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Homosexuality section in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Very belatedly, thanks for looking through the article on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky while it was undergoing peer review. Per comments received there, the article in general, and especially the section where Tchaikovsky's homosexuality is mentioned, has been thoroughly overhauled. I would really appreciate if you could look over that section once more just to make sure all bases are covered and get back to me on my talk page with any suggestions. Thanks very much! Jonyungk (talk) 18:44, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for looking through the article and making the layout adjustments that you did. However, I'd hoped you would comment on the current content, especially about areas that had been previously contested. You'd had some definite views previously and mention on your user page that you like to solve problems. All this made not hearing anything from you all the more disconcerting. I am very disappointed but still appreciate your having looked through the article one more time. Jonyungk (talk) 23:47, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:Credentials

I'm editing WP:Credentials to be an information page, so that users can know that Wikipedia has no credential policy. It isn't quite clear from the rest of the policy and guidelines. See this discussion. Zenwhat (talk) 00:45, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Elektra chord

A tag has been placed on Elektra chord requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Evan Seeds (talk)(contrib.) 04:33, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Hyacinth -- as I'm sure you noticed I declined the speedy. Evan, it's best to give someone writing an article just a bit of a chance to write it before slapping the speedy tag on, especially with an obviously experienced contributor who knows how to reference and cite. Hyacinth, nice work; it's a significant topic in post-tonal theory, as I'm sure you know. Happy editing, Antandrus (talk) 04:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Could you give the date and place of publication for the reference you added please? I can't find it on Google Books, and Amazon only has Virgil Thomson, not The Autobiography of Virgil Thomson, though it seems like it's the same book.Zigzig20s (talk) 18:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for replying on the talkpage but I'm confused. Is the quote taken from the book you mentioned at first, or from the article from the New York Review of Books? For the article I only get a preview and then they ask me to sign in and pay. I've asked my campus library if I can read it for free through them, but anyway...book or article?Zigzig20s (talk) 20:36, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Boogie Woogie

I see that you participated in the creation of this article, although quite a while ago. I also note that you are making many edits to music related topics. As a non musician (or wanna be, maybe) I find it confusing that the "bass line" image doesn't seem to be the familiar I IV V of blues. This after the article states that this is the basis for "boogie woogie".

Any thoughts on making things more clear? Steve Pastor (talk) 18:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

The second illustration in the article, the one after there is talk about boogie woogie being based on 12 bar blues, does not seem to be showing a typical blues I IV V progression. No? And if I have to ask thins, wouldn't there be a better example? Steve Pastor (talk) 20:08, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Category: Queer Wikipedians

A discussion is going on that concerns you.

Recently, the category Queer Wikipedians was deleted, and all pages were removed from the category. I see that you have added yourself back into the now-deleted category, thus re-creating it.

This has created quite a stir over at WP:Village pump (policy)#Categorizing_in_a_deleted_category. (the deletion discussions may be found at WP:User categories for discussion/Archive/October 2007#Category:LGBT_Wikipedians and WP:User categories for discussion/Archive/October 2007#Sexuality_and_gender_identification)

Unless I'm mistaken, no one has spoken to you about the issue, and it seems like your input may be helpful. superlusertc 2008 January 08, 06:59 (UTC)

Deletion review

I'd like to encourage you to view my response at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Categorizing_in_a_deleted_category and then amend your deletion review to include all of the categories that were slaughtered. -- ALLSTARecho 09:08, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Quip

Nice quip about Wikihate on your userpage. Well put together. SWik78 (talk) 18:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 January 8#Category:Queer Wikipedians

Thank you for your polite reply. Hyacinth (talk) 12:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay then: How does Category:Wikipedian cellists facilitate collaboration while Category:Queer Wikipedians only feels good? Hyacinth (talk) 23:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Cellist = Wikipedians by skill or profession. Let's sidestep the obvious jokes/puns about skill/profession in relation to sexuality. ("The world's oldest profession" for example.)
Also, when I said "feel-good", I meant in terms of a category that is intended only for grouping for the sake of grouping, with no navigation intended except for social or pseudo-demographic reasons (pseduo-demographic because: a.) self-placement may be of dubious precision b.) not all of a demographic may categorise themselves in tah manner). This is part of why there should be accuracy in naming, and why we tend to follow an convention of naming within parent categories (such as Wikipedians by interest).
I hope this clarifies. - jc37 02:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

My difficulty is in verifying the conventions which you cite and placing them in context. Thus my questions which appear to be "other stuff exists" arguments, in which I am attempting to document the practice and policy around this issue. We both agree that the decision to name or delete user categories should not be arbitrarily decided. It is my hope that we accomplish this documentation to assist with the process of naming and deleting categories. Hyacinth (talk) 05:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The current naming "conventions" should be obvious just by looking at Category:Wikipedians by interest. Notice that all the subcategories follow the format of: Category:Wikipedians interested in.... That is the convention. - jc37 11:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
So the convention for naming user categories is the existence of Category:Wikipedians by interest? What about the other user categories? Hyacinth (talk) 22:15, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

If the Category:Queer Wikipedians was not yet deleted what would you propose an alternate but similar category to accomplish the goal of collaboration? Hyacinth (talk) 05:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I have already done so (several times): Category:Wikipedians interested in LGBT issues. - jc37 11:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

How may we verify how categories are actually being used for collaboration? Hyacinth (talk) 05:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The goal is clear potential for collaboration. To reduce bureaucratic overhead, this is typically done in categories by virtue of the category's name. - jc37 11:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

How does a categories name clearly indicate the potential for collaboration? Hyacinth (talk) 13:54, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

By showing more direct interest in a topic rather than indirect. Being "x" doesn't necessarily mean that one is interested in collaborating on "x". That's why such categories as "Female Wikipedians" (and in this case, "Queer Wikipedians") have been deleted. - jc37 21:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I shouldn't have to dig so hard for these answers. Hyacinth (talk) 13:57, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I think I've readily responded to your questions, when in all honesty I did not have to. So I'm not certain what you mean by that. Could you clarify? - jc37 21:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
I mean that policies and practices should be clear. Hyacinth (talk) 22:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
You'll please pardon my laughter, it's in no way directed towards you, but I must say that if you believe that assertion, Wikipedia is not the site for you : )
To clarify: I'm sure that we all do the best we can to balance not being a bureacracy with having written clarity. Sometimes successfully, sometimes not. But Wikipedia is not about having written "rules". It's about building an encyclopedia. Everything else should be designed to support that single endeavor. - jc37 03:56, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Is the claim that categories based on basic demographic information have been approved by convention correct? Hyacinth (talk) 14:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

No. Though that was the case around 2 years ago, consensus slowly changed on that over the last 2 years. - jc37 21:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Hyacinth. I just want to bring this up, but your conduct at DRV is frowned upon. The admin who closes the discussion will duly note all arguments for and against deletion/recreation; hectoring every single person who does not agree with you only feeds ill feelings and generates more drama than is needed. If you have stated your case thoroughly, you’re fine. David Fuchs (talk) 23:12, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Listen to yourself. Your 'side' 'lost' the discussion, for lack of a better word, so you're bitter. But even if the outcome isn't what you want, doesn't mean the closer paid no attention to what was said. You have a serious chip on your shoulder, and badgering everyone who disagrees with you helps the wiki not a bit. David Fuchs (talk) 23:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
It's very obvious if you had voted in that discussion what your stance would have been. I am saying that replying to every single objection on an AfD or DRV is considered bad form, and does not further your cause. David Fuchs (talk) 00:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
I would disagree with that assertion. It is, afterall, a deletion review, aka a deletion discussion and that's what he's doing, even if it is with almost everyone. Nothing wrong with that. -- ALLSTARecho 00:24, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

So what is is that I'm missing here? Perhaps this discussion would better take place at Wikipedia talk:Categorization? Hyacinth (talk) 23:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

My apologies for not noticing the question until now. (And noting that the DRV is now closed.)
As for your question: No, I don't think that that talk page is necessarily the "best" place. In my experience the most fruitful (though slow) discussion has happened at WT:UCFD.
I hope this helps. - jc37 20:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:UCFD#Category:Wikipedians by interest

I find it insulting that you would accuse me of disrupting Wikipedia to prove a point after you advised me to do so: "If you have concerns about a Wikipedian category, please feel free to nominate it for discussion." (Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_January_8#Category:Queer_Wikipedians) Hyacinth (talk) 14:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

With all due respect, that does in fact look like a pointy nomination. On the surface, anyway, it appears that you are saying "I can't have mine so nobody else can, either." --Kbdank71 14:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
There were several problems with the nomination. And it was rather clearly a WP:POINT nom. However, I'm doing/I've done what I can to avoid biting someone who quite obviously either is quite unexperienced in categorisation (not just Wikipedian categorisation), or is feigning so (intentionally being obtuse) to push a personal POV. (I'd like to presume the former, while accepting that the latter is a possibility.) - jc37 21:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
You now insult my level of experience. Hyacinth (talk) 22:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Your actions up to this point, as well as all of your questions, indicate a lack of experience. An observation, not an insult. - jc37 03:50, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you prefer that we not communicate on user talk pages? Hyacinth (talk) 22:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

If you're truly looking for helpful information, I have no problem being helpful in this way. Consider that you're the one setting the tone here, I'm merely attempting to respond to what I'm seeing. - jc37 03:50, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
It would be nice to think that the other participants in discussion are the one's setting the tone but it must be admitted that all participants do. You assisted with setting a positive tone in the discussion through many of your statements. For example, your first "proposal" to me that "Cat:Queer Wikipedians" be renamed was actually a dismisal of the possibility, which is, I assume, why I missed it. Perhaps rather than question my motives in violation of WP:Assume good faith and question my experience in contradiction to your ability to verify it, you should focus on your tone and the tone you set in debates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyacinth (talk • contribs) 00:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
If you read over WP:AGF, you may find that what it says is:
  • This guideline does not require that editors continue to assume good faith in the presence of evidence to the contrary.
In my opinion, you made your POV rather clear in the Village Pump "discussion". Which also meant that you were being a bit less than truthful about your motives during the DRV. That said, I did what I could to be honest, yet attempt to keep the discussion positive. There were enough people who were "going negative", in their POV pushing (using such words as "slaughter", for example).
You may also wish to read over the essay Wikipedia:Don't be a fanatic (which is also linked at WP:AGF). You may find it helpful for the future.
In any case, there have been times in the past where, in hindsight, I wondered if perhaps I should have more carefully considered my "tone". I don't believe that this is one of those cases. If anything, it may be possible that I was too positive and polite in the face of probable deceit. But then, I'm a big fan of WP:AGF, and tend to err on the side of caution. C'est la vie. - jc37 01:29, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Would you continue to oppose the nomination of Category:Wikipedians by interest for deletion? Hyacinth (talk) 00:38, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I didn't oppose the nomination. I closed it due to obvious WP:POINT issues. At the moment, I don't see how that has changed.
If I might offer a suggestion, instead of feeling sour grapes, or presuming that you are being prosecuted unfairly, or that a double standard is in place, or whatever else it is that you may be feeling, instead, presume good faith of your fellow Wikipedians, and join in on the existing discussions at WP:UCFD. Though not everyone agrees in every instance, and there is no guarantee that one's opinion will be similar to what consensus is determined to be, everyone's opinion is welcome, and I think it could be a valuable learning experience, if you're truly interested in Wikipedian categories.
If you're not interested in Wikipedian categories in general, and are just upset about the "loss" of your preferred wording of a category name, then I'm sorry, but then I don't think that there would be anything further to discuss, except a suggestion to just "let it go", and move on.
Whatever the case, I hope you have a good day : ) - jc37 00:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I thank you for the link! Though I imagine we will continue to talk in the future: Have a good day as well. Hyacinth (talk) 00:57, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Gertrude Stein Edits

Hyacinth,

Thanks for helping me out with that messy talk page. I went back in to undo my edit, and was pleased to see the little box in the corner with the old chat.

I'm still learning the software, and I've gotten a little annoyed with old Gertrude, so I've lost some of my enthusiasm for writing her biography. Good thing, huh?

Thanks much!

Pinckney2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinckney2007 (talk • contribs) 01:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

WPARMENIA

Thanks, but IMO it isn't really an ethnic fight to insist that the composer's heritage be stated as it is in "Grove" and other similar music encyclopedias; simply one to represent the composer and his output accurately. I'm coming from the point of view of a musicologist working in the field of contemporary music (specifically, that having a "world music" outlook). Badagnani (talk) 00:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

As a member of WP:Armenia I'm patiently waiting to see the outcome of this. Also note that Tom removed the ethnicity from other articles as well. I don't think mass-revert would have been helpfully, but I'm looking forward to adding those back, sourced of course. VartanM (talk) 00:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Bruno Maderna

Hello! Do you really thank that Maderna is of low importance? Right, the article is far from being good. But Maderna is a quite important figure, I think. Correct me if I'm wrong. --Catgut (talk) 23:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Nesting

Hi, Hyacinth! Just wanted to drop you an FYI - the "nested" parameter of WikiProject banners only works if they are within a {{WPBS}}. For instance, this edit to Meredith Monk sorta made the talk page look funny :) Thanks~ -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 06:22, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Swish (slang)

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Swish

Hi, Hyacinth! You might want to review the history of Swish (slang). You'll note that I didn't add that comment - User:Rotovia prodded the article with that comment. I removed it, but I was thinking about Fruit (slang), which recently went through Afd. When I realized my mistake, I decided to put back the prod, figuring editors of the article who knew something about it would be able to handle it through normal processes. Looks like you and Benjiboi are already on it :) -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 15:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Modern music

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Speedy deletion of Template:European history by time period

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Proposal: User categories

You may be interested in participating in the discussion at User talk:Hyacinth/User categories#Proposal. Hyacinth (talk) 00:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the notice. I've commented there. - jc37 11:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


c:qws

am sympathetic to the re-creation but aren't you supposed to take it to deletion review first? --BozMo talk 16:51, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I've deleted the category. A guideline not getting consensus does not overrule deletion review decisions, it will have to be allowed to be recreated at DRV before it can be created again (which I doubt will happen anytime soon, considering there have been 3 deletion reviews all resulting in endorse). You are free to take it there again, however, and I will support recreating the category if consensus is to allow recreation at DRV. Until then, however, the deletion review consensus should be respected. Hope you understand, VegaDark (talk) 00:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
I have yet to see any support for the assertion that consensus is to delete. Hyacinth (talk) 07:49, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Yep. But if you are arguing that policy should triumph over sentiment (which seems a good argument) then I think you have to respect the process. --BozMo talk 21:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
btw assume you know meta:Queer_Wikimedians exists? Not to argue the principle but perhaps to offer an alternative...--BozMo talk 19:28, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

20th century composers graphical timeline template

Hi Hyacinth. Do you see any reason for wanting to save this? Antandrus (talk) 06:36, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion of Image:Berg's Lyric Suite Mov. I tone row-P.PNG

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Judith Butler

Great work on the new "Critical response" section! Thank you very much.--Agnaramasi (talk) 15:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Hypergraphics merge

In June of '07, you suggested that the Hypergraphics and Metagraphy articles be merged. Your suggestion was met with approval by two other editors, yet, nothing has happened. I assume you simply forgot about the matter. Are you still interested in this topic? Do you still intend to move forward with said merge? Please respond on this matter, as I think the merge is necessary. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 04:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I cannot claim any special knowledge of, or familiarity with, Lettriste theory. I am much more knowledgeable of Situationist theory and practice, and only know the Lettristes because of their association with Debord, et al. This is an area that interests me---why else would it be on my watchlist, yes?---but the complexities of it (one might say, the intentional, and even unnecessary, complexities of it) elude me. I am willing to offer any assistance that I can, you need only ask. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 22:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Category move requests

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Image copyright problem with Image:Title page MUS159.png

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Poem and song

You deleted poem and song, with comment only "see lyric". That page is just a disambiguation page. Would you care to explain which category at WP:CSD this deletion came under? Charles Matthews (talk) 17:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Was passing by and I've commented here. Carcharoth (talk) 00:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Duchenne smile

Wow. First, may I say, please archive your talk page. I hope you don't let your fingernails grow that long =)

So I came here from Duchenne smile (long story how I got there) and noted it has no references or anything, and that you were the person who started the page. I think the responsibility is really on the person who creates a page to provide references really. It was a long, long time ago now, but can you please try to rectify the situation? Thanks. Richard001 (talk) 07:18, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Isn't it clear? I'm asking you to provide references. How do I know you didn't just make this stuff up? Wikipedia is built around the idea of references. If we don't cite sources, we have virtually no credibility (and we do have very little credibility, primarily because we don't provide references in most of our articles!)
For this particular article, it's so extremely short that it might be better just to merge it into the similarly short smile, unless it has particular potential for development. Richard001 (talk) 01:28, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh, sorry about that, I obviously didn't look closely enough at the page history. I still certainly think that all articles should be referenced, and in this case I think I would prefer your redirect left as it was. Richard001 (talk) 07:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Look, I'm sorry I got the wrong person; you should have just told me you only created a redirect from the beginning. But you need to stop all this bullshit about references. It's not for other people to go cleaning up after those who create poor articles with no references, they should do this themselves. It's the same with images not being uploaded to Commons; I don't just follow people around cleaning up after them over and over, I tell them what they are doing wrong in the hope that they will do it right. Your assertion that I could have fixed the problem in a few minutes (and I did do a quick web search for a reference, not that it was in any way my responsibility to do so) overlooks the whole point of why I tell people this stuff.
And stop with the sillyness about the reference being no better (or marginally better, or whatever the hell you are trying to say) than nothing. You could also say that even if I verified it I still wouldn't know it was true because it could have been a hoax, or a mistake etc. And even if it wasn't, you could resort to some relativistic postmodernistic twaffle. All we can do is cite references here; we can't verify them for everyone as well. People have to do that themselves if they want to be 100% sure, and we both know it, or at least I hope we do. Richard001 (talk) 09:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

It's pretty clear that I could make up a similar article to the former 'Duchenne smile' that sounded believable to most readers without specialist knowledge in that area or an encyclopedic knowledge of everything, yet that was completely fictitious. I think it's very hard to make a case that an article with no references can be okay, and your attempts to have certainly not convinced me in the least. Thus I will continue to chase people up who don't cite sources, while looking a bit closer at page histories. Richard001 (talk) 01:18, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Headings

Of course, you knew that was a mistake...... Thanks for catching it.68.148.164.166 (talk) 06:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Charles Ives

Hello Hyacinth. This is PJKenyn, AKA David Gray Porter. I'm new to this, and my biggest problem is the fine print that is very hard to read w/o magnification. I'm glad to be of help regarding the music of Charles Ives. I hope I've entered this message correctly. If not, I can be reaches at "portniek" at earthlink dot net. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pjkenyon (talk • contribs) 23:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:No personal headings

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Thanks for the backup there

Kecak - i had just put something on the talk page and your tag helps thanks for that - cheers SatuSuro 10:07, 3 July 2008 (UTC) Yeah well if you have a spare year of your life - there are attendant issues at about 2,000 articles in the Indonesia project - but hey - one is enough for the moment so thanks SatuSuro 10:22, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Cecil Taylor

That's good, citation-backed stuff which you've brought into the Taylor article tonight. AllyD (talk) 20:11, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Image:MUSICAL SCALES WITH PYTHAGOREAN COMMA.svg

Hi Hyacinth,

what actually do you expect to be original research in this graphic? The distances between the tones are the perfect intervals used in Pythagorean tuning. I´d rather be glad about a meaningful answer at Talk:Chromatic circle.

Greetings, Hexadecimal (talk) 19:52, 7 July 2008 (UTC)


Now I'm really confused

I wrote a long explanation of why I removed your quibble tag about Link Wray's invention of the power chord, but before posting it, I went to look at your contributions list to see what kind of editing you do (mostly serious music) and what do I find but your own contribution to Link Wray today:

Wray was noted for pioneering a new sound for electric guitars, as exemplified in his hit [[1958 in music|1958]] [[instrumental]] "[[Rumble (song)|Rumble]]", by '''Link Wray and his Ray Men''', which pioneered an overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound, and "invented the [[power chord]], the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarist"<ref>Cub Koda & Steve Leggett (2008). [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:6227gjlrj6i9~T1 "Link Wray" Biography], ''AllMusic''.</ref>

That is, your own edit, earlier today, states that Link Wray "invented" (unqualified in any way) the power chord and citing a source for the statement! So why didn't you simply add the same information to the "Rumble" article? Why complain of the same information in a slightly different form? What's up with you? Ortolan88 (talk) 23:27, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

PS -- BTW, my objection to the quibble tag was that the phrase "one of the first if not the first" adequately covered the case without the quibble tag. Since it's clear that you added the tag completely arbitrarily, I see no problem with arbitrarily removing it. O88

I have no idea what our little dialog has been about. Rock on, Ortolan88 (talk) 16:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Reception of country music

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this is an essay at best, and not an encyclopedic article.

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Response to your message

Hyacinth, Thanks for the tips on editing entries. I'm sorry if I forgot to sign something. I think I usually do sign. I assume you've corrected my mistake wherever it (or they) occurred? If not, I'm going to have to do some searching because I'm not sure what I edited recently. I'm looking at my navigator's History but don't recall any significant edits. Did I do anything after posting a question on the talk page for James K. Polk?

Up above on this page, you state that unsigned messages can't be returned/traced. If that's true, how did you trace my unsigned entries? Is there a way for me to trace entries I may have made but forgot to sign?

Sorry about the treatment you've gotten from some people.

Is this the best way to reach other users, or is there some other message mechanism available? Also, feel free to delete this entry. I just didn't know how else to reach you. Ileanadu (talk) 23:27, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Sly, anti-LGBT user

Hi Hyacinth! Again, I love your nick.

I'm contacting you because of a certain user who's been slyly unLGBTing several key LGBT-related articles. The edits strike major parts of articles plus they're almost always deletions under the guise of formating, style, consistency, etc. In fact, the most blatant one was with the Gay article. Given your interests and your role as an administrator, I think you would know what to do. Mind you, the user in question is not fomenting Wikihate, but is clearly obliterating LGBT anything, bit by bit, including the occurences of the actual abbreviation LGBT and its included terms. --CJ Withers (talk) 00:50, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Chord Progressions

I'm sorry, but I don't have a copy of Ottman's elementary harmony anymore (I had only borrowed it from a friend for a few weeks a while back). I have no idea what page it's on. Anonyfox36 (talk) 18:18, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

HHM

  • hi, i know about WP:CIVIL, i just don't think i was being uncivil. especially since it was making a point about the article rather than being directed at a person. apologies anyway – tomasz. 11:42, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

No Problem

No Problem, glad to help :D II MusLiM HyBRiD II (talk) 13:04, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Jean Cocteau

Frankly, I consider your message on my user page as an attack. You are twisting my response to that fellow's message, one that was quite lacking in the necessary qualities of interpersonal communication, one that was quite hubristic and offputting and gave no indication that he had really read and understood what I had tried to communicate to him. Messages such as the one you left at my page are not really helpful. They merely add to the noise level. If you really wanted to help you would try to understand where both sides are coming from and then tried to find common ground. Haiduc (talk) 01:37, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Welcome!

Thank you very much for your welcome note! Is it this obvious that I am quite new to Wikipedia? At least I do already sign my messages! So this hint is quite needless, but your message seems standardized anyway, so I don't take it personally. ;-) Thanks again for this first impression of contributing to something bigger. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Feinmotoriker (talk • contribs) 00:58, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

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Template:Listen instead of Template:Audio?

Hi Hyacinth, I hesitate to say this, because I've noticed how much work you've done with audio samples, but perhaps Template:Listen might be more useful than Template:Audio? To listen to Template:Audio, I have to download the .ogg and open my audio editor to listen to it, and sadly not all OSes support it out of the box. The major annoyance is size of the template, which is easily fscked by being placed in small frames (i.e., in image captions). Of course, you might know all of this already, so tell me if that's the case. :) --Blehfu (talk) 01:35, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, I have this habit of writing before actually seeing. I see you've used both. I wish they could come up with a version of Template:Listen that would fit more inline. --Blehfu (talk) 01:41, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Started a new topic in Template_talk:Listen#Are_there_any_options_to_make_Template:Listen_smaller.3F. We shall see. --Blehfu (talk) 03:55, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Just imagine the countless hours of fun you'll have if they do make changes to Template:Listen... heh heh. I hope you use an external text editor.. --Blehfu (talk) 04:42, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Recent MIDI uploads.

Any chance you could put these on Commons instead so that other projects can make use of them? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:37, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Half-diminished scale/Tchaikovsky

Hi, Hyacinth,

Long time, no talk! Thank you for your recent musically notated addition to the stub on the "half-diminished scale". I rewrote this one about a year ago (the original was a disaster!). I didn't spend very much time on it...other articles seemed more important (such as Musical Notation) at the time. But at least my work resulted in the removal of the tag, "This Article Needs Wikifying" (or something to that effect). Thanks to your musically notated example, a musically literate viewer can now understand the scale in terms of tones and semitones, and HEAR it on their pianos! (Maybe we should include an audio file, which I'd be happy to contribute.)

I've been too busy with the "real world" of performances to contribute much to Wikipedia for the past while, but hope to resume serious work very soon.

Thanks, also for your work on Tchaikovsky's homosexuality. (I am a STRONG supporter of gay rights!!!) It seems to me that we should recognize that the world has come a long way on this issue: the MAJORITY of Americans now support gay marriage (led, apparently, by Canada, many years after the fact). There's really no need for another Stonewall...there will ALWAYS be some homophobics, just as the KKK still exists.

I KNOW this is not a chat line, but I MUST confess my dedication to Obama! A vote for a third party is a wasted vote. McCain is as homophobic as ever (but I bet he's had a taste of it!). Obama seems sincere in his support of gay rights/pride. Probably the only reason he doesn't have a stronger lead is because is black, and many Americans still discriminate against African-Americans. Cultural progress moves slowly, but it does move!

Best Regards, Prof.rick (talk) 15:45, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


May contain nuts

No where near as funny as your The Truth, but does it deserve to be deleted? -HarryAlffa (talk) 21:31, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons

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Cadence (music)

Hi, just a passing mention that it would be quite helpful if you used edit summaries to explain your thinking. :) Abtract (talk) 05:47, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Blues at WP:FAR

Blues has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.

Although you have not commented in a while, you are the second most active editor at Talk:Blues so we hope you may have an interest in helping with this article.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 13:37, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Your Welcome

Thanks for the welcome. I hope to make more contributions.

Rmkeller (talk) 01:28, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

hi Hyacinth

I found some bugs in sound examples: