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Bobf

I live and work in Lancashire, England and am now beginning to find my way round Misplaced Pages. My contributions were initially expanding the articles on the villages and towns in the area around and about. Once I gained in confidence I did some major editing on the Mask entry; and continue to maintain Misplaced Pages standards to this and other related sites. Bob 08:52, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Re. Waterfoot, Rossendale

Bob - I'm going to try with a relatively high-res business photocopier-scanner we have at work - I'm hoping to do it in the next couple of days when I get time - I'll let you know how I get on. Strider52 20:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Cheers Bob. Photo from scan of old postcard of Trickett's Arcade - note it doesn't have the full ironware canopy all the way round as it does today - not as good a quality as I would have preferred. I'm struggling with the map - the scanner plate is too small for the full map and I'm having to copy in sections and try to piece together as a JPEG. I'll stick with it though. Strider52 | Talk 22:06, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For your tireless work and efforts in the article Mask - HammerHeadHuman (talk)(work) 17:27, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Sami.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Sami.jpg, has been listed at Misplaced Pages:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 01:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

By all means delete this image. It was uploaded in the process of making major edits to the Mask entry and it didn't get used. Meanwhile, I had forgotten it existed, poor orphan image! Bob 08:45, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Puppet

Great work on improving the article; however, almost every copyrighted image you have on the page needs to be removed because they are not considered fair use. There is a strong push on Misplaced Pages to remove all non-free media, especially without a strong fair-use rationale. Unfortunately, virtually none of the publicity and screen stills fall under that criteria on the puppet page. Otherwise, keep up the good work! --David Shankbone 12:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

David, thanks - actually other than adding a few images and removing one or two, most of the images were there before my recent work on the article. I think many of the illustrations are rather poor and hope to do some work on them too, when time allows. I'm all for free access media and would welcome non-copyrighted images.Bob 19:16, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

BobF this is a really, really great article. Have added some additional information and references. Hope you don't mind, but I have tried to make sure photos and text go together and are not with text that is not connected. There is new information on 1. Museums and 2. Schools (Universities) that specialise in extensive training. Not sure whether you know, but the next UNIMA World Congress is in Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 2008 Finneganw 08.58, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, these are excellent additions to the article. It's good to see that the puppet entry, that not so long ago was really poor, is now such a sound and well referenced article. Bob 08:12, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Bob just thought I should let you know Atropos is not terribly informed about Puppetry in general. Captions were removed from photos leaving no explanation making them basically useless in your absence. Most of the new sections of the article I added. I can understand certain copyrighted images disappearing although the vast majority already exist on other wikipedia articles and appear to be copyright free. Let me know what you think. Thanks in advance. Finneganw 13:53, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi Finneganw, I've noted on the Puppet Talk page that you've made important contributions to the article. I came back from a holiday break and saw that the article looked better in many ways, though I now think that it's overburdened with pictures, copyrighted or not. I also agree that for any serious research captions need to be fairly detailed, or relate directly and clearly to the text. Ultimately the new sections to the article are excellent and it's good to know that they have been contributed by someone who is informed about puppets and puppetry. Regards Bob 09:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		Awarded to Bobf for your tireless work and efforts on the article Puppet from Finneganw 09:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Blackface in Bacup

Thanks for the heads up, Bobf, that you put on my talk page regarding an unwikify edit on the Bacup article. I was just trying to go through and wikify terms in the cocoanuts dancers portion of that article, and the blackface link seemed appropriate at the time. I understand your explanation, and I won't get into a revert war over it! It may make sense, however, to either add a section to the current blackface article to reflect the English usage of the word in the English folk dance context, or to create a new article along those lines. I leave it to your discretion. Friejose 18:02, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

• That's a good idea Friejose. I'll do some further research and perhaps do that. Thanks. Bob 09:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Protective masks

• I'm great it'll make a new page. Just put {{main|Protective masks}} on top of the Masks#Protective section, and work for there. Also, "trivia-like" sections are discouraged under Misplaced Pages, so try and bullet as little as possible. Thank you! — Cuyler91093 - Соитяівцтіоиѕ 11:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Thanks for that. I'm working on the page. I lifted the section straight out of the Masks article just because it was little more than a list, and wasn't up to the standard of the main body of that article. I'm absolutely no authority on protective masks so I'm hoping other editors might improve the quality of the Masks (protective) article. Regards Bob (talk) 11:11, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• There is already a section Mask#Protective, which points to each type of protective mask described on its own page. Please avoid content forking. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Masks

• See Talk:Mask#What's going on?. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Puppeteer

I would like to draw your attention to the cavalier removal of a number of names repeatedly from the puppeteer wikipedia page by a couple of people who would appear to have no knowledge in this area. Would you please restore this situation as I don't want to be in breach of 3RR. Thanks in advance. Finneganw 15:23, 31 March 2008 (UTC)