User talk:Dronkle/Archives/2010/August

Tromboon

Good call on the lasso. I added it to the AFD. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 21:51, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

RW

Fantastic work on RW, Peter, I am not really around at the moment but should be online towmorrow or later this week - best,--Smerus (talk) 14:52, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Opera tag

No worries Thanks for the heads-up. I'll fix it right now. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:13, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Original research

• In Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) you wrote:"... Beethoven's fifth symphony regarding it being in C minor. This is something that can be gleaned from looking at the score and which any number of CD boxes or orchestral season prospectuses will confirm. The common knowledge section in WP:OR says we do not have to cite this sort of thing ..."; but there is no 'common knowledge' section in page Wikipedia:No original research now; presumably someone has deleted it. Please about what date do you remember seeing this section? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:46, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Wagner sources

You raised the issue of Wagner's most well-known opera pieces at WP:VPR. Here's what I found: "I would hazard a guess that the two pieces of operatic music best known in the world today are both by Wagner. They are the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin, played each week in countless marriage ceremonies from Alaska to Zanzibar, and the Ride of the Valkeries, which opens Act Three of Die Walkure." Peter Bassett. The Nibelungs Ring: a guide to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Wakefield Press, 2004; "Yet after the "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin and the "Ride of the Valkyries," the music from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is the next most often quoted."[1]; "A small souvenir of that epic partnership is "The Wagner Collection" (London 440 107-2), which samples some of the most popular Wagner selections ("The Ride of the Valkyries," the "Tannhaeuser" Overture, "Lohengrin" Prelude and Bridal Chorus, Siegfried's Funeral March etc.) as recorded by them in sessions that range in date from 1962 to 1987."[2] Fences&Windows 16:36, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Iago

To DFD: Jago is German, Iago is Italian. I didn't know what would be appropriate - generally Italian I guess, unless it refers to a performance sung in German. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:30, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks re warnings

Thank you for your kind words on my talk page. I have received warnings against me when I have posted good-faith, constructive edits. Some wiki admins seem to be crazy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.243.185 (talk) 18:43, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Leah David

Hi Peter - see my comments at User_talk:Mbz1#Leah_David. As you will see, I think that this is in fact a load of tosh. The supposed 'quote' from W about being dazzled by her, etc. is pure invention. Certainly not encyclopaedic, anyway. By any standards the article should be deleted unless it could be supported in anyway from one of the recognised reputable biographies of W (which it isn't).--Smerus (talk) 08:40, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

wikipediareview

Hey, do you have an account at the wikipediareview forum? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 21:40, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

You have mail. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 22:02, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Review request

Hi Peter, you reviewed George Orwell bibliography several months ago when it came to featured list candidates. The list has been re-submitted at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/George Orwell bibliography/archive2; if you have the time, would you mind taking a second look? Thanks in advance, Dabomb87 (talk) 02:22, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

JIDF

I have started an ANI about the multiple socks Weaponbb7 (talk) 21:26, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Your personal attack

Please retract your unacceptable personal attack you made in this diff Off2riorob (talk) 17:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

As you seem to have logged off, I have struck the worst part of your comment. Off2riorob (talk) 18:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

keep cool my freind,

Stand down my freind, the community agrees with you and is overwhelmingly in support of a community ban. (As the Socking at the ANI seems to have caused a WP:BOOMERANG effect) Calm down and consider a non-binding-self-imposed topic ban for yourself until you can stay cool on the topic. You have acted over aggressively here and its backfiring over you. I typically would agree with you AGF is not a suicide pact and thus can occasionally WP:IAR but even the most vile Socks dont deserve Personal attacks because when you cross that line you are as bad as the sock. We must stand the moral high ground here. If you can talk to User:Cirt he might be able to give you some good advice on this. As i see some obvious paralells between his confrontations and your issues with the JIDF Weaponbb7 (talk) 18:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)