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I respond (when I do) on this page to remarks, comments, or questions left here. If you don't see a response here, it's because I haven't responded.
Since most users don't seem to follow this practice, some of the material here represents the end of a discussion begun elsewhere, which explains why I haven't responded to it. In other cases I may not have responded because I've been too lazy, haven't got around to it yet, think a response is not appropriate (this will apply to abusive comments, but not exclusively), don't have an answer, or haven't noticed yet that a comment has been left here. (This list of possible reasons is not intended to be exhaustive.) TheScotch ( talk) 16:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry but I had to remove your votes on the ArbCom elections. You registered at 08:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC). In order to vote your account must be registered before 1 October 2006. Regards. - Aksi_great ( talk) 09:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
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This edit summary is most unhelpful and likely disruptive. Please see WP:Vandalism and please try not to write misleading edit summaries in the future. Thank you. Gwen Gale 20:12, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
I thought you might be interested that ILike2BeAnonymous is up to vandalism and uncivility again on the Richmond, California article, he called the editor that added the content that I added stupid and is very agressive and abrasive in his edit summaries using the word crap frequently aswell as calling my revertions of his vandalism, vandalism. Cholga is a SUPERSTAR ¡Talk2Cholga! Sexy Contribs 23:21, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm of the opinion we don't need duplicate content in the drum kit article. It's not necessary - what was used to replace it, a paragraph with a brief explanation and a link to the main article, should be sufficient. Yes, percussion notation needs expanding and does only contain drum kit specific notation at the moment, but after all, we don't duplicate content on normal musical notation in every article regarding tuned musical instruments, do we. Liverpool Scouse 20:30, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Howdy TheScotch, I'm more than happy to hand over the re-wording of that section to you! I really don't know this person, had never heard of her even, lol. I was just asked to watch over the article as there was an ongoing edit war over that section, and I stepped in just to try to help verify the dispute exists, and perhaps neutralize the edit warring by anonymous editors. I agree with all of your suggestions, they improve the section, so thanks for being bold and stepping in! I'm more than happy to turn that over to you and J.S.! Thanks so much! Ariel ♥ Gold 08:04, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Wikipedia talk:Manual of style, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. NB: By making that "this" ⇒ "his" edit, you actually introduced an error. Please leave other people's talk posts alone. Everyone loves copyeditors in articles, but being one on posts other than your own on talk pages can get you blocked from editing (I've witnessed that happen myself). — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ cont] ‹(-¿-)› 14:58, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Please feel free to ignore the so-called Manual of Style; most of us do. A handful of editors wish to use it a platform to "reform" the English language, which will not succeed. If it really annoys you, change it; but read WP:CONSENSUS first. What have you done on the Greek modes? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:21, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
I am starting an RfC at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Tony1. I know that you had been involved in the related incidents, and was letting you know in case you would like to add to it. - Rainwarrior 11:01, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't believe our focus is on how well Ringo plays the instrument, but that he does play it. The fact is, he has credits on "a Day in the Life", "Don't Pass Me By" and tow of his solo albums. He is sen playing on the 2003 DVD of the All-Starr band. There is a reference at http://liverpoolcityportal.co.uk/beatles/beatles_composers.html I have reverted the word "piano".
Vytal 07:30, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
7/4 *is* an interval on *a* just-intonation scale. Just not on the Western classical just-intonation scale, which I will call the "standard scale" to differentiate it from the "blues scale".
The blues scale is, in ratios: 1, 7/6, 4/3, 7/5, 3/2, 7/4, 2. The blue notes are 7/6, 7/5, and 7/4, the others being normal diatonic notes.
This corresponds roughly to the following notes on the standard C scale: C Eb F Gb G Bb C. While the unison, fourth, fifth, and octave (C, F, G, C) match exactly the notes on the just-intonation standard scale, the other notes are only roughly approximated by the standard scale. In particular, the blues seventh varies by as much as a third of a semitone from the standard minor seventh, which is a fairly large variation. I feel it is important to make that clear.
In its current form the article suggests that a standard minor seventh, aka Bb, is actually a blue note, when this is far from the case.
Even if you disagree that the blues scale is canonically defined, there is *still* a need to point out that blue notes are only roughly approximated by flat notes on the diatonic scale (Eb, Gb, and Bb). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Splitpeasoup ( talk • contribs) 07:03, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
It was sometimes used as a sort of blues note by jazz trumpet players (less often by trombone players)--for obvious reasons--, but there is otherwise no justification for this speculative supposition. (When you cite a source, don't give me a URL; say what the source is--and don't find "sources" by cruising the net; know what you're talking about.) TheScotch 13:11, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Comment left here. Your comments welcome. -- Rodhullandemu ( Talk) 12:27, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't calling anyone stupid. A definition of "obtuse" is "difficult to comprehend". http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/obtuse
You need to calm down. Nobody of Consequence ( talk) 18:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
From the Heinemann English Dictionary, p.4: "Do not confuse abstruse with obtuse: abstruse means 'difficult to understand' (an abstruse academic debate), whereas obtuse means 'slow to understand' (an obtuse student).
(Also: http://jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2006/05/picking-nits.html)
Note, please, that Merriam-Webster purports to be purely "descriptive" (and seems to me to be getting more aggressively anti-"prescriptive" all the time). This means that it lists all the ways it discovers a word to be used and makes no judgement about whether the usage is proper. It follows that Merriam-Webster cannot be used as a source with which to cite proper usage. TheScotch ( talk) 06:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Just so you know. I agree with your latest edit - there's no need for frequencies at that point in the bass guitar article. Dinobass ( talk) 09:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Was a homo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.215.223 ( talk) 13:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Please do not remove sourced content from articles without clear consensus to do so. Wikipedia is not censored so removing content that you find objectionable is not in the best interest of Wikipedia. Benji boi 08:32, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
...but are you really happy with "Purportedly the instrument" ? Cheers,-- NapoliRoma ( talk) 07:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
I personally don't give a shit if you want to undo my archiving, but check out the [[WP:ARCHIVE}archiving policy]] for talk pages that become too long. Is there something particularly controversial on the French Horn page that I missed which would justify not archiving? Actually, I don't even care enough to want to know the answer. But do familiarise yourself with the policy of you have not done so already. Ciao Eusebeus ( talk) 04:46, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
I agree with the first part of your recent edit summary on the double bass article ("Specific frequencies (whether cps or Hz.) are irrelevant and illogical here--as well as POV."); stating these frequencies is irrelevant and illogical, and I'm glad you removed them. But how in the world do you get from there to "POV"? Whose point of view is being violated here? Those who don't want to know what the frequencies are? Please explain. + ILike2BeAnonymous ( talk) 22:14, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
It is a book (with the correct title per the header) - sometimes putting in detail like that can help I guess - by Philip Norman. It has some interesting ideas on why the band got so big so quickly, and why they were quickly accepted by the establishment, but the best part of it is the account of the pre-band life of the members, and Brian Epstein, and how they got into music.
My wife is left handed and about the only thing that didn't go kaput when I taught her guitar (a case of the blind useless leading the blind useless) was that I didn't need to keep swapping round when showing her chord shapes/fingering. However, I now know that there is at least one person more useless at spanking the plank than me. LessHeard vanU ( talk) 13:59, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Unfortunately the penalty for having attended the 1st performance is that I am now over 70! But, as a 20 year old, who had very much fallen under the spell of all his other works that I had heard up to then, I remember being rather puzzled and even disappointed at this first hearing. Although it was memorable to see the old boy taking applause from his seat. It was only later, having listened to several recorded versions, that I came to fully appreciate its greatness - or at least its greatness among his symphonies. It haunts me more than any of the others, although if pushed I would rate his Pastoral, 5th and 6th somewhat higher (but there doesn't have to be a competition)! Thanks for improving the article - I didn't feel competent to do so, but felt that earlier versions didn't do anything like justice to this work. Best wishes, John Hamilton (OldFaw) ( talk) 18:19, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
For reasons mentioned above (as well as its intrinsic merits), I have a special regard for this Ninth and was very unhappy about the article as it was earlier. Thanks for a good job of "washing its face" (as RVW used to describe the tidying-up of his scores)!
John Hamilton (
talk) 11:10, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm sure you are aware that the talk page is for talking about the article and NOT the subject of the article. It is certainly not there for people to speculate on various meanings and interpretations and, as such, these comments should be stifled at birth. Greetings TINY MARK 10:56, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
And doesn't it wind me up when people call things "acronyms" when they can't be pronounced. Guy ( Help!) 18:00, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
sorry about the discussion page, I should have checked it. But the two symphonies have exactly the same title (I have the CD with H.H. 7th in front of me, I can confirm the title is "A Sea Symphony"). A disambiguation page is therefore needed, I think. A "move" loop would perhaps allow to create that page without losing the related discussions?
Regards, -- Mahlerite ( talk) 10:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I think if you want such an article, the best way to get it is to write it yourself. If no one's written one so far, the chances that anyone will write one soon is slim. You might try arguing the need for such an article (if you think one is necessary) at the Howard Hanson article discussion page. After someone declares his intention to write one we can worry about how to disambiguate. TheScotch ( talk) 12:03, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I checked two sources for the title of the Hanson symphony. The first didn't list it among Hanson's works at all. The second, Grove, lists it thus "Sym. no.7 ‘The Sea’ (Whitman), chorus, orch, 1977". Grove lists Vaughan Williams piece as "A Sea Symphony (no.1) (W. Whitman), S, Bar, SATB, orch, 1903–9, last rev. 1923".
I think there may be some confusion about the quotation marks. The double quotations above are mine; the title of Vaughan Williams's piece does not include them. The single quotation marks are Grove's; the title of Hanson's piece does seem to include them. I can't tell if the quotation marks you've put around the title of Hanson's piece are supposed to be yours or his. If they're his, the two pieces do not have the same title.
They could still be confused, of course, and whether that possible confusion should warrant a disambiguation page, I'm not sure. (They seem to be based on the same literary work.) TheScotch ( talk) 16:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Beats me. I thought to check the score, but the university music library here doesn't seem to have a copy. I might be able to get it through an inter-university loan, but that would take some time. The first source I mentioned above, by the way, is the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, and I'm guessing it doesn't list this piece because it was too recent then. The piece is from 1977, and my edition of the dictionary was published in 1980.
Anyway, your first link clearly includes Symphony No. 7 as part of the title and clearly puts the sea symphony bit in quotation marks. As I've pointed out the Vaughan Williams piece title does not include quotation marks, nor, of course, does it include the phrase Symphony No. 7. Your second link also begins with Symphony No. 7 and makes the sea symphony bit a subtitle. So far no source anyone's cited gives the same title for the Hanson piece and the Vaughan Williams piece. TheScotch ( talk) 16:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
My final comment in the AFD for Islamophila was overtaken by the close process. FYI it was:
If I have an axe to grind here, it is as an expert on English usage. I have had dealings with red herrings for many years, both literally and literarily. I recall having to explain the phrase to a bemused Flemish colleague who much enjoyed using it thereafter. As the saying goes, great minds think alike.
No big deal - just don't like to leave that thread hanging. Colonel Warden ( talk) 17:07, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello there. "References in popular culture" seems more accurate than "trivia" - the section is entirely composed of references made to Byrne by other cultural sources, rather than being a general list of trivial facts about him. We need to get rid of the section, but giving it a clearer name will save future editors the effort of combing through it to see whether any of the trivia about Byrne can be combined into the biography sections (and, obviously, future readers from wasting time reading it).
Also, please try to assume good faith before calling other users' edits "dishonest". Thanks. -- McGeddon ( talk) 08:56, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Ha ha!!! Those images aren't mine; they've come up again and again when the discussion repeats itself again and again. See the archives and you'll see what I mean. Badagnani ( talk) 05:38, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Apologies, no offense meant...I thought my commentary was okay but if it came across as rude it wasn't intended... Patrick59 ( talk) 12:16, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
You would be correct to point out that "motive" was not a misspelling of "motif" in Symphony_No._4_(Vaughan_Williams). However, a survey of general sources on music theory does not support your statement that motive is much more commonly used in general music theory, and supports the view that "motif" is entirely valid. I believe the word "motif" is understood much more widely among non-specialists than the word "motive" (based on usage in general media). Wikipedia policy says that articles are to be made accessible to general readers rather than specialists, where possible, in the encyclopedic spirit. In consequence, the word "motif" is a better choice than "motive" in the interests of clarity to a general readership, since it has no disadvantages which outweigh this advantage. I have added a wikilink to further clarify. Elroch ( talk) 09:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
In any case, the context in question is part of a "Trivia" section not long for this world, and this particular entry's veracity has been challenged, which makes its prospects for integration into the main article even more dubious. If you can't help with integrating worthy entries and deleting the others, you should stay out of this section altogether. TheScotch ( talk) 10:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
You've just reverted four times within a 24-hour-period. I ask that you kindly undo your last edit, or I will be forced to take action about this. It's not proper to just go ahead and make contentious edits, as you did, without first discussing and generating consensus. Thank you and best, Badagnani ( talk) 05:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
As per your criteria, it's germane to put forward an argument why you say this is irrelevant. Syd's band, Syd's tribute, Syd's bandmates refusing to share the stage in Syd's band at Syd's tribute. Looks relevant through Syd-centricity to me, hence I added it. MartinSFSA ( talk) 06:38, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
You are very rude as well as incoherent. TheScotch ( talk) 17:14, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I can't make sense of the comment you left on my discussion page. Badagnani ( talk) 18:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
'Fraid I can't help. Liked 'em when I was a kid, and have contributed to the article what I can as a real-life copyeditor, but I'm info-bankrupt! DavidOaks ( talk) 18:36, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Calling someone else's comments "complete and utter nonsense" and stating that you're "extremely disappointed with the responses so far" are an excellent way to insult your fellow editors and shut down what might have been a productive discussion. I have no idea why you find this topic so deserving of heated argument, but I will tell you that I was taken aback by your response to what I intended as thoughtful comments. Your response was also counterproductive to your objective, since consensus is rarely achieved through disparaging what others have to say. Please try to assume good faith and maintain civility. Even if you think the rest of us are blithering idiots, give us a little credit for trying, okay? My last post attempted to clarify something a third editor had written, corrected a mistaken assertion you'd made about a reference work, and provided information on the way two other reference works handle the terminology question. By most reasonable objectives that was a worthwhile post, even if it disappointed you.
If you're still willing to listen to me at all, let me take another shot at explaining what Rachel and I were trying to say. Consider the phrase "English horn player". Now try dividing it up two different ways. In the first case:
English horn. player.
makes sense and means what we intend it to, i.e., someone who plays the English horn. But look:
English. horn player.
suddenly, we're confronted by a horn player who is English. An unlikely misunderstanding, I'll grant you, but not impossible—simply analogous to the phrase "American horn player", referring to an American who plays a horn (any kind of horn, even if it's not a horn). So the phrase "English horn player" is indeed ambiguous, not because of any confusion over what an English horn is but because the adjective "English" could be modifying either "horn" alone or "horn player". Such admittedly far-fetched confusion simply would not be possible with the phrase "cor anglais player", since that can only be parsed one way and make any sense at all.
Peace,
Rivertorch (
talk) 16:57, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I kindly request that you refrain from threatening other editors in your edit summaries, as you did in this edit. That would be greatly appreciated by the entire WP community. Badagnani ( talk) 16:54, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
You did continue and you were blocked again--as predicted. TheScotch ( talk) 09:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Agree with keeping it simple in the lead, but Macca was a founding member of The Fabs. In truth, Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Sutcliffe and Best were the founding members. Only Lennon came from The Quarrymen. BTW, ever thought of joining The Beatles project?-- andreasegde ( talk) 12:37, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
"It" released many records. "It" just happened to be called The Beatles at the time. TheScotch ( talk) 09:32, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
I have blocked you from editing for 31 hours, a standard vandalism block, for disruption. I shall bring this block and discussion to the attention of WP:AN, as I may be considered to be an involved party. You may wish to comment there when your block expires, or should you succesfully appeal this block. I would strongly urge you not to repeat the edit for which you have been blocked until this matter is resolved (in your favour). LessHeard vanU ( talk) 21:37, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
It appears that the overwhelming consensus of the discussion on the noticeboard was that I was wrong to have blocked you, and I therefore apologise for my actions in this instance. LessHeard vanU ( talk) 12:37, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
So long as it's an accurate summary of the source, it does not matter if it's a direct quote or not - we should not be directly lifting material from elsewhere, we are encouraged to precis. David Underdown ( talk) 07:38, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
An explanation (and further discussion) about your edits to Monad (music) at its talk page would be rather appreciated. Thank you. ~ Jafet Speaker of many words 13:10, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
The French Horn players in the London Symphony Orchestra would be fascinated to hear that they are playing an 'invalid' instrument! The term 'French Horn' is used not only in the UK - where it is never referred to as anything else - but in many other parts of the English-speaking world. If you don't think so, take a look at these websites, and then contact them all and tell them they are wrong :
http://library.thinkquest.org/5116/french_horn.htm
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=261
http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/a/French_Horn.htm
http://cnx.org/content/m11617/latest/
http://www.soundjunction.org/thefrenchhornabriefhistory.aspa?NodeID=1
http://www.mathcs.duq.edu/~iben/fhorn.htm
http://www.hypermusic.ca/inst/fhorn.html
http://www.wagner-tuba.com/french_horn_range.htm
http://www.djmmusic.com/items.asp?Cc=FrenchHorns&CatMoveby=0&Nbm=&Pbm=&FromNav=
http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/french_horn.jsp
In England the Cor anglais is NEVER referred to as the English Horn
Wiki is a world encyclopedia. Please restore my edit.
♦ Jongleur100 ♦
talk 08:17, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Oh, yes, you stuck it in with your "French horn" edit. The list here doesn't need to be encumbered with alternative names, "perfectly legitimate" or not. As long as there's a link to the instrument article, the reader can click on it and discover alternative names for himself. TheScotch ( talk) 08:55, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
In the orchestral world, the Italian names of instruments have special significance, because traditionally a score is noted only with the Italian name of the instrument. It's not universal any more, but it's still very likely that when you pick up a sheet of music, the name of the instrument will be in Italian. That's my reasoning that it's important enough for a separate line at the top of the infobox. And it would have been nice to have a discussion before you started reverting all my additions. Acsenray ( talk) 14:16, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I have read a lot of your contributions, and I am liking what I see. You appear to be one of the impartial people on here. Wondering if you could assist me with a situation that has just become ridiculously overblown. Please look here ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Extended-range_bass&diff=286791679&oldid=286791477 and here ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Sub-bass&diff=286791265&oldid=286657345, and please tell me what exactly is so "gushing" about those entries. I have been bullied to no end on here trying to put up accurate info about Carbonne, and received the "gushing" comment from Dinobass (in bass guitar discussion, last item) regarding the changes on those pages. Could you please explain to me what needs to be done to have Carbonne represented on here as he should be, as a pioneer regarding the bass guitar instrument? It seems to me, there is obvious favoritism in play, and I would like someone to write something about him on here, as he is very well known and respected at this point, and obviously, I could not make that point on my own. I do not feel the facts above are gushing in the least - they are just facts - and supported facts at that. Really hoping you will help, as I have given up relative to being treated fairly on here. Thanks so much :). 69.116.201.54 ( talk) 17:55, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, just a quick question which I also placed on the talk page for this article. Shouldn't the title of the article be "Symphony No. 7 (Hanson)" to be consistent with other Wiki symphony articles? Jonyungk ( talk) 00:29, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
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I notice that you made a recent edit for the article about Dave Mason. Mason's manager is (or was) David Spero so thought I'd ask if you could take a look here on the Discussion page and consider making a quick addition to the article on Spero. I'm related to a member of one of the bands that Spero manages (not Mason), so I have a conflict and don't want to edit the article directly.
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Hi! I've already posted this on the "Eight Miles High" talk page, in response to your snarky and rude comment (see here), but I wanted to reiterate on your talk page, to make sure that you saw it. I have been nothing but civil in responding to your comments on the "Walk Away Renee" talk page and have attempted to take into consideration the good points you have raised and find some middle ground. However, that was before I saw your comments directed at Freshacconci and myself. Simply put, labeling me and other editors "ridiculous" because you happen to disagree with our points, is not at all the way in which one should ideally carry oneself on Wikipedia. I suggest that you familiarise yourself with the Wikipedia policies on civility, personal attacks and the guidelines about wiki etiquette. We are all here (presumably) to improve Wikipedia, but your comment does not assume good faith. I will report further personal attacks -- regardless of whether they are directed towards me or any other editor – but I do sincerely hope that it won't come to that. Please, let's not have anymore of this snarky nonsense. Thank you. -- Kohoutek1138 ( talk) 13:30, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hello TheScotch. You started the article about Kundera's father, thank you for that, he was a significant figure in the 20th century public and cultural life in Czechoslovakia. Your article reminded me of the sixth part of the Book of Laughter and Forgetting, "The Angels". Kundera speaks about his father in the book and ... the chapter 7 of "The Angels" is one of the most beautiful pieces of the world literature, in my opinion. It really touched my heart, Kundera named the unnameable in that short piece of text. Best regards. -- Vejvančický ( talk / contribs) 10:04, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
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How exactly do you think your edit here addressed the issue of corrupting the word "inspire"? Sundayclose ( talk) 17:03, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
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Please see pages 384-385 of the latest edition of Modern English Usage. Despite the insistence of the Gussie Fink-Nottle of the Tory party there is nothing wrong with opening a sentence with "However". Tim riley talk 21:11, 25 February 2024 (UTC)