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Talk:Vivian Della Chiesa

message: The article still reads like it was copied directly out of an obituary, but since the source isn't online, I can't confirm it. In any case, it is not written in an encyclopedic style. Cheers, CP 23:09, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The Long Island obituary was linked to this article a few days ago, but it is gone now.  I hope I printed it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vocalmusicpa (talk • contribs) 16:37, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

text: *I wasn't aware that there was a conflict in dates. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Would you mind providing the sources for the other dates here? Perhaps we can come up with a good solution. I would hesitate to put in a circa unless a source can be found that uses a circa. A better solution might be to use a footnote explaining the discrepancy in dates and go with the date from the source which seems the most accurate in the lead. Otherwise we are verging on WP:OR. P.S. Thanks for the compliment. The rest of the article still needs some more cleanup though.Singingdaisies (talk) 21:22, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Tone
Talk:Vladimir Sofronitsky

message: I am removing the infobox per this guideline.THD3 (talk) 20:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox
Talk:Astroid

message: Note that the equation :x^{2/3} + y^{2/3} = 1,
when considered in the complex plane, is not equivalent to
:(x^2+y^2-1)^3+27x^2y^2=0., which has other
complex branches. It would be nice to give a reference to 
Puiseux series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puiseux_series) -- 
M.L. Maxim Leyenson 18:41, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Non-equivalence of equations in the complex plane

message: I deleted the Popular Culture section. It had been tagged for 11 months because it had no references.
The Steel logo obviously is not composed of true astroid shapes, but merely four-lobed curves reminiscent of astroids. (The true curve is noticeably more shallow than the pretty shape used for the logo.) I doubt that any of the other shapes cited were any more accurate than the steel logo. The Price is Right article did not even mention astroids or display one in the several images of the show.
Further, I question the need for a "Popular Culture" section for a mathematical curve in the first place. If a mathematical curve has a practical application (such as gear teeth for involutes of circles, or suspension bridges for catenaries) that is a different matter.
Dlw20070716 (talk) 16:00, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  No more "Popular Culture" 

message: In Spanish, French and Italian the name of this curve is spelled 'astroide', with accents suitable to those languages. Normally a foreign name is spelled the same in English as in the foreign language with omission of any accompanying diacritics. In this case the addition of the final e (which shall remain silent as usual in English) is particularly wanted as it helps to distinguish it from the too similar 'asteroid', which leads much too far afield for appropriate denotation. I have also seen this 'astroide' spelling used in English, most notably in the examples for the Euler mathematical computer program. And again in an advertisement for a trucker baseball cap(!) with this curve in its design. Unfortunately, I do not consider either of these sources particularly trustworthy in matters related to proofreading.
Dlw20070716 (talk) 16:45, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Astroid, or Astroide?
Talk:Vlado Kreslin

message: The quote at the end, starting 'I had heard the music of Vlado Kreslin....' doesn't have an opening quotation mark. This suggests that the author of the Wikipedia article is speaking personally , which is surely against Wikipedia's editing policy and makes the article sound a lot less authoritative. In fact, if you don't bother to read the quote all the way through, you don't even realise it is a quote.31.15.247.228 (talk) 08:53, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing quotation mark
Talk:1741 English cricket season

message: The article is next in line for merging into History of cricket (1726–1771). As with 1744, however, it looks as if there is considerable information available and this one should also be improved and expanded, not merged. I'm assured there's substantial coverage of 1740s cricket (though not, curiously, the 1750s) in the sources. Watch this space. No Great Shaker (talk) 13:57, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger
Talk:1744 English cricket season

message: There is no evidence I think that these players were related to Edward Stevens. W Rhodes was not related to the allrounder who appeared in the thirties bearing the name Rhodes and the various Smiths who played in the sixties were not related. You can't guess at something like that. If you check the electoral roles you might get something but you'd have to go to Sussex and you might not. I know that people who live near the Hamilton Arms in Stedham call that 'Hamilton' and there is a cricket ground - in fact one and a soccer pitch close by. It is only a mile from Midhurst. Hambledon is fairly close to Sussex but although it may be 'Hambledon', it may equally be Hamilton, Stedham and that is in Sussex. Oh Mr E Steed or Stead - the Stead comes from the contemporaneous pronunciation of Steed as Stayed - this is still common locally I'm told and common in the Carolinas which still mimick English pronunciation from that period.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.175.228 (talk) 15:37, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair comment. The surmises shouldn't be in the WP article but it was written six years ago and we had different standards then. Nearly all of these seasonal articles need updating to comply with current standards. Time is the problem. ----Jack | talk page 17:21, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Stevens
Talk:Walter Gibbons

message: There is another Walter Gibbons - a late nineteenth century music hall owner in Britain, one of the most influential ones90.11.230.159 15:11, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
::This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. Remove this template whenever:
::#There is consensus on the talkpage or the NPOV Noticeboard that the issue has been resolved
::#It is not clear what the neutrality issue is, and no satisfactory explanation has been given
::#In the absence of any discussion, or if the discussion has become dormant.
Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:41, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  removing POV tag with no active discussion per [[Template:POV]]
Talk:Herbie Herbert

message: Here's the thing: although he calls himself a hippie, his career as a manager was money-oriented, which is not hippie-like. He has also said "you gotta' make hay while the sun shines" (Matt Carty interview). Perhaps we should point this out. Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave Golland (talk • contribs) 14:57, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I think going into much more detail in this regard could make the article come off as biased, as his alleged personal disposition towards money (or how we interpret it) is probably less essential than his concrete accomplishments and actions. Though it is difficult to resist a good 'hippie-turned-yuppie' joke.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fred.Pendleton (talk • contribs) 19:20, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Self-Proclaimed Hippie" 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Moved   — Amakuru (talk) 11:16, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Walter Herbert (manager) →  – Firstly, WP:ATDAB suggests that parenthetical disambiguation should be a last resort, not a first resort.  Unfortunately, this is widely disregarded throughout the encyclopedia and was also disregarded here when the article was moved to its current title in 2009 without discussion.  Some people around here are a little too enamored with job titles, so I can understand why.  I've always heard him referred to as Herbie Herbert, not Walter Herbert.  Googling "herbie herbert" music manager -wikipedia produces slightly more hits than "walter herbert" music manager -wikipedia.  Far more importantly, examining those results, reliable news sources reporting on his death overwhelmingly favor referring to him as Herbie Herbert.  I didn't examine the hits to see how many mentions of Walter Herbert were Wikipedia mirrors which escaped the filter I used in the search dialogue.  The folks over at ITN continue to demonstrate their fraudulent notion of "article quality" that this wasn't considered before it was put on the main page.  We have something called WP:NOTBUREAUCRACY, yet it doesn't seem to mean anything if every single improvement has to be subjected to a separate process.  RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  05:14, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 3 November 2021
Talk:Walter Midgley

message: * He sang leading roles at the Royal Opera House and elsewhere from the 1930s to the 1950s.
* After the war he became Principal Tenor at the Royal Opera House, ...
* He sang major tenor roles from 1951 to 1953 ....
So, he sang "leading roles" for 20 years (the 1930s through the 1950s), and he was "Principal Tenor" from c. 1945, but only sang "major roles" for the three years 1951-53.
Is a "leading role" not necessarily a "major role"? And what does a "Principal Tenor" sing if not leading and/or major roles?  --  Jack of Oz [Talk] 22:59, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusing story
Talk:Besnik Zukaj

message: JoeNMLC (talk) 17:10, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Orphan article message
Talk:Warren Peace

message: Isn't Warren Peace also a character from a Tolstoy novel?  Teetotaler  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.68.22.207 (talk) 02:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No - but he is a character in a couple of novels by Bob Shaw. -- Beardo (talk) 17:53, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation needed.
Talk:Warren Wiebe

message: Does anybody know about his personal life? He is not famous and is only well known as a session musician. None of his work as a bass player is on record. Yet he is missed by so many.
He was discovered by David Foster in a hotel in 1987. Took part in many Foster-
related benefits and often duetted with Celine Dion in 1989 he and Celine
sang the song "Listen to Me" for the film of the same name. He appeared in the
Voices That Care video but was never fully reconignzed. He battled schriopenza
throughout his life. In 1995 he was offered to be part of a group called
"Millennium" that included Nita Whitaker, Joey Diggs, Wil Wheaton and Suzette
Charles and David Foster was to produce their album but it never happened.
After his death several of his demos have been released on various albums.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.21.13.216 (talk) 19:27, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Article states that "America the Beautiful" is the US national anthem.  This is incorrect.  The US national anthem is "The Star-Spangled Banner". 99.196.61.196 (talk) 07:52, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  US national anthem.
Talk:Watermelon Slim

message: As an editor at Crawdaddy!, and to comply with COI guidelines, I am not posting the link to this review. However, I would like to recommend it on its merits, and hope that an editor will find the time to examine the review and—if he or she sees fit—post it as an external link, or, if/when a No Paid Holidays page is created, to the professional reviews section. I appreciate your time. Crawdaddy! (favorable) 2008Asst. Editor, Crawdaddy! FenderRhodesScholar | Talk 21:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Page was moved from Watermelon Slim to William Homans ("Watermelon Slim") without prior discussion. I have reverted the move. Page has been named Watermelon Slim for 13 years; WP policy currently states:  I would like to see some discussion to determine if there is consensus to change, and what any proposed new title might be. Neil S. Walker (talk) 22:01, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page move
Talk:The Greatest Adventure: Stories From The Bible

message: This is a redundant article, with just the capitalization varying from this article.  The contents of this are already included in the other article.The Bulldozer 18:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that.  A redirect should be appropriate. --badlydrawnjeff talk 18:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Virtual orchestra

message: This article needs a lot of work.  It uses many words to say very little, hiding simple points in serpentine sentences.  What's worse is that it doesn't tell me what a virtual orchestra is, except in the vaguest terms.  Apparently it attempts to simulate an orchestra.  Beyond that, it allows real-time interaction, can respond to a conductor, and "preserv[es] much of the traditional tactile instrumental interface."  I honestly have no idea how it does those things, or what the bloody thing is.  How do people interact with it?  How does it respond to a conductor? 141.156.238.133 18:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

message: I really expected the work carried out by the Vienna Symphonic Library team  to feature prominently in this article.
An Editor may perhaps research their efforts:
- the largest library of sound samples I have seen (approaching 500 Gigabytes, a million samples)
- a user interface which is available as a plug-in for all common MIDI sequencer or studio software I know (VST and AU)
- under development: mixing/mastering software which uses an impulse response for each instrument, recorded on a concert stage in the position where the instrument would be played if this was a real live performance.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.82.8 (talk) 17:47, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vienna Symphonic Library 

message: Bianchi and Smith did not invent the virtual orchestra. They created a MIDI file, and played it through MOTU's Digital Performer (then "Performer"). Thousands of MIDI users created classical MIDI files before, and after, Bianchi and Smith did Gluck.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.59.80.145 (talk) 02:53, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bianchi/smith were not the first to make virtual orchestra 

message: This article currently has a dearth of refs. I've removed some of the stronger statements and will probably trim more if it remains in this state. Primergrey (talk) 03:16, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  refs
Talk:1769 English cricket season

message: To get to the gist of this John I'd get hold of a facsimilie of a London Street map c.1870. There is at least one available. You'll see that places we consider well into London were as late as 1870, extremely rural. The first effective London map survey is 1806 and that map is also available running right into Herts,Bucks and down to Surrey. The idea of Metropolitan London may not be quite what you think. Finchley for example was a long way out and rural. Harrow was also no more than a large market village. Plaistow was but a village seperated from the metropolis.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.169.1.211 (talk) 14:13, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, Mark. Yes, thanks, this is another sentence that was added about ten years ago and needs to be revised or removed. Most of the sources when talking about the Artillery Ground say it was in Finsbury, rarely mentioning London except as the home club. I'm gradually working my way through these but, anything you spot, do please let me know. Have you thought about rejoining WP with a new userid as that will make communication easier? Thanks again. Oh, and all the best for 2017. Jack | talk page 15:17, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Metropolitan London
Talk:My Best Friend (2006 film)

message: The link to the official site has expired. CielProfond (talk) 18:18, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link expired 

message: This is just a short info about the translation of the title for non-French speaking people.
"Mon meilleur ami" means "best male friend", and is not directly equivalent, as the translation from French into English.
Nevertheless, the formal correctness is of course given.
--77.1.201.205 (talk) 22:31, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short Info 
Talk:1772 English cricket season

message: Repeating the message I've posted at Talk:History of cricket (1772–1815). Following recent discussion of this period with the third parties who assisted me at 1744 English cricket season, I think it was a mistake to merge 1772 English cricket season. That was a significant year in the sport's history because match scorecards became the rule rather than the exception; and the season is widely considered to mark the beginning (albeit unofficially) of first-class cricket. I've therefore undone the merger to restore the article as an independent review of 1772, as for 1744. The summary in the 1772–1815 history is useful, however, and I'll leave that be. No Great Shaker (talk) 20:24, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this is just about done. I've had a lot of outside help (as for 1744) and I want to say thank you to those who have provided that help. Well done, guys, and all the best. No Great Shaker (talk) 15:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger cancelled
Talk:1774 English cricket season

message: Regarding the "disappearance" of this player for several seasons, I recall that I originally included the admittedly speculative reason for his absence because I was sure I had read it somewhere, but I could not remember where. This morning, I had an inkling and followed it up to find in some old notes that, in a telephone conversation with one Keith Warsop in 2005, he said to me that in the opinion of one John Goulstone, Purchase probably went to America with the army. I don't actually recall the conversation but it is clear from the note that it was said and so that is where the information came from. This leaves the problem of providing a written secondary source. One person's spoken view (unless Mr Goulstone has written and published it somewhere) received secondhand via an intermediary is not an approved verification. ----Jack | talk page 12:37, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Have amended my comments made in February 2012 above. ----Jack | talk page 06:49, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Richard Purchase
Talk:Wes Farrell

message: I didn't find a cite either, but it's likely the designation was made by a rights organization (ASCAP or BMI) not RIAA. For example, see https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/19991214_bmi_announces_top_100_songs_of_the_century (where Sloopy does not appear - by then it had only been out for 30+ years *snark*). Also, from the footnotes at https://davesmusicdatabase.blogspot.com/2014/12/radios-most-played-songs-in-history.html we have http://www.classicbands.com/mostplayed.html (which does not cite its ultimate authority but lists the usual suspects - again, no Sloopy). Anecdotally, Sloopy is probably right behind Louie for 'Most performed by garage bands' xD  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.65.77.184 (talk) 15:35, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most performed
Talk:Metmyoglobin

message: This has important consequences for the meat packing industry, as brown meat is less aesthetically appealing, and in order to be sold, it is usually downgraded and minced, at a reduced price, resulting in a substantial economic loss.
I've just removed the above info because I think it goes off-topic. Please discuss if you disagree. Temporal User (Talk) 23:53, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of information on meat industry off-topic 
Talk:Wilfred Brown (tenor)

message: I am William Brown, eldest son of Wilfred Brown.
The article has an error in referring to my father as directer of music at Bedales School. During his time at Bedales he was principally employed as a modern languages teacher, notably French and German in which he was more than fluent. He was involved with music at Bedales and also worked with Margaret McNamee who was a piano teacher at Bedales. My father also made an LP record of English Songs with Margaret as accompanying pianist. 
82.18.81.60 (talk) 14:24, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Error in article
Talk:Wilfred Gibson

message: We need a reference, such as an obituary, before adding a death date to the article. If you are not sure how to add a reference just leave a message here and I will do it. --Racklever (talk) 09:48, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Death ?

message: @Beetstra So you're saying http://www.jefflynnesongs.com/elo2tour/ isn't a reliable source? If that's the case, why do you keep adding it back to the page? I'm confused. --HappyWithWhatYouHaveToBeHappyWith (talk) 00:25, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Meh, I should not be editing at night.  My apologies.  I’ve undone. Dirk Beetstra T C 04:46, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jefflynnesongs