User talk:Drewcifer3000/Archive 7
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Peer review?
Mate, could you please take a look at Wikipedia:Peer review/My Happiness (song)/archive1 when you have the time? Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 11:20, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Sandbox: Sorry!
Sorry about that! I'll move it to my sandbox. Burningclean [speak] 13:59, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Caravaggio and featured list
I noticed your work on Caravaggio and I was wondering whether you had any interest in helping get Chronology of works by Caravaggio up to FL status? Remember (talk) 16:52, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Speedy deletion of Image:Yeah Yeah Yeahs.jpg
Sorry about the template...was there supposed to be an OTRS ticket on the image? Most of your uploads are impeccably sourced and licensed. Kelly hi! 02:33, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
White Mountain art
I did receive a GA for White Mountain art. I thank you for your comments, and I believe that I have addressed your issues. Now, based on Moni3's suggestion, I have requested a peer review to prepare for FAC. I would very much appreciate your peer review. You helped me to eliminate my "non-encyclopedic" statements. Please re-review and give me feedback. Thanks! JJ (talk) 02:32, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Done with all the comments. Thanks, « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie ( talk / contribs) 01:40, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
RE:Commons image
All commons images retain an image page here on Wikipedia. When you go to that image page, you will see the commons information. The trouble with Image:Sandra Nasić.jpg is that it was uploaded to commons without the accent on the c (ć), so it can be found at Image:Sandra Nasic.jpg or commons:Image:Sandra Nasic.jpg. I did make this clear in the deletion summary, but obviously not clear enough. ;) Woody (talk) 15:42, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Personally, I think you are over-thinking this. If they want to search for the image, there is a link in the deletion log and it is linked on the actual Sandra Nasic page so it is easily accessible. We don't usually have redirects to images as far as I know. Woody (talk) 15:52, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
3RR concerning the Broken EP issue
I'm sure you are aware of the 3RR policy. Before you break it, I have initiated a discussion here into whether Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP) is a studio album, and therefore Ghosts I-IV is the seventh album, and The Slip is the eighth etc. Please contribute to the discussion, so this can be put to bed soon. -- Reaper X 06:00, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Have been having problems with my internet provider - so have only just addressed your comments about wiki-linking the dates. Am absolutely hopless at wiki-tables so would appreciate any assistance there. Dan arndt (talk) 03:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- The changes that you've made look great - thanks for the help. Dan arndt (talk) 05:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Brotherhood of Man discography
I can't believe you've just completely changed my page on Brotherhood of Man discography. Several administrators had seen the page, but none had told me to remove anything. All the pictures were fair use. The page as it stands is completely useless, and may as well be completely removed. Why do you so desperately want to ruin an informative page like this? One that I'd spent a lot of time putting together? It was a good refernce as to what songs were on each album and to what each album looked like. I'm disgusted.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 19:48, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- I've just realised that you're one of the administrators that has viewed the page and gave me advice on it! Why did you suddenly decide to do this?--Tuzapicabit (talk) 19:51, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- I see you're involved in the Nine inch Nails page - well, what interest can Brotherhood of Man possibly have to a Nine inch nails fan? You've done this out of pure spite. I've deleted the info completely, because the page is completely useless as it was. --Tuzapicabit (talk) 20:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- Just got your response, but the fact is Brotherhood of Man albums (all of them?) don't warrant a page each (only some of them actually charted)- hence the reason why I put all the albums on one page. So it's like a load of mini album pages in one. By the by, I'm certainly not spending any more time on this - I did my work and you took it away. Just forget it now. I'm done with Wikipedia. It was a labour of love at first, but it's been a nightmare since.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 20:11, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, since things have calmed down, I've taken your advice and redone the BOM pages as seperate album pages. I do apologize for my over-reaction to your edits (can you tell I was having a bad day?!!) and my assumption that you were an administrator. I do understand of course the need to keep Wikipedia accurate and to the correct format. I myself have made several edits to other people's articles (although perhaps not as big, unless I am fairly confident I can radically improve the subject matter, but I bow to your greater experience). Again, please accept my apologies and hopefully in time I will learn to take these changes on the chin a little more. Thanks for being so patient (and more mature!)in your replies.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 00:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you for your reply. Having looked at it, I have to agree the Nine Inch Nails discog is really impressive and has given me allsorts of ideas (I'd never even considered putting a write-up on a discography page - I thought of it as just a list page). It's a shame the picture crteria is so strict as the Live picture you've used somehow doesn't really fit the article (not unless the concert in question was released as an album) - or perhaps a photo of all their albums/singles laid out might work. It's given me an idea for a few other acts as well - funnily enough, Brotherhood of Man are not my favourite artist (they were my first love - so I know quite a lot about them), but other artist pages I can't get near, although perhaps I could do a discography on Bucks Fizz. Their page is not great (I've done pages for all their albums and members), but I know the guy that wrote the main page, so I'm reluctant to tamper with it. (Although I suppose I'm lucky in that I have one group that no-one else seems really to want to write about (although I do know a few mega-fans - but perhaps they've got lives!) - so it's all down to me! My brother is an Abba fan - so you can imagine how far he'd get on their page before it was pounced upon!) Anyway, this is me just thinking aloud - ignore my ramblings. Thank you again for opening my eyes to the possibilities and being so understanding. --Tuzapicabit (talk) 07:14, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Re:FLC closings and junk
I agree with you that it would be great if I include every list I close in my edit summary, but I think doing it all at once is better. (closing 12 so that you can fit all of them in the edit summary boxes could be upwards of 4 edits depending on how long the titles are) Usually I try to get to closures every day, but I've fallen a little behind as of late and have closed more than my normal amount. At WP:FAC Sandy's edit summaries are always "pr/ar". -- Scorpion0422 05:09, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Re: Certifications
Hey, thanks for letting me know, that's actually pretty cool. If you have any questions or need help, just throw me a line eh? Cheers. -- Reaper X 02:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- In-fucking-credible. All I can say. Good job, I've added my support @ the FLC. -- Reaper X 16:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
NIN
Just wondering: do you plan to work on all the Nine Inch Nails albums eventually? And if so, are you going to approach them in a particular order? I can probably help you track down sources for the older stuff. WesleyDodds (talk) 09:01, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
- I thought the Pretty Hate Machine book was already out. You check the release date on Amazon? WesleyDodds (talk) 21:58, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I have a 2005 Spin issue with a cover story about With Teeth. I thought it was used as a source in the Nine Inch Nails page, but apparently not. Let me know what you need and I'll try and find it in the article. WesleyDodds (talk) 22:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yep. WesleyDodds (talk) 01:53, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- You see this yet? WesleyDodds (talk) 02:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Down a few pegs
Hey, I hope my remarks don't discourage you. You clearly work hard and have terrific writing skills. I comment because I want to see the article promoted, not because I don't want to see it promoted. Good luck on the FAC. --Laser brain (talk) 23:52, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, I didn't mean for you to do the exercise, I just pointed you there because the exercise maybe explains the problem with the sentence better than I could. At any rate, feel free to contact me ahead of time if you're trying to bring other articles to FA. I can help you identify if they are ready. I see Ghosts had a peer review, but you'll get much better results if you inform the people on the volunteer list who state they are interested in popular music. That way you can identify problems and get the article fixed up before it gets to FAC, which is how the system should ideally work. --Laser brain (talk) 14:45, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Block them
217.218.65.2 and 88.88.53.242 have been adding fake chart positions, certifications and sales. --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 12:27, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
You can't see that Scoundrel Days, Stay on These Roads and East of the Sun, West of the Moon has been certified unless you search on their name on Song Title. How can you have this as a source. --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 13:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
a-ha discography
I'm finished with all the things you said i was going to fix on the a-ha discography. --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 13:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
What do you meen with Similar columns between tables should ideally kept a consistent width (ie the "Title" and "Certification" columns). --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 12:09, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was just wondering if you had a look through the change made to the article, thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 15:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Scratch that last comment, I'll keep it at FLC. Sunderland06 (talk) 21:49, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah concensus based. Sunderland06 (talk) 22:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Do you think there is any chance of your comment eventually turning to Support, I am going to edit tomorrow as I'm a bit tired. Sunderland06 (talk) 22:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Bot errors
Your right, that is an error. Bot stopped, am rechecking contribs. Thanks. MBisanz talk 07:26, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yep, it was picking up the }} wrong on some types of images, I've tightened the regex, so it shouldn't happen again. MBisanz talk 08:12, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Music certification
Hey there, noticed you removed the table from Music recording sales certification and replaced with a link. I actually think that was a great move, however, looking at the table on the other article, I really believe the one on MRSC had superior formatting and data. Might I suggest moving the table from MRSC to the other article (replacing it)? Or do you have a reason in mind for not doing so? Cheers! — Huntster (t • @ • c) 11:21, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I really only meant that the formatting of information seemed better on the old chart. The new chart emphasizes the certifying body too much and does not have columns for "Info as of" and "Source", which I found very useful. I guess I can see use in having separate tables for each type, but I preferred the old because it was more concise. At the end of the day, of course, so long as all data is present, it'll be fine. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 02:29, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Lebanese music records
hi i'm not an expert in Arabic or Lebanese music and i've never heard of any lebanese recording associations but i can give u some links to some of the labels operating in lebanon
- Rotana has a quasi monopoly over Lebanese music industry, a company owned by Saudi emir Walid Bin Talal who's mother is lebanese.
check out http://www.rotana.net/RotanaNew/Rotana/default.aspx there's also a wikipedia article on rotana
- Melody music holds a share in the Lebanese pop sector
- Alam Al Fan or Alam El Phan (art world) manages many important Lebanese artists see http://www.alamalfan.com/eng_main.htm
- EMI Arabia http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=306041556
- Vibe Lebanon www.vibelebanon.com (dance / trance music)
- elefrecords http://www.elefteriades.com/
- I.R.S. World
hope this helps
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Year Zero
Sure I'll copyedit it. I guess I should ask for a favor in return. I like researching and writing prose, but I hate doing chart tables and chart positions. I'm trying to improve some Nirvana articles right now; could you add chart positions for "In Bloom" and "Lithium"? You can copy the chart position tables at "Smells Like Teen Spirit". WesleyDodds (talk) 06:34, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
- I think I'm almost done copyediting the article. Probably a few more days, depending on how busy I am.
- Close to done. Should be through by the end of tomorrow. WesleyDodds (talk) 08:48, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Ecuadorian Music Industry
We don't have an overarching musical body, like say Canada or Britain does. What we have is an affiliation of domestic labels, and many of our artists are recorded on Colombian labels. We haven't got an equivalent of the Junos or Grammys or whatnot. The lifted lorax (talk) 15:07, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
A Featured List contest
Grettings. FL directors Scorpion0422 and The Rambling Man have decided to run a contest for FL contributors. We are trying to get some interest in the process and get some FLs for the under-represented topics. If you would like to learn more about this contest, you can find such information here. If you are uninterested in it, then you could still help out by reviewing FLCs submitted by the entrants. Thanks for the time, Scorpion0422 18:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
re: Ghosts
Hey, I would be glad to help out. What is your timeframe for getting it back to FAC? I have one other article I need to copy-edit first. --Laser brain (talk) 13:58, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I took your advice to heart. Hope you like the improvements.--Pericles of AthensTalk 02:35, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to request that you reviewed the above article as you declared it a Good Article a while ago. It has undergone some quite considerable change since you last looked at it, so your objective once-over would be appreciated. Ohconfucius (talk) 10:38, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Hersfold fixed the formatting problem with the images, and other concerns/comments? « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 00:09, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
- I've fixed your concerns here as well - except the first one, which is literally impossible to do. I believe this list is notable enough to have a separate title. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 00:48, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
re: Academic Search Premier
I have access to this database through my old university account. I just go to the library web site, click the database I want, and I get in through my university login/password. No idea why they never shut it off, but if you are a current student of any kind you should have access. It takes some learning because you have to know which database to look in for the sources you want. I have spent countless hours with librarians figuring it out. Also, if you go down to a public library they should have a subscription and the librarian should be able to tell you how to access it. Some university libraries also allow the public to access. Hope this helps. --Laser brain (talk) 14:22, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Interested in your comments
Hi Drewcifer. I recently made this category - Category:Video albums. I then added this - Category:Video albums by artist. Would it be more appropriate to have it named "Category:Videos by artist" rather than "Category:Video albums by artist"? I am tempted to make a page for Video albums as well, what do you think? Tenacious D Fan (talk) 16:38, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the comments. I'll keep it as video albums. ;) Tenacious D Fan (talk) 19:01, 25 June 2008 (UTC)