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Handel's lost operas

It is normal practice to open a talk page thread before moving an article title. You shouldn't just barge in and do it unless there is an obvious error. There are established WP precedents for the use of the full name in such articles, notably Lost operas by Claudio Monteverdi and George Frideric Handel's art collection. I'm quite prepared to have a discussion – you are of course entitled to make a case for your preferred form of title, and I'll naturally go along with any consensus that indicates that your suggestion is the more appropriate one. In the meantime I am reverting to the former title. Brianboulton (talk) 21:48, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

English Folk Song Suite

Hello, JackofOz. Gordon Jacob merely transcribed English Folk Song Suite for symphony orchestra. Is 'Category:Compositions by Gordon Jacob' appropriate? --Tijd-jp (talk) 15:48, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Hmm. Maybe not. Feel free to revert. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 07:15, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

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Sterndale Bennett

Hi Jack! In case you may be interested, I have initiated a peer review for William Sterndale Bennett - I am hoping to get the article up to GA/FA for his bicentenary in April 2016. Best, --Smerus (talk) 10:12, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll take a gander at it. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:09, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Capital punishment

We dasn't capitalize "century" in my neck of the woods. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:22, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Very good. I was, of course, just testing to see which of my acolytes were awake.  :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:10, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho

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Make sure to click on both pictures to see them full size JackofOz as they will give you a chuckle. May your 2016 be full of joy and special times. MarnetteD|Talk 04:00, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Quviahugvik

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Nadolig Llawen

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Merry Christmas!

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John McEwen#Personal

I just learnt about it while replying; I was planning to say merely "you have to leave Oz to die", with a link to the drowning, but I couldn't remember who it was, so I had to look him up, and as it had been a while since I looked at his article, I ended up reading the whole thing. This made me curious about his successor ("what is the Country Party, and how was the deputy PM not a National? Of course this will be mentioned in the article about the guy who succeeded him, so I'll click that link") and prompted me to read McEwen's article. Nyttend (talk) 14:22, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Fritz Fryer

Hello

You made an edit to the article on The Four Pennies claiming that the grandfather of Fritz Fryer was Herbert Fryer.

Did this come from the obituary? Ideally this should be cited?

However I think the obituary may be wrong. I am related to Fritz and I happen to know that his grandfather was called Arthur Fryer.

Thanks

--Rratgerg (talk) 22:55, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi. Citation now provided. I cannot explain the disconnect between the source and your private knowledge. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 00:26, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to a virtual editathon on Women in Music

Women in Music
	10 to 31 January 2016 Please join us in the worldwide virtual edit-a-thon hosted by Women in Red.

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led vs lead

I suggest you read this link, which explains when to use led and when to use lead. http://grammarist.com/spelling/led-lead/ -- Toddy1 (talk) 00:18, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 00:30, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

For your perusal

Hello J. I hope that you are well. I always enjoy reading through your quotes/antiquotes page and watching new additions to it. I thought you might enjoy some of the banter here User talk:Acroterion#REMOVE .22Acroterion.22 as WIKIPEDIA ADMINISTRATOR. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 00:08, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, M. I love a good insult. Keep 'em coming. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 00:18, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

You are welcome. Last century I tried gargling from that fountain but all it did was give me a smart mouth for a couple weeks and that caused me more trouble than it was worth :-) A groaner of a joke to be sure but I couldn't resist. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 01:19, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Four years ago ...

musical company
... you were recipient no. 11 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Unexplained removal of DEFAULTSORT and sortkeys

Please refrain from your unexplained removal of DEFAULTSORT and sortkeys. Editors are quite meticulous when placing these. If you think you must change them, then consult each category page that you will affect in order to determine the proper sorting method, which is usually mentioned at the top.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  18:16, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:01, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

a request concerning your recent change to the JT LeRoy page

Hello JackofOz,

I'd like to ask you to reconsider your edit of the JT LeRoy page, changing the heading to "J.T. LeRoy". In point of fact, it really should be "JT LeRoy", without the periods -- the use of periods in the name on the inner page of Sarah, which you cite as your reason for the edit, is actually a publisher's typo. Note that the e-book reissue of Sarah refers to the author strictly as "JT LeRoy". More importantly, everywhere else in Wikipedia -- in the entries for Laura Albert, Sarah, and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (both book and film) -- the name is always given as "JT LeRoy", without periods. It seems like a small point, but beyond creating an internal inconsistency within Wikipedia, this change also muddies the waters when people search for the name, in or out of Wikipedia. If this is something you'd like to discuss further with me, just let me know. Thank you for your time and consideration of my request.

Yours, NVG13DAO NVG13DAO (talk) 04:33, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Done. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 04:46, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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avoirdupois

Hi Jack, on the refdesk, you said that Aussies say "av-wah-dew-poise", but you didn't specify the stress pattern, which was the thing I found strangest about the pronunciation given in our article. What stress pattern did you have in mind? --Trovatore (talk) 00:46, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi. The pattern I have heard here is AV-wah-dew-POISE. Just like Jekyll and Hyde. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 08:52, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

First and last syllables equally stressed, or is one primary? --Trovatore (talk) 10:05, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Pretty much equal, I believe. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 10:38, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Indonesian earthquake

I'm starting to see news reports about the 2016 Sumatra earthquake, but I can't find anything of this in WA news reports — it's not appearing in this Kimberley/Pilbara aggregator, this website from The West Australian, or this Pilbara/Kimberley aggregator, which includes the Broome Advertiser. Obviously it's not a threat to folks in Gippsland, but are you seeing anything about this in the news in your area? Nyttend (talk) 04:29, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Not 30 seconds before I came here, I saw a mention of it on Facebook, but have seen nothing on normal news media. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 05:16, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Michael Ronaldson

According to the Parliament website, Michael Ronaldson resigned on 28 February 2016: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=xt4

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Ballarat, Victoria, 1990, 1993, 1996 and 1998. Retired at general elections 2001.
• Elected to the Senate for Victoria 2004 (term began 1.7.2005) and 2010.
• Resigned 28.2.16.

--Canley (talk) 06:11, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

The Australian/AAP article is wrong. The Senate tweeted this on 29 February: Yesterday evening Senator Ronaldson (@SenRonno) resigned as a senator for Victoria. --Canley (talk) 06:20, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

User:Canley, thanks. But that tweet was dated 28 Feb, and it said he tendered his resignation "yesterday evening", i.e. 27 Feb. Under the Constitution, a resignation becomes effective immediately upon receipt by the relevant presiding officer. So we still have a lack of clarity. A poorly worded and possibly inaccurate tweet seems hardly adequate as a source for this. I'm surprised nobody has told the fourth estate, and given the current politically charged atmosphere, I'd have thought they'd be right on to every little bit of news. Thoughts? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 06:30, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Unfortunately the time stamp on the tweet is in UTC, it was posted at 9.02am on 29 February AEDT. So disregarding the tweet, are you not satisfied with the APH biography having that date as well? --Canley (talk) 06:36, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

I guess I probably have to grudgingly and tentatively accept these sources for now, given the apparent total absence of any others. Thanks. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 06:42, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

User:Canley: Lo and behold, here's Senator Parry's announcement to the Senate on 29 Feb. It doesn't confirm the date of the resignation, just that Ronaldson had tendered it. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 06:50, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

See Senate Procedural Information Bulletin, dated 4 March: "Senator Ronaldson resigned on 28 February. The President notified the Senate of the resignation the following day, tabling copies of the resignation and his letter to the Governor of Victoria, notifying the vacancy in that state pursuant to section 21 of the Constitution." --Canley (talk) 07:08, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for all that. Will you leak this to the press or will I?  :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 07:11, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

James Paterson was appointed to the casual vacancy tonight, which I wasn't expecting! The Victorian Parliament was holding a joint sitting to appoint board members to VicHealth and the Responsible Gambling Foundation, so I guess they saved time by appointing him in the same sitting. I wonder how long it will take for the media to pick up that he's been appointed! --Canley (talk) 09:59, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Indeed. I mean, how is a guy expected to keep up with stuff? Surely they don't expect us to resort to Wikipedia!  :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 12:11, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

TYVM & Please

Hey there, I was super-bored earlier & idly scrolling thru WP when I came across your old link to the flurry of letters started by Churchill in regard to HM bestowing some sort of title upon Prince Philip. I felt like a buzzin' little history geek fly hiding in the corner of a windowpane covertly listening in on a privy council meeting. Historical stuff like that fascinates me. So I thought I'd pop over & politely say TYVM for inadvertently giving me something truly interesting on which to waste my time :-D

And now I want a favor, since I've seen your user pg....would you kindly slip me the codes for the procrastination & grammar banners, please? I have an unorganized BannerORama going on over at my pg (because I can't be arsed to learn the necessary Wikivoodoocode to make tables & corral them all), & somehow those 2 escaped my notice. TYVM! ScarletRibbons (talk) 02:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Busoni

Your "merge" request (which doesn't show other than in the articles): The short sortable table was created because I find the complete list a monster a service only for very few readers who need such detail. I like to serve the others also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Is there any precedent for such an article, Gerda? Liszt, Schubert and others have very long lists of works, the solution to which is to split the lists into 2 or more parts. Ferruccio Busoni works is really just a shortened version of List of compositions by Ferruccio Busoni. That is acknowledged, but who does the short list serve other than yourself? It doesn't seem like the way Wikipedia does things. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 10:07, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

I know no precedent, but also have never seen lists like the two of Busoni (with many formal flaws, - not the way Wikipedia things should be done). I talked about it to the main author of Busoni, They defy the purpose of an overview of the composer's work. Who is served by the two long lists, that is my question. - I prepare one for Reger, which is a complete list. What do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Having thought more: if merged, how about to the composer's bio? - Actually there was a precedent: Franz Kafka. When his list of major works seemed too long to be kept in the bio, it was separated to Franz Kafka works, in 2012 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:49, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

That's not a precedent for what we're talking about, Gerda. There are hundreds of lists in Category:Lists of compositions by composer. The ones that get 2 or more lists (apart from those that have their own sub-category) are:

• Brahms; Brahms by genre; Brahms by opus number
• Chopin by genre; Chopin by opus number
• Debussy by genre; Debussy by Lesure number
• César Franck; César Franck by genre; César Franck by opus number
• Liszt S.1-350; Liszt S.351-999
• Morricone compositions; Morricone cover versions
• Rota compositions; Rota film scores
• Schumann compositions; Schumann solo piano compositions.
• (There's also Nielsen compositions and Nielsen works, but the latter redirects to the former, so it's really only one list, and the redirect shouldn't even appear in the categories.)

The way you've done Busoni's two lists, and I also now notice Reger's two, is completely outside this approach.

Kafka is no way a precedent for these. Many articles start out with lists of works in the article proper, but then, as the article gets more detailed and size becomes an issue, the works need to be split off to their own article and categorised accordingly, viz: Category:Works by writer nationality.

My suggestion is:

• that Busoni works be merged into the large Busoni list (which probably just means gutting Busoni works, since it is simply a sub-set of the large list - or should be), and the title redirected the large list
• if necessary, List of compositions by Busoni be split into two or more sub-lists, cf. Liszt, Schubert. But is this really even necessary? Is it any bigger than List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach?

Food for thought? Cheers. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:47, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

The other precedent was Carl Nielsen. When the centenary approached we found many mistakes in the lists (one by genre, one by numbers), and that it would be easier to have to correct only one list that you can sort by both (and a few other) criteria.

Reger: if you ask me not two, but one a redirect to the other. - I don't want to do that. You could.

Busoni: Why have people load one of the two long lists (adaptations also) who only want to have an overview? A sorting of the long lists would not work. When you split into sublists, you also lose sorting. Am I the only user who is interested in sorting by genre, for example? - I unwatched the Bach list, which has many sublists such as organ works. The question is not if it is "longer" but that the Busoni lists give you details, about publication etc., that you perhaps don't want. Smerus, what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:24, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Lists of operas/compositions

Are you sure about your recent mass-addition of pages in Category:Lists of operas by composer to Category:Lists of compositions by composer? E.g. you added the page List of operas by Rossini to Category:Lists of compositions by composer where it was already categorised because Category:Lists of operas by composer is a subcategory of Category:Lists of compositions by composer. In other words, List of operas by Rossini is now twice in that category. WP:SUBCAT recommends against such a scheme, except for the rare exception of non-diffusing subcategories. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:16, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi, User:Michael Bednarek. I half expected this query.

It stemmed from the conversation above with User:Gerda Arendt, on which your comments would be welcome. Afterwards, I looked at Category:Lists of operas by composer and Category:Lists of compositions by composer more closely, and realised they had many inconsistencies. I would need to examine every one of the edits I made, and I don't have time, but there were some cases where a List of compositions by ... was categorised in Category:Lists of operas by composer, even though not all of the items on the list were operas. Conversely, there were some cases where a List of operas by ... , which by definition contained only operas, was categorized under Category:Lists of compositions by composer.

What to do, I asked myself. I remembered that all operas are categorized under Category:Operas, no matter how many other sub-categories they may appear in. It seemed to be a useful analogy. Operas are, after all, only a sub-set of all compositions.

For a given composer, there can be multiple Lists of different types of compositions. When these lists achieve a critical mass, they can be put into their own sub-category, e.g. Category:Lists of compositions by Joseph Haydn. This category, which includes all his concertos, masses, operas, solo keyboard works, piano trios, string quartets and symphonies, appears in Category:Lists of compositions by composer. It's only a small step from there to have all the lists of works any composer may have in WP, categorized in the one place, even if they're not yet enough to justify a sub-cat of their own.

Now, most composers would have only one list, whether it be Compositions, Operas or what have you. But some have more. Anyone interested in the composer Neville Gibbetworthy would like to see everything we have on him in one place. He shouldn't be expected to know in advance that the only significant works he wrote were 983 string quartets, and that the only list we have on him is in Category:Lists of string quartets by composer‎, rather than in Category:Lists of compositions by composer. Anyone coming to the main category and seeing no mention of Gibbetworthy would probably conclude he was too obscure to merit any list at all, so would have no reason to check out any of the sub-categories. Or, having found one list in the SQ category, would they wonder how many of the other categories would still need to be examined, or just stop searching? Why put our readers to such herculean labours? We're here to help, no?

As for double categorising, that is not an issue. Not in the sense I think you mean. It happens all over WP, and can be extraordinarily useful. List of compositions by Gioachino Rossini and List of operas by Rossini now appear together in the main category. Could there be any possible objections to this on helpfulness grounds? List of operas by Rossini also appears on the Opera list. Ditto. It's true that the specific cats are sub-cats of the main cat, but the problem is that all composers wrote compositions, but not all wrote operas, or concertos, or string quartets etc. And some wrote only operas. So, to use the cats as they were formerly constituted, a reader must have had pre-knowledge of the areas of musical endeavour a particular composer engaged in, and then, must have known whether any of those areas would likely merit a list of their own, separate from a list of all his compositions. In other words, whether there'd likely be a main list and a sub-list (or more), or just one, and if only one, which one. That is not a reasonable expectation of our readers. And that includes us editors.

So, I sallied forth boldly, as I am enjoined to do. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 00:02, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Far be it from me to impede your sallies; I only pointed out the Wikipedia customs as I understand them. I agree that the categorisation system here is often bewildering and of not much help to most readers, except for the simplest circumstances. An system to query categories is needed with powerful capabilities (intersections, boolean operators) and a simple interface. Such a system would do away with hundreds of arbitrary category intersections and offer ad hoc searching which is now, in practice, missing. I'm not bating my breath waiting for such a system to appear here soon. Cheers, -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 03:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

References

You're a Gem!

	The Gem Award
	You have done so many things on Wikipedia! I am really impressed. You are a precious gem to Wikipedia! Elsa Enchanted (talk) 18:50, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Elsa Enchanted. Enjoy your Wiki travels, and I hope not too many travails. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:40, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Do you know this piece of music?

Hello again JackofOz, Friday again and rattling around in my head are those few bars of the theme music from Clarke And Dawe. I have searched a few times but cannot find its title mentioned anywhere. Perhaps you can identify it for me? JennyOz (talk) 23:21, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the flattery, cousin Jenny. I'm afraid it must remain unrequited flattery on this occasion. It does sound kind of vaguely familiar. If only there were a few more bars to go on. Maybe the ABC could help.

Do any of my fawning acolytes eavesdroppers know? Link. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 00:13, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Nope ... I tried ... next!! Antandrus (talk) 00:39, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Oh well, I left it a week hoping someone might know. Sadly, not. That is probably because you struck out fawning acolytes so they all decided they'd better not help. As suggested, I'll go ask our Aunty. Thanks for trying. JennyOz (talk) 09:59, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

edit summary

what does "FU" mean in your edit summary?68.48.241.158 (talk) 01:54, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

It seems likely that Jack was making reference to Francis Urquhart. --Trovatore (talk) 02:59, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes. In the series, he was known unofficially as FU. It was his quote, so ... -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 05:08, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

I never saw it. Was it good? The American adaptation has been heavily advertised around here but I haven't tried it. There are so many well-written stories these days, but each one takes so much investment, and sometimes they cancel it on you and just leave you angry. --Trovatore (talk) 05:13, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

I managed to miss it first time round, but I've been watching reruns of it just recently. Ian Richardson is simply superb, and the rest are excellent. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 05:15, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Oh gosh, that's funny...thought it might have the conventional meaning, as comment was a reply to my comment that was sorta challenging your previous comment (though not really)...so was perplexed as to suggestion of such upset...I even went and looked at the glossary of summary abbreviations, no "FU" there...nonetheless probably not great to use just that abbreviation by itself in a summary lol...though it would be a clever way to tell someone off that provided "plausible deniability," which incidentally is a concept that article describes about the character's use of his phrase..68.48.241.158 (talk) 13:20, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Book - Learning to Love Yourself

I'm looking for a book that you seem to have tracked down previously called Learning to Love Yourself: A Guide to Personal Development and I can't find any reference to authorship or places where I can find this book. You posted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014_January_7#looking_for_a_book_on_.22thought_friends.22_from_around_1970 previously that you found it, and I would be immensely grateful if you could direct me to an actual copy or reference to the author / ISBN information. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.96.217 (talk) 20:38, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi. I apparently originally found it @ [www dot community dot tulpa dot info], which was blacklisted here, hence my use of the words "dot" rather than actual dots. I just entered that and got a search result. I accessed a few of the links and had a look around, but could find no mention of this book. I then searched again by title, but got nothing. Finally, I tried "UCLA+Press tulpa" and got a result which mentions the book, but not the name of the author. I can't remember if this was the same link I found in 2014, or not. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:33, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Disregard the warning. That previous person was an imposter

Hi, Early you received a post about being warned and possibly being blocked. That was an imposter who created a similar username, but with only 1 “p” at User:Winterystepe. He's now blocked. im just letting you know that Im the real person and I won't do that. Shoutout to Tassedethe for taking quick action in 6 minutes. Happy Editing Winterysteppe (talk) 00:34, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Concerning Correspondences

Please consider what I have written here. Archelon (talk) 22:59, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

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