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Mouse and the Traps

I came across the article on "Mouse (musician)". I'm a bit confused. Is the intended focus of the article on Weiss or the band? The current name had to go as article titles do not take quotation marks. Since it appeared to be on the member from the text of the first paragraph, I moved it to Ronnie Weiss. If you want to distinguish his nickname Mouse, so that others find it, you can add and approporiate entry at Mouse (disambiguation), and possibly, separately, make a redirect to Mouse (musician), although that is really not a likely search term so it may not be useful. Or if you want to make the article simply on the band, move the article to Mouse and the Traps (your account needs to be four days old before you can move an article). Cheers.-- Fuhghettaboutit 14:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC) reply

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Have a Barnstar!

The Original Barnstar
For creating and developing the article on Mouse and the Traps which was long overdue, I award you this barnstar. Goodnightmush Talk 01:53, 17 April 2007 (UTC) reply

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Your edit to Wikipedia:Notability (music)

I'm looking at the talk page and I'm not seeing a discussion. Please enlighten me. Thanks — Hello, Control Hello, Tony 20:51, 2 April 2008 (UTC) reply

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Your comment on Wonderwall

I'm in line with your feeling: this might be the best Beatles solo. It's a superb album with rich contrasts, great recording technique. Utterly undervalued.

Alpha Ralpha Boulevard ( talk) 16:03, 2 May 2008 (UTC) reply

I have nominated Category:Multi-racial musical groups ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Oli Filth( talk| contribs) 21:54, 26 August 2008 (UTC) reply

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Regarding Milan

Hello,

I found that you were the main contributor to Milan aka The Leather Boy's wikipedia. He is the brother of my mother or my uncle. My family and I were ecstatic to see that someone knew about him and would go out of their way to write about him. If you have any further material or media, my parents would love to get in contact with you. You can e-mail me at Graffx707@hotmail.com. Thanks for all of the information and your hard work. Graffx707 Graffx707 ( talk) 22:36, 20 August 2009 (UTC) reply

I noticed that you had some disagreements with the Linda Ronstadt article awhile back. I'm trying to clear the issue that the article might sometimes be a little opinionated. So I put an NPOV tag on the article so it could be changed. Take this paragraph for example:

"Ronstadt also developed a knack for picking good songs, finding obscure songs, and shining a light on up and coming songwriters. In many instances, her own interpretations were more successful than the original recordings and many times new songwriters were discovered by a larger audience as a result of Ronstadt interpreting and recording their songs. Interestingly, Ronstadt had major success interpreting songs from a diverse spectrum of artists. This skill would eventually serve her later in her career, as a noted master song interpreter."

I also found that some sections of the article are misplaced. For example, the "vocal styles" and "influences" sections should go under one unified "artistry" section. Do you agree with me? I tried to fix the page up a little, but user:Sharkentile reverted my edits and left me nasty comments on talk page where I made a discussion about it. What do you think about the article's neutrality/misplaced writing style? Dottiewest1fan ( talk) 20:41, 14 October 2009 (UTC) reply

Thank you for agreeing with me. Linda Ronstadt is an awesome vocalist and is one my favorites for sure. The quote I mentioned is very unsatisfying because it shows that this article has been able to get away with such fancruft for years. It's not to say there aren't plenty of excellent sources for the article, but the writing style could be done in such a way that is partisan. I hate that this is going on, and I spoke to an administrator of at least keeping the NPOV dispute tag on the page so that this problem could be noticed, instead of dissolved. Thank you for you insight =) Dottiewest1fan ( talk) 20:12, 15 October 2009 (UTC) reply


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Re: Krypton (comics)

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Digitalis

Hi. I've amended your recent changes to Digitalis purpurea. I believe the heart drug(s) are known as digoxin, though I used to think it was 'digitalin'. I've amended your changes therefore to point at the digoxin article. I've also changed the 'best known' bit of your statement to 'well known', since the plant is arguably better known, in Britain and Europe anyway, as a common ornamental garden and wild plant. Thanks. Imc ( talk) 16:08, 21 October 2012 (UTC) reply

In relation to the question of where the digitalis (medicine) redirect should point to, I think it ought to point to digoxin since it is the primary medicine article. Now that you have raised the topic, it seems that the Digitalis article has two main subjects, one being the plant, the other the drug /toxin. The latter content overlaps the digoxin content. Thus there is an argument to have just a summary about the drug at the Digitalis article, with all substantial content at the drug article. Imc ( talk) 20:09, 21 October 2012 (UTC) reply

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Hi, I noticed you are able to get many images for albums. I have created quite a few album articles, but am afraid to upload images and get the copyright wrong. Since what I mainly work on (60s psychedelic and garage rock) appears to be of interest to you, I was wondering if I could make some requests for images in the near future that you could possibly obtain? Apologies if I'm being a nuisance, I'll leave you to your work if this was a bother. However, if you are willing, please respond on my talk page at your convenience. Thank you. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 09:23, 17 July 2015 (UTC) reply

Thanks a lot for the advice, I think that is more than enough to finally get the images uploaded correctly. I glanced at the website you also mentioned, but I want to really search through it for possibly article opportunities and, of course, just plain interest. I really appreciate the articles you did create when you were more active here. The Human Expression, for example, is one of my favorite garage rock bands of the era, and the album article attached to it actually motivated me to go out and find the CD. So, again, your work is appreciated. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 18:40, 17 July 2015 (UTC) reply
P. S. I'm not sure if this will convince you, but would really hope you get back to creating articles on wiki. I know you probably don't get much credit for your work, and I think you should know I appreciate it. There is another user called Garagepunk66 who you would have so much to talk about with, as well. Anyways, my point is that reviving those old, forgotten bands like I'm trying to do, and you already have success in doing, is important and people, even my age, are still intrigued by the music. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 03:34, 19 July 2015 (UTC) reply
That is confusing, especially with some of the Pebbles album's being deleted. I've made articles that are similar to the obscurity of Milan the Leather Boy, but I haven't had to worry about them being deleted as of yet. I guess I'm just lucky so far. Still, I hope you reconsider and start to be more active again, there just does not seem to be many users interested in this kind of music anymore. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 16:58, 19 July 2015 (UTC) reply
By the way, I should credit you for an article I made a day ago after looking through your website. It was about the Magicians and it completes the original Nuggets track list. I would not have considered writing it if I did not see them on your website so thanks for that. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 16:56, 24 July 2015 (UTC) reply

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  • That's what happens when you don't read an article thoroughly, shame on me :( I never reached the PERSONAL LIFE part, so I knew nothing of the sex operation part (thus the name change). Knowing this, the title is of course quite a propos.

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Take a look at the garage rock article!

Shocking Blue, I've noticed some of the terrific articles you've started up, such as the Outcasts. I've made some extensions to the Garage rock article. I think you'll like it a lot. By the way the article now mentions the Outcasts in the Texas regional section. Garagepunk66 ( talk) 03:59, 11 September 2015 (UTC) reply

Shocking Blue thanks for commending the Magicians article, it means a lot coming from the user who single-handily put the Pebbles series on Wikipedia (by the way I recreated the articles deletionists got to). I made several other articles on garage rock artists, hopefully you would enjoy. I still hold out hope you'll be more active and maybe we can work together on some articles. Regards! TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 18:32, 11 September 2015 (UTC) reply

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Garage rock article just went GA!

I have some good news. The garage rock article just went GA! Check it out. You'll see the Outcasts there and a bunch of the bands you did articles on. Garagepunk66 ( talk) 08:42, 28 November 2015 (UTC) reply

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I've read almost all your articles (Mouse and the Traps his probably my favorite) and I was wondering if you ever planned to start writing again. We're missing a quality creator in my opinion and it would be huge in our efforts to expand the awareness of 60s music. If you a short of article ideas, I still have a dozen or so bands to get you back in the game. I know wikipedia "know-it-alls" are sometimes joy-killers but people like me support what you did and still can do. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 01:02, 18 March 2016 (UTC) reply

I still keep a toe in every now and then, and I might get back into Wikipedia at another time. I am now involved in a different project of my own: writing up articles on what I call under-appreciated rock bands that don't yet have a Wikipedia article (and probably wouldn't qualify in many cases). I have been writing up long music articles on my Facebook page for some time now, and I also have a website that lays everything out through the third quarter of 2013. Check it out if you are interested; the Facebook page is at [1], and the website is at [2]. The website in particular has gotten really gargantuan (I am closing in on 4,000 webpages), and I have yet to find a good place for it. All my best, and I hope you can hang in there. I agree that there is a need for good writing and editing; it seems like a third or more of the Wikipedia articles on rock bands that I visit have a big note saying that the article needs this or that. It is good hearing from you. Shocking Blue ( talk) 10:20, 20 March 2016 (UTC) reply
Sorry for not seeing your response sooner, I typically check back on talk pages to reply in a timely manner. I actually used your website in search of new music and bands to write about. You deserve credit for the articles Teddy and His Patches, the Magicians, and at least three others that slipped my mind right now. I know Garagepunk also was inspired to write Bohemian Vendetta because of the website as well. It's so in-depth though that I still have not been able to get through all the pages which is incredibly impressive. I'll make sure to leave a few article ideas on the table for whenever you do write on Wikipedia again. There's almost an infinite amount of topics so I'll probably be going at this for years to come. It's nice chatting with a friendly user as well, they are sometimes hard to find on here. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 00:17, 21 March 2016 (UTC) reply
Great to hear from you, and thank you for your compliments. I don't remember saying anything about Teddy and His Patches, so I am not sure I deserve that credit. I still can't believe how long it took for someone to finally write about the Magicians! I sometimes get involved in something that turns out to be a lot larger than what I had expected, but it is hard for me to put the website down. Garagepunk told me that he got the idea to write up the article on Bohemian Vendetta. What had frustrated me so much is that some of my articles began disappearing, particularly the Pebbles articles that I had put so much time into – even Pebbles, Volume 2 was deleted, and that one has what is probably my very favorite song of all time, "Green Fuz". The Pebbles box sets were a particular nightmare, trying to compare those volumes with the original LP's, and the CD box with the LP box – I didn't think I would ever get to the end of it. BTW, Bomp now has the LP box back in those absolutely stunning starburst vinyl records that they are selling now; have you seem those? Individual volumes can be purchased also. It is worth a trip to the Bomp website to see them. Shocking Blue ( talk) 08:56, 21 March 2016 (UTC) reply
Well Teddy and His Patches was a little indirect, but I got the idea after looking through Pebbles, Volume 3, which you wrote. I've been trying to defend the Pebbles series for some time from deletionists because in my opinion the albums are just as important as those found in the Nuggets series. The problem that I've found with some Wiki users is if they are not knowledgable in a certain field, take garage rock in this instance, they just assume it's not notable. I know a lot of them will throw "policy" in your face, but that "policy" misses the whole point of what garage rock is. I've been trying to complete my whole Pebbles series collection for some time so I'll need to check out the Bomp website. I only have the CD box so I'm sure the LP version is stunning. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 20:38, 21 March 2016 (UTC) reply
I don't even know how many of the "Now That's What I Call Music" albums are on Wikipedia – the original series alone has 93 volumes, and each one has an article. I suppose those are automatically "notable" because they are filled with popular songs by major artists, but who cares? There are any number of ways of finding those songs besides Now. Not only did Pebbles introduce hundreds of songs whose very existence was unknown to virtually everyone, but these albums are still about the only way of finding most of them. I put a quote in a Pebbles article from Allmusic by Richie Unterberger (I believe it was) who said that the Pebbles albums had even more influence on the rise of 1970's punk rock than the original Nuggets album, but to no avail. Why doesn't anyone seem to get that this is "notable"? Once the sign goes up that the article is being considered for deletion, it doesn't seem like there is anything that can be done about it. The article I am proudest of is on Milan the Leather Boy; not even Greg Shaw got to the bottom of who he was. I fought the powers that be for months about that one; I finally was able to shut them down when I noted that he put out more than 30 recordings. Mike Stax got me to write an article about him for Ugly Things #34 a few years back. (I still haven't gotten around to updating the Wikipedia article since the UT article came out). I guess you could say that I won the battle but lost the war; ever since I have been leery of getting involved in a big way in Wikipedia again. A year or two back, I noticed that a lot of the contributions that I was putting into articles were being almost immediately reverted; that was pretty much the final straw. I even had one of my disambiguation entries deleted once. I don't want it to be that way, and I guess that I will eventually get over it; but to say that this has all left a bad taste in my mouth is an understatement. Shocking Blue ( talk) 13:34, 22 March 2016 (UTC) reply

I understand your disillusionment with how Wiki works, sometimes I wonder why I put up with some of the injustices. I was having fun, especially on my first few articles, but unfortunately I got a sour editor (who will remain unnamed to stay neutral) who targeted almost all I had worked on to that point. Nothing was deleted thankfully, but I had to put up a hell of a fight especially for Wimple Winch and the Toggery Five. I feel like I've been spared most of what you endure because I lie low on music articles and once in a while dip my toe into a major artist. I just hope you continue to stay around as you are doing. Honestly, if you came back to write your own material again, I feel it will be more secure because me and Garagepunk have gotten a bigger voice here when it comes to 60s music. We would back you up if any problems arise, you have my word. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 23:36, 25 March 2016 (UTC) reply

I didn't mean to get so wound up there, but I did want to mention some of my history with Wikipedia; I am sure that you have your own stories to tell. I too have tried to stay away from major artists and always hoped that "they" would leave my meager efforts alone. There is something in notability about people being notable if enough experts think they are, or something like that; maybe that is a way of attack. When I first got involved, I understood that anyone could edit Wikipedia articles; it took me a while to realize that editing included deleting. There should be a higher standard for deleting it seems to me; at the very least, only experienced Wikipedians should be able to do that. When I first got started, Wikipedia hadn't had a million articles for very long; there are now 5 million articles, with no end in sight. Maybe they can ease up on some of these restrictions. Anyway, you and Garagepunk both have gotten me interested in getting back in, and I am going to make plans to do that. I am still working full time, and my wife has a lot of health problems; and I still am trying to writing Under Appreciated Rock Band articles (though I am down to four per year rather than 12) and get the website finished up. But let me see if I can think of a new article. At the least, I will try next month to get the Milan article updated from what I had in the Ugly Things article; that at least will get be going! Shocking Blue ( talk) 21:05, 26 March 2016 (UTC) reply
It's no problem, you have every right to get a little worked up. After working and putting a lot of time and effort into an article, it can be upsetting. Music is especially tricky to designate to an absolute notability guideline because older artists that were once forgotten have been revived overtime. To me, the fact that their music withstood the test of time, is something special and should be considered notable. I agree with you though, if an article had to be considered for deletion, it should be by experienced editors, and hopefully by those who don't have it "out" for the writer. Me and Garagepunk will be around for awhile so you'll always have friends here. Take your time coming back because it's obvious from what you told me that you have priorities that are much more important than anything Wikipedia could offer. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 02:17, 29 March 2016 (UTC) reply
Thank you for listening, you and Garagepunk both. It's great to know that there are new people on the '60's music side that really care! All my best. Shocking Blue ( talk) 11:15, 30 March 2016 (UTC) reply

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I know you are not as active lately, but I was wondering if you would be interested in joining the garage rock task force when I have it created. It is a page devoted to coordinating garage rock topics and issues. If you want, you could also hold an administrative role. Let me know what you think. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 00:07, 17 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Hello again, the task force is up and running here. Please add yourself and feel free to add the userbox available there. TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 03:50, 10 January 2017 (UTC) reply
Thanks! Just let me know what to do next. Shocking Blue ( talk) 11:08, 10 January 2017 (UTC) reply
At the moment we are just waiting for everyone to assemble. I started a to-do list at the page if you are interested. Also, if you have happen to create an article or are on a talk page related to garage rock, please add this template {{ WikiProject Rock music/Garage rock taskforce}}. Thank you! TheGracefulSlick ( talk) 22:14, 10 January 2017 (UTC) reply

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Hi Shocking Blue. Thanks for your recent edit to the article Ronald Reagan in music. I was wondering if you could provide a reference for the screening of " Two Tribes" during the 1984 Democratic National Convention. I searched for material on it but couldn't find anything online, and the article about the song makes no mention of it. Thanks in advance! Morganfitzp ( talk) 04:37, 25 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Thank you, Morganfitzp, for your comment. I took out the reference. Sounds cool all right, and I found a dozen or two references to it on the Internet; but apparently, they all came from the Wikipedia article (typically word for word). The fact is, much 1980's items simply have not made it to the web, or if they did, the websites where they formerly resided are gone. Shocking Blue ( talk) 17:14, 25 September 2017 (UTC) reply
Cool. If you find a citation for it, I'd love to read it. And PS: I'm a big fan of the Dutch band that share your username! Morganfitzp ( talk) 20:40, 25 September 2017 (UTC) reply
Update: Just found a ref for it. Just added to article. Morganfitzp ( talk) 15:25, 26 September 2017 (UTC) reply
LOL! I guess I got into Wikipedia early to be able to pick up that name. Good job on finding that reference. Shocking Blue ( talk) 11:24, 28 September 2017 (UTC) reply
I added your citation to the article on " Two Tribes". Shocking Blue ( talk) 11:46, 28 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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Figures. Not happy about it, but I have been expecting it. Shocking Blue ( talk) 19:50, 21 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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