heads prevailed. I'm sorry you had to deal with that. ] <sup><small><small>]</small></small></sup> 19:47, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
:Don't worry about me. I do feel that it would be better if you spent times trying to fix the Byron articles instead of renaming. There are very few people who work on the literature articles. ] (]) 20:06, 27 October 2009 (UTC)


and .
:I'm glad the block was sorted out, but I'm appalled that Chillum, Chief of the Civility Police, took it upon himself to review your first unblock request. I already thought highly of Deacon—who can also be a rather prickly character at times—but I was seriously impressed by his cool head and integrity in reversing what was obviously a travesty. --] ] 22:07, 27 October 2009 (UTC)


== Wikilayering ==


Commence half-frowny-face reaction. That is all. --] (]) 15:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
Re. . In my opinion your actions are self-explanatory. You badly miss-argue policy, and in a non-constructive manner. You also quote extremely selective. --] (]) 17:58, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
:Your opinions verify that you have no desire to do anything but make violations of policy while quoting something that explicitly says to not do what you are doing. The irony is amazing. I quoted the relevant statements that say that you are being incivil, and if you keep it up you are opening yourself up for a block. DRV is not a vote, nor is it a place to vote and then insult people for pointing out your misconceptions about our policies. ] (]) 18:00, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
::I disagree with your interpretation and with your behavior at the deletion review. I think you are bullying and wikilawyering - as in threatening me with a block or claiming another editor "must do" something. Is this going anywhere or should we agree to disagree? --] (]) 18:08, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
:::You can also disagree with the sky being blue, the grass being green, and water being wet. It doesn't mean that you have grounds nor are acting appropriately. The very essay you quoted said your behavior was wrong. If you don't even check before quoting things, then how do you expect to be taken seriously? You are on a quick path towards a civility block because you are unwilling to abide by our policies. WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA, in conjunction with your wikilawyer essay, makes it very clear that you cannot make such accusations as they are inappropriate. ] (]) 18:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
::::I suggest you read ]. Please be assured that I read essays which I quote. --] (]) 18:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
:::::If you read the essay you quoted, then you would have recognized that your behavior was unacceptable on Misplaced Pages. Therefore, you have now acknowledged that you purposefully violated our policies. Thank you for that acknowledge. It now explains why your actions are so hostile to our policies as a whole. ] (]) 18:17, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
::::::Ottava, you're heading into personal attack territory again. You might want to back off a bit, and take Stephan's offer to agree to disagree. --] (]) 18:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Sarek, you have already been found by multiple people that your claims before were completely wrong and unacceptable. Because you persist, I am asking you to ]. Your statement right there about NPA territory is 1. a threat and 2. completely inappropriate per NPA and a violation of NPA. ] (]) 20:14, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


== DYK for Kubla Khan ==
Far as I can tell, that page is ready for your signature.--] (]) 02:36, 29 October 2009 (UTC)


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Actually...
Thanks for addressing the issues I had with your interesting DYK nomination on the ''Four Zoas''. Like everyone else at DYK, I try to help by proofreading hooks and articles and notifying authors of possible problems with content and ] (also ]). It's great to see how this process improves the quality of both the articles and the hooks.
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I do, in fact, think that the articles have improved from what you added . Readers of the articles on the Four Zoas and their emanations are likely to be somewhat confused by the multiplicity of names and associations, so it's good to have an overview of this in the ''Vala, or the Four Zoas'' article. It's not a bad thing that the same information is in multiple Misplaced Pages articles when that creates a more navigable set of articles. Perhaps it could be improved further when you put the Zoas in a table with their emanations and what they represent.


==Banglapedia copyright problems==
As I wrote before, it's great that you're contributing articles on these interesting topics to Misplaced Pages. I myself certainly do not have the knowledge I would need to write on these topics, but I do hope that I will be able to give some suggestions that help you improve the articles. ] 23:15, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
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)


== ] for ] ==
:Thanks. I do think that a table would be in order, but where it should be included you of course know better than I do. Good luck with improving the other Blake articles and the main article! ] 23:31, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
::I've mentioned a ] issue with the formatting of the hook; as use of the serial comma is probably more an individual preference thing than anything else, would you address the issue? Thanks! ] (]) 13:46, 31 October 2009 (UTC)


==Barnstar==
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For outstanding output during the 2009 WikiCup: within the last three months alone that included 7 featured articles, 27 good articles, and 61 DYK articles. Great work, and all the best to you for 2010! <font face="Verdana">]</font><sup>'']''</sup> 01:45, 1 November 2009 (UTC) |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Congratulations! You have been awarded the ] for your work from beginning to end on ''']'''. ] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 00:30, 24 August 2011 (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 :) --<span class="sigInvitatious"><span id="Imagine Wizard" class="plainlinks" >]&nbsp;(] <small>•</small> ] <small>•</small> </span>) <small>]</small></span> 01:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

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== Barnstar ==

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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" |<font style="font-family:AR Blanca;font-size:20px">I just wanted to let you know that your monumental literary contributions are still very much appreciated. ] 19:40, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
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:I concur with Durova. Great work, and congratulations on the silver medal! ''''']]''''' 10:12, 1 November 2009 (UTC)


== Re: GAN reviews == == Whoa... ==


I just stumbled across your story while looking up other things.
Busy time of the year for me so I won't be getting to those. You can see from my contributions that I haven't been around as much as I usually am... <font face="Verdana">]&nbsp;(])</font> 07:08, 1 November 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;


Good intentions, but poor execution.
==Hi==
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Hey dude, wanted to do something in honor of your prolific work in literature, so here's William Blake's self-portrait from a 1794 copy of ''Songs of Innocence and Experience''.


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.
While finishing it, caught wind of your recent scuffle. The Spider-Man suit needs a trip to the dry cleaners. Try to climb down safely. ;) Best regards, <font face="Verdana">]</font><sup>'']''</sup> 19:28, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
]]]]] 20:02, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
:Are you talking about Chillum's admitted constant drug use while "working" on the encyclopedia? Acid, on one use, can destroy the ability for the mind to process information. Seeing as how Chillum has been involved in dozens of really awful blocks, it seems that we now have a strong explanation as to -why- these blocks happened. ] (]) 19:30, 1 November 2009 (UTC)


== Main page appearance: The Covent-Garden Journal ==
::I have always invited you to seek scrutiny regarding any admin actions I make. I think you disliking the blocks I make has your to do with your disagreement regarding the civility policy than the quality of my actions. Regardless you are welcome to gather up these "dozens of really awful blocks" and present them to the community for examination. I am confident that my behavior on this website will stand up to the scrutiny of the community as it has countless times in the past. ] 19:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::I challenged your claims about ] that directly contradicted the policy and made it apparently that you were violating the letter of it with your claims. You refused to respond. Your claims that you allow scrutiny are not upheld in practice. ] (]) 19:44, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Um...(dodges flying projectiles)...had more in mind to mention that the complete ''Songs of Innocence and Experience'' is digitized. Have been on the fence about whether to attempt restoration of such a major artist, but most of the individual poems from the collection are redlinked. Does the prospect of DYK nominations with an accompanying illustration tempt you? (not urgent) <font face="Verdana">]</font><sup>'']''</sup> 20:01, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
: and I have published editions of restored versions of them. Sorry, but you are about 10 years too late. :) ] (]) 20:06, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
::The Blake Archive asserts copyright over its digital reproductions and the Library of Congress hosts better quality files. This is Misplaced Pages, not Wikisource. But I get the message; you're not interested. <font face="Verdana">]</font><sup>'']''</sup> 20:16, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::They legally can't assert it in the US. Regardless, they draw their copies from previous published sources which they did not own the copyright for, so they can't really have any claim. I -have- the published physical versions. I have multiple ones published by multiple groups. Two publishers maybe could assert something, but I have -three- collections of Blake prints. The LoC versions are the same as what they have, which verifies that they can't hold copyright over them. ] (]) 20:20, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Someone else can tilt at that windmill; there's no particular reason to anyway, when alternatives free of claim are available. If you don't feel like starting articles about the individual poems, that's fine. You had done a lot of that type of DYK during the Cup and it seemed you might take an interest in that for next year. Never mind if it isn't your cup of tea; I prefer Blake's painting to his poetry anyway. :) <font face="Verdana">]</font><sup>'']''</sup> 20:29, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::I was just going to propose uploading scans from the books I have which are restored copies of the LoC editions. I was just teasing you about people beating you to them. :P But yeah, the rest of Blake's works are on the list. I can't have too much of an author at DYK at a time or it would overload their display rate. ] (]) 21:14, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::Ah, the humor didn't transfer well in text (facial expressions and tone of voice are invaluable for that sort of subtlety). As usual, am getting ideas and requests faster than human hands can edit. So leave word when you'd like to move forward and I'll tread water until then. :) <font face="Verdana">]</font><sup>'']''</sup> 00:28, 2 November 2009 (UTC)


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== What would cheer you up? ==


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] and ] i already used, but perhaps you prefer some ], or perhaps some ]? How about some ] or a old good ]? Maybe something less material such as a simple ]? Ask and you shall receive, as long as we actually have an image i can create a template with. :)
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== Precious ==
Somewhat more serious, remember not to press an issue to much - which actually goes for quite a few people; Perhaps even most for me as i am posting about the topic again. I think both stances regarding ] actions has been clearly voiced, which means i don't think that more talk from either side would be truly helpful as most people are quite heated up for now - and i didn't create enough icecubes for everyone :). Jimbo has been notified at his talk page, so i assume he will respond in due time. I would say we just see what he says, or lacking that, move it to a somewhat more official channel as a myrad of talk page's don't provide the best ground for any form of concensus. ]</font><sup> (],])</sup> 20:40, 1 November 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)!

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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! ==

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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)

Welcome back, and I look forward to helping you come back into the community. ] (]) 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 --] (]) 23:06, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
*All the Best Ottava!...] (]) 23:08, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
*A belated welcome back Ottava. --]<sup>(]) </sup> 21:58, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

== Happy ==

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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)


== 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 ], 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.

===Personal life===
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"/>

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"/>

===Publications===
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.

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"/>

===Awards===
* Sankey Prize for Excellence in Poetry (JHU).<ref name="Catholic"/>
* Schmuel Traum Prize (BU).<ref name="Catholic"/>
* Eleanor Clark Award (Robert Penn Warren Circle), winner.<ref name="Catholic"/>
* Morton Marr Prize (''The Southwest Review''), finalist, 2009.<ref name="Catholic"/>
* International Poetry Contest (''River Styx''), honorable mention, 2012.<ref name="Catholic"/>
* Vassar Miller Book Prize, finalist, 2015.<ref name="Awards"/>
* Frost Farm Poetry Prize, honorable mention, 2015.<ref name="Farm"/>
* Jacques Maritain Prize (Dappled Things), winner, 2015.<ref name="Jacques"/>
* Vassar Miller Book Prize, finalist, 2016.<ref name="Pushcart"/>
* Walter Sullivan Prize for Promise in Criticism (''The Sewanne Review''), winner, 2016.<ref name="Sewanee"/>
* ], winner, 2017.<ref name="Poetry News"/>

===Works cited===
{{reflist|30em|refs=
<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>
}}

===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. ] (]) 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)
::::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)
:Similarly, ] could mention along with their others . ] (]) 14:14, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
:And another: Vassar Miller could be noted at the ] (a sadly under-served page). ] (]) 14:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

It's interesting that ] has just made its way into mainspace. You were right, {{u|Drmies}}: predictably, the quotes have attracted disagreement about their sourcing, and it would perhaps be best to reduce them to a summary as a compromise. We'll see how that pans out. --] (]) 17:18, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
*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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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.

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And to you to, Moni. But don't worry, I could never be unhappy in regards to Christ. :) I'm sure most people have read excerpts of my column to know that so far. ;/ Have a good New Year, too. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:48, 24 December 2009 (UTC)


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Congratulations, dude. Ceoil (talk) 18:29, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

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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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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)

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)

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Happy cat dance

(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

  1. ^ "Ryan Wilson’s recent publications and awards." Boston University Creative Writing. June 15, 2015
  2. ^ "Ryan Wilson, Our Editor" Literary Matters, The Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers.
  3. ^ Catholic University of America
  4. ^ "Ryan Wilson’s Pushcart nomination and publications." Boston University Creative Writing. July 15, 2016.
  5. The Robert Frost Farm
  6. "Winners of the 2015 Jacques Maritain Prize for Nonfiction." Dappled Things
  7. Johns Hopkins University Press
  8. "Poetry News." Westchester University Poetry Center

External links

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)
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)

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)

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None, in particular; any, or all of them, I suppose. Really, I'm just curious what the procedure is for contributing while banned. Benjamin (talk) 15:17, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
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