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You ave contact me again with another username/identity. This is precisely WHAT I DO NOT WANT. Pl'''ease do not contact me AGAIN.''' Every time that i write in EDIT SUMMARY - there are persistent Vandalism, hacking, Deleting, and BOT junk e mails disrupting my account.
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Hi

If you find time for it could you take a look at my recent noms at TAFI Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement/Nominations. Would appreciate no matter what !vote as no one is attending the TAFI nom page anymore to give input. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 19:45, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Musicians vs. singers

Well...the problem is that there is no requisite category ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:20th-century women singers right now. I'd be happy to create one and move those other articles into it, but right now it feels like those are the only two options we've got. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:14, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ser Amantio di Nicolao, that's irrelevant to the fact that you added an incorrect category to 1000s of articles, and you need to revert those additions, as I requested. Softlavender (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
For the moment, I'm creating ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:20th-century women singers. I will begin moving articles over there tonight, but as it's after one o'clock in my time zone and I'm off to bed soon I won't be able to complete it until tomorrow evening.
I also intend to raise a discussion over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red about long-term categorization strategy...also tomorrow. I'll let you know when the discussion is begun. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 06:22, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion raised - please feel free to comment. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 03:38, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles about people who are alleged to have committed crimes

Hi. What do you think about your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry Nassar and the existence of Bruce McArthur? Best wishes, my friend. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:34, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Anna Frodesiak, I've been away for a few weeks. Is this still something that needs addressing? It looks like the Bruce McArthur article has been edited substantially since you left this note, but if you feel it still may warrant deletion the way to go would be AfD. If you do so you can let me know and I'll take a further look at it. Softlavender (talk) 02:30, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back! Well, it has survived AfD and now there's This post. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:43, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy St. David's Day

The leek is one of the national emblems of Wales, worn along with the daffodil (in Welsh, the daffodil is known as "Peter's leek", Cenhinen Bedr) on St. David's Day. According to one legend, King Cadwaladr of Gwynedd ordered his soldiers to identify themselves by wearing the vegetable on their helmets in an ancient battle against the Saxons that took place in a leek field.[1] Cheers!‑ ‑ Gareth Griffith‑Jones The Welsh Buzzard ‑ ‑ 15:55, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Vol. 5. London: J Limbard. 1825.
Hey thanks very much, Gareth! This is very interesting and a very welcome kindness! Softlavender (talk) 04:26, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eleven years of editing

Happy First Edit Day, Softlavender, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Slightlymad 06:27, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Joining the music, in a supporting role. (She created a Strauss role, of a servant.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:21, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Another Daily Mail RfC

There is an RfC at Talk:Daily Mail#Request for comment: Other criticisms section. Your input would be most helpful. --Guy Macon (talk) 12:26, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RE: The World Only Spins Forward deletion nom

Hi, I'm a bit confused about The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America being a content fork? I created the article because I had seen/heard quite a lot of coverage about it both before and after its release, in the Washington Post, NYT, on NPR, and in quite a few smaller outlets, but then found no article. However, I've never done much substantive editing on book articles, so I checked the WP:NBOOKS page before creating it, and found that it at least met the WP:GNG. I'm not sure why it would qualify as a content fork? I mean, certainly the book itself could be used as a source to help add to the content in Angels in America, but it's an oral history about not only the play itself but also the context and impact of the play in a more broad sense, and includes content about LGBT history, the AIDS epidemic, politics, etc. on a more broad level, so it's more than just a straight recounting of the production history. Certainly right now it's just a stub (I was planning on expanding once I'd gotten a copy of the book and had time to go through all the coverage on it) but as far as I can tell, WP:REDUNDANTFORK and WP:POVFORK are the only unacceptable forks, so I'm not sure which one of those it falls under? Also, don't you typically merge forks, not delete them? Anyway, sorry for rambling, I'm a bit lost here, so I just wanted to understand a bit better about why you felt it should be deleted. Thank you! ElfLady64 (talk) 06:08, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 03:52, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, Zigzig20s! Softlavender (talk) 03:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

???

"So whatever you are trying to say, the OED is saying that the English phrase "useful idiot" does not seem to correspond": I just said above that I did not feel "reflect" was a direct synonym for "correspond to" or even "mirror". And "trying to say" is rude when it should've been quite clear. Like I am spouting gibberish? Just like the OED may be wrong about etymology, English majors may be wrong about English. To embody, represent or reflect something requires that that something existed beforehand. Also consider what "reflect" means in physics in the sense of a mirror reflecting light. The light comes from a source, hits the mirror, and bounces off. And no this doesn't mean "mirror" is used to mean the same thing as reflect, I think it is used to mean more like "correspond to". Things can mirror each other at the same time, based on how we use the term. Mirror or correspond can be used to imply parallel existence but reflection implies prior existence. —DIYeditor (talk) 05:12, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus

Dear Softlavender, Francis Schonken does not seem to be respecting consensus at the moment.[1] That happened on a DYK hook created by Gerda, who has been helping me at her suggestion for two weeks or so (she asked me on her user talk page and I was happy to help her). Similarly consensus is not being respected in the accompanying article and the ongoing discussion, which involves reading a nuanced, carefully-written and lengthy chapter written in 2017. What is your advice? As encouraged by Gerda, I have contributed quite a lot to the main article and that is still happening. At the moment I want to write a brief paragraph about the Reformation in Strasbourg. It is easy to find reliable secondary sources. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 08:30, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Similarly here.[2] On WT:WikiProject Classical Music#Split proposals regarding Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach there seems to be no consensus at all. Most of the content in Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach has been written by me and he has attempted to five sections simultaneously. Previously he attempted to move huge sections to new articles in January 2017, but consensus was against him in the archived discussion at WP:ANI. What is your advice? Mathsci (talk) 08:46, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the involved editors need to work out the issues re: the DYK-nominated article amicably on the article's talk page. In terms of the keyboard concertos article, FS has frequently abused the "under construction" template to railroad unilateral, undiscussed, non-consensus changes into stable articles (most of which have been largely written by you), so at this point this is continued abuse of that and I have reverted. Softlavender (talk) 10:26, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi. Francis Schonken's edits are continuing in the same way on "Keyboard concertos", ignoring WP:consensus. From what I can tell, Francis Schonken has methodically counted the number of reverts he has made and then waited for a certain time to start reverting again. From my general experience on wikipedia noticeboards, that kind of calculated edit-warring is not uncommon on WP:AN3. Sometimes administrators have referred to that kind of editing as "gaming the system". What is your advice? Mathsci (talk) 08:18, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'd say it's up to you to determine what to do. Softlavender (talk) 08:28, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. On An Wasserflüssen Babylon, Francis Schonken seems to be trying to circumvent WP:consensus. In this edit [3] he unilaterally decided that were no issues with the lead so that he could remove any tags. In this case he used ]WP:BRD where it is not applicable. Indeed he was trying to stifle discussion, not to start any constructive discussion. Mathsci (talk) 16:51, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keyboard concertos

Please don't invite other editors to edit war, like you did here. --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:42, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Edit on Claude Debussy

Well from your comment it is clear that you may not know much about Manuel de Falla, and even less about his music. If you cared to even read the article on Wikipedia about him, you can read this: "There he met a number of composers who had an influence on his style, including the impressionists Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Paul Dukas". He is also mentioned in the article "Musical impressionism". If you want concrete examples his work Nights in the Gardens of Spain is described as "impressionistic". Also I understand that you might not know about the history of Spanish classical music, but Falla, like virtually every Spanish composer of the late 19th century and beginning of 20th century, completed his musical education in Paris, and was influenced by French music (other examples are Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Joaquín Rodrigo). What I thought would be discussed about my edit was whether Falla was relevant enough to be included on the list or not. I did not expect someone making a fool out of himself arguing about an obvious fact, that Falla was influenced by Debussy. I mean, I try not to opinate and argue about something I know nothing about, and I expected everyone to do the same. That's why your comment is surprising for me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.33.236.52 (talk) 12:01, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

IP: Please read my edit summary, which advises you to make your case on the talkpage of the article (not here). Softlavender (talk) 12:06, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Reverted edits in Oh Shenandoah

Please, see WP:CON and WP:WAR. We can discuss any troubles and doubts about my/ your/ someone's else edits before such reverts: [4], [5], [6], [7]--Tamtam90 (talk) 22:47, 10 April 2018 (UTC).[reply]

Your advice please...

Greetings!

I took a look at instances where Hullaballoo Wolfowitz's editing conduct has been discussed at ANI. You made a number of comments last December, in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive972#Edit warring to restore NFCC violation and unsourced claims

I found this edit of yours particularly interesting.

  1. you mentioned a ruling connected with Betacommand. I am not familiar with this ruling. Where can I read about it?
  2. you told HW, paraphrasing, don't simply remove images that have a fair use rationale, instead initiate a (civil) discussion with the good faith uploaders, as the image may be eligible for inclusion under NFCC, if only you point out what is wrong with their rationale... have I got that right?

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 02:58, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Geo Swan, I think you have my sentiments right. In terms of Betacommand (talk · contribs), the saga is too long and too far distant for me to encapsulate well. I suggest asking someone else, perhaps one of the participants on that ANI thread -- or doing your own research. I think one way of characterizing it would be that he was blocked/banned for disruptive over-zealous removal of borderline fair-use images, or images which had fair-use rationales that he disagreed with. Softlavender (talk) 23:51, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk:Kiev/naming

The patience it takes to monitor the bimonthly thread where the next attempt (by the same players every month) to change Kiev to "Kyiv" will occur shortly! Thank you for your patience and persistence. --Taivo (talk) 03:35, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

LOL, Taivo. The main problem is, the people who start the new threads do not realize it's been hashed over so many times. All *I* have to do is copy and paste the same close I've been using for the past 10 threads. :) Softlavender (talk) 03:54, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ANONYMOUS

mY Apologies for taking the liberty to write on your page, but I felt I must offer an explanation to your riposte.

I am aged 52, and have been writing this Wikipedian for over 15 years. Secondly, I wish to remain anonymous because of Vandalism and Abusive Offence on my pages that I have written.

Please DO NOT CONTA|CT Me again. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pvqnp940a (talk • contribs) 07:00, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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