User talk:Velten

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Important message: exhausted from impudence

I am taking a much-needed break. If you look at my contributions, you will realize that I have not been editing as often as I used to. This is because of a now-lacking interest in this place and impudent users. So I am going to stop editing for about a week or two starting today. After I decide to return, I hope things can return to normal, but who really knows. Thank you for your time. Velten 15:28, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Update: oh fine, I made an edit. But still — I'll be editing far less. Velten 21:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cool article

Do you still want the cool article recorded for the spoken word project?

Ara Pelodi 04:16, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Of course. I believe that it would serve as a very good model for other song articles. Velten 15:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Sweet Escape (song)

Please do not change links to the form [[direct|redirect]] as you did with this edit to The Sweet Escape (song). I know this issue has come up before; in case you've forgotten the guideline, please read Wikipedia:Redirect#Don't fix links to redirects that aren't broken. ShadowHalo 14:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mhm. All right. Velten 14:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects need to stay redirects; please do not fix ones that aren't broken as you did with this edit. ShadowHalo 02:34, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Helping articles conform to the MoS is usually not considered ridiculous. Now if you disagree with the idea that links of the form [[target|redirect]] should never be used, then that is something to bring up at WT:R or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Redirect. Continually and intentionally going against the MoS is considered rude (see WP:POINT for more info). ShadowHalo 02:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An anon recently added to the quote at The Sweet Escape (song), saying that the song was influenced by Madonna. I'd remove it since the source there right now doesn't have that anywhere, but if she actually said it, the quote cuts off, so it's possible that she did actually say it. Since you've been active in editing the article, do you know if there's a full version of her statement somewhere, or is the anon just adding WP:OR? ShadowHalo 21:42, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, I don't really know myself. I've been trying to search for information on the song's inspiration, but thus far I've come up with nothing. I will keep the Madonna quote in mind and get back to you when I find out something, however. Thanks! Velten 01:39, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's sort of useless when I haven't got the source, but I didn't just think 'oh, I'll write that gwen likes Madonna', I know that she does, and I remember her saying in a magazine, or on Youtube or on the Radio, that that was the song's influence. Hmm. I don't mind that you've deleted it, anyway, cos that is the policy. Maybe my memory is just rubbish lol. I read so many magazines that I forget which one is which! I've tried to improve some articles but I'm a bit crap right now; I only started editing stuff last week.80.41.104.38 20:18, 19 February 2007 (UTC)I only just read your 'only leave a message if strictly neccessary' message. I'm an idiot. I won't do it again.80.41.104.38 20:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

Just a quick question about this edit. It looked like you accidentally removed one of the citations, but before I added it back in, I just want to make sure it's not included in the Toronto Star article. 22:16, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

The Sweet Escape (again!)

Velten, may I ask why the United World Chart cannot be used in the Chart position sections in song articles? There isn't anything in WP:SONG that I can see that says the UWC cannot be used. Just to let you know, I began a little discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Songs. RaNdOm26 10:03, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Track listings

Gwenboy (talk · contribs · logs) recently had a...very bizarre run on the Gwen Stefani articles, if you hadn't seen yet. (He created the article Naughty In The Bed which stated, "before she took out the single "Naughty In the Bed" she already had release the singles global so all the music store chucked out the CD's and gave them back to Gwen, which he kept them just incase she wants to release it again.") Part of this run on the articles included adding all sorts of track listings. I suspect that most or all of these are hoaxes (since I've never seen an Iceland/Africa single before), but you would probably know better than I. Also, he created Serious (Gwen Stefani song), which stated that the song was released as a single, though there don't appear to be any sources (so I've AfDed it). Do you know if any of these edits might be legitimate? ShadowHalo 05:29, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

His changes are not entirely believable because in some articles he claims that the CD singles were released in only a number of countries with a very specific track listing... generally unlikely for any commercial artist. These should be reverted. I also own two of the CD singles ("Cool" and "Luxurious", both of which were altered in the articles) as sufficient evidence. "Serious" was never released officially as a single, though a music video was filmed, but nonetheless I'm glad you AfDed it. Velten 19:36, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I think I've fixed any damage done, and Serious (Gwen Stefani song) was deleted. Just so you know, I userfied Love. Angel. Music. Baby. since someone suggested talking about the non-single tracks and I wasn't sure how to go about doing that (the version is at User:ShadowHalo/Love. Angel. Music. Baby.). I performed the changes that you made at Love. Angel. Music. Baby. there, but I also expanded the Critical reception section on the userfied version, so if you'd like to make improvements to that version, please feel free. I'm crossing my fingers that it passes WP:FAC; it'd become one of four featured album articles. 22:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not going to vote yet because I believe a few more steady improvements could be made. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find anything that's significantly missing, therefore, I think I will place a vote by the end of the weekend at the latest. You did an incredible job on the article! Congrats. Velten 02:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Sheet music for Gwen Stefani's Cool.jpg)

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The Sweet Escape

Do you own a copy of The Sweet Escape? I revamped Wind It Up (Gwen Stefani song) and it's nearly to GA level, but it'd be good to add a Credits and personnel section to the article. I don't have a copy of this album though and I probably won't end up buying one, so I was hoping you might be able to add the section to the article along with the Recorded field of the infobox. If you do have a copy, you might also want to add the information to The Sweet Escape (song) and/or 4 in the Morning, but I haven't done much work with those yet so I'm not as concerned. ShadowHalo 06:49, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I remember you were looking for info on how "The Sweet Escape" was written and ran across this while finding stuff for Wind It Up (Gwen Stefani song). It's not much, but it's probably enough to whip up a small section. ShadowHalo 07:59, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to let you know that I reverted this edit to Gwen Stefani discography along with a handful of others. Sourcing has been a big issue for the page, so I'm trying to only include referenced information there, to the ire of a few other editors. The sources that are there don't include the Canadian positions. If you can find sources for those positions, please feel free reinsert them with links to the sources. ShadowHalo 02:26, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

re:Talk:Umbrella (song)

Thanks! I responded, hopefully some other editors will contribute and things won't get complicated. I can forsee a back and forth with edits on this one. - eo 20:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Cool (song)

I haven't gotten to really sit down and take a good look. I'm positive I've seen the full sheet music somewhere before, so I'll see if I can find it some time next week (I'm currently in between trips). Overall, it looks quite good. 17Drew 03:45, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't able to access all of the sheet music, but I added the tempo and did some minor cleanup. I've been working on improving the Return of Saturn article lately. I noticed that the positions for the German Albums Chart and United World Chart are unsourced. I was going to remove them but noticed that you added the positions (a long while ago). Do you by any chance remember where you found the chart positions? 17Drew 07:00, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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CfD nomination of Category:Number-one singles on the Canadian airplay chart

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GA Reassessment of Wind It Up (Gwen Stefani song)

I have done a GA Reassessment of Wind It Up (Gwen Stefani song) as part of the GA Sweeps project. I have found the article to nearly meet the GA Criteria. I found several dead links and the lead needs to be augmented a little but. My review is here. I have placed the article on hold for a week pending work. I am notifying you as the primary editor of this review. If you have any questions please contact me on my talk page. H1nkles (talk) 22:30, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reassessment of Cool (Gwen Stefani song)

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