User talk:Moreschi/My Archive 1

This is a record of "dead" discussions (one or two "historically significant" discussions are preserved on the main talk page). Please do not add to it or edit it in any way. Any comments should be left on my "live" talk page (the link just above). Moreschi 21:17, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

List of famous operas

Apology accepted - no problem. I'm a great Britten fan, and agree that A Midsummer Night's Dream is in borderline territory, and I did think of also listing it at the end of the (mostly unsatisfactory) Opera article, and maybe The Turn of the Screw, too. The 25-y-o Peter Hall production is indeed being revived again at Glyndebourne, but one swallow doesn't make a summer. I wouldn't mind seeing it there yet again, but I don't have that much money to burn, and, among other things, David Daniels in Giulio Cesare takes precedence. --GuillaumeTell 00:10, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Thanks for the comments. I'm surprised Owen Wingrave doesn't have an article, I'll work on it now. The Fairy-Queen - In my view there isn't a bright line between a masque and a semi-opera, and I hope that the characterization I put at the beginning isn't misleading. The Grove definition of Masque implies that a Restoration-era masque is a semi-opera. If you feel like changing the wording, go ahead though. Cheers, Mak (talk) 19:47, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Bach

Well,thanks for the compliment; I guess it doesn't matter much, but the article has already been booted off the GA once (recently). Tony 14:30, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Bach Good Article

I agree with you. I've passed it, and I've put it forward for Wikipedia:Peer review to prepare it for nomination as a Featured Article. It seems insane to me that it was recently rejected as a Good Article - any faults are minor in comparison to the achievements. SilkTork 14:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Contralto

In the article Venus and Adonis (opera) you have changed the voices from Alto to contralto. Grove gives alto, and I don't believe these parts are actually low enough to be called contralto (a much lower voice part than either alto or counter-tenor). What was your reasoning? I'll probably switch it back later if I don't hear from you. Cheers, Mak (talk) 17:01, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Good point. Perhaps it should just be Alto, to allow for the ambiguity. I just feel that then the less well informed will assume it is always a woman. Your right, most trained mezzos can go higher than most counter-tenors, but most contraltos (there aren't actually very many) can go lower than counter-tenors can in their counter-tenor voice (I think it's falsetto, but some would disagree with me. Then again, I think falsetto is basically the equivalent of female head voice, and people would fight with me there as well.) Cheers, Mak

Spammer

Another admin blocked him at the very second I was about to :-) Mak (talk) 19:25, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Move

I've moved My Archive 1 to User talk:Moreschi/My Archive 1. Could you place {{db-author}} at the top of the old page, please? - Kookykman|(t)e 20:57, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but how do I get to the old page? How do I get around the redirect? Moreschi 21:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

It's alright, another admin got to it. Usually, you'd click the name of the redirect where it says "Redirected from (whatever)". - Kookykman|(t)e 21:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Meladina

Your invitation is accepted. Thank you (Meladina 18:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC))

Composers

Thank you very much for your help. (meladina 00:08, 15 June 2006 (UTC))

Image trouble

Unfortunately I don't think I'm technically-minded enough to talk you through a fix from afar, but some ideas I have are that it might be the file format, i.e. your computer might not display .jpg files correctly, or another file format which is common on WP. There might be an extension you need to download, but my guess is that the easiest fix would be to get Firefox instead, since IMHO it's a better browser and tends to show more pages more correctly (I think my userpage looks pretty wonky on IE, but it looks OK on Firefox.) Sorry I can't be more help, but I hope you can figure it out. Mak (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

It's good to feel appreciated =) Fireplace 22:50, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA thanks

Hello Moreschi/My Archive 1, and thank you for your support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with an overwhelming final count of (105/2/0). I was very pleased with the outpouring of kind words from the community that has now entrusted me with these tools, from the classroom, the lesson in human psychology and the international resource known as Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia. Please feel free to leave me plenty of requests, monitor my actions (through the admin desk on my userpage) and, if you find yourself in the mood, listen to some of what I do in real life. In any case, keep up the great work and have a fabulous day. Grandmasterka 06:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

my RfA

Thanks for your opinions in my RfA. Ultimately, the request did not pass, with a vote of (43/16/7). But your honest opinion was appreciated and I'll just keep right on doing what I do. Maybe I'll see ya around -- I'll be here!
Cheers! - CheNuevara 17:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Editing

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thumbs-up on Fairy-Queen. Nice job.

What? Me? Make a mistake? Never. --Thanks for catching that. semi-colon-however-comma. I even used to have a friend who would repeat that as a mantra in Latin class. I have no idea why. Obviously, it didn't stick. Mak (talk) 20:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Trobairitz etc.

Hey, I've responded on my talk page. Cheers, Mak (talk) 23:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm working on Josias Priest right now :-) Mak (talk) 21:34, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

RFA of Adambiswanger

Hi. I guess replying on the RFA page would only make things worse... Even I have to agree that it's not very productive to have long complaints against the keep votes in the middle of the RFA. I guess I got carried away but as I explained, the "admins need to have a minimum of 300 edits a day" argument drives me crazy and I think it's important for people consulting RFAs to understand that this is not and has never been the purpose of adminship. The perception of admins as users who feel that their dedication to the project places them above average editors is a big problem and the attitude of JohnnyBGood is, in my mind, detrimental to Wikipedia as a whole. Nevertheless, apologies for abusing the RFA page a bit. Cheers. Pascal.Tesson 22:47, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 66/11/5. I learned quite a bit during the process, and I expect to be learning a lot more in the days ahead. As I stated in the request itself, I respect your decision to oppose me based on my short tour of duty, but I hope I can earn your trust. I will be taking things slowly (and doing a lot of re-reading), but please let me know if there is anything I can do to improve in my new capacity. -- Merope Talk 13:54, 6 October 2006 (UTC)