Talk:The Merry Widow (ballet)

message: Pigsonthewing removed a link to an important external page, regarding the history of the operetta from the ballet was created.  His reasomn was presumably because he thought that the page was a frame on another page to which we have an external link.  If that was what he thought, then he was wrong, and he should not have interfered. Figaro 12:50, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No, your powers of telepathy are failing you. I removed a link to an article about the operetta, from a page about the ballet. You, on the other hand, reverted, my entire edit, thereby reintroducing several errors, on the spurious grounds that my edit was ""unnecessary interference". That is not acceptable - you do not own the article. Andy Mabbett 12:59, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: So you think that the historical context of the ballet in unimportant.  Others will disagree with you, and it is not your decision about whether the historical context is of importance. Figaro 13:03, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: So you think that the historical context of the ballet in unimportant. Now you're making things up. Andy Mabbett 14:02, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Editing external links

message: Could those people who do not know anything about how Wikipedia works please refrain from making edits to this article. Every edit page says (emphasis in original):
:If you don't want your writing to be edited and redistributed by others, do not submit it.
Andy Mabbett 10:22, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but I expect people who know about the subject to edit what is written.  In the case of The Merry Widow (ballet), that does not include you. Figaro 12:09, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Please provide your evidence for that remarkable, and false, accusation. Or retract it. Note also that knowledge of a sucbject is NOT a requirement to make edits to a page, on matters of formatting, linking, grammar etc. Andy Mabbett 12:31, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I note that, despite Figaro's recent activity, no such evidence has been provided. Andy Mabbett 17:35, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing (2) 

message: I would like to comment here that my reason for writing the paragraph, comparing the differences between the operetta version (where Valenticenne's fan is a major feature), and the ballet version (where the kerchief is a major feature), is because of the merging of the two together by another member of Wikipedia, when the ballet article was initially set up.  The paragraph was intended to illustrate that the two should not be merged.  I admit that I should have removed the paragraph from the ballet article some time ago, but did not get around to doing so until the 'comparison paragraph' was repeatedly, and incorrectly, put into the plot summary by Pigsonthewing.  I have repeatedly tried to explain, without avail, that the comparison had nothing to do with the plot summary for the ballet, but this was continually ignored.  Therefore, I removed the 'comparison paragraph' from the article, altogether.  Hopefully this will be the last heard of this particular paragraph.
I would also like to comment that I joined Wikipedia with the sole intention of contributing in a positive manner to the encyclopedia.  I did not join Wikipedia to bicker with anyone.  I would therefore appreciate it if Pigsonthewing stopped deliberately setting out to destroy what I have done. Figaro 12:08, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't stop that, never having started. Cease making personal attacks. You also appear to be in breach of WP:3RR. I'll give you a short while to revert your latest reversion, in case you were not aware of that policy, before I report the breach. Andy Mabbett 12:36, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The comparison between the operetta and the ballet 

message: Were the broadcast and video from the same performance? Was the CD also from one of them, or was it recorded spearately? Andy Mabbett 12:09, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: In answer to the first question, yes.  In answer to the second question, the CD was probably recorded separately, in the studio. Figaro 12:29, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Broadcast and recording

message: I can see having just one name for the location and agree it should be the specific building, but the problem is Wikipedia has an article for the arts center but not the state theater. I'll create a stub, but I really know nothing about the place. Figaro, have you been there? --CBDunkerson 14:21, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The State Theatre is a theatre within the building (one of several performance areas within the building).  I have been to several performances in the State Theatre, both operatic and dance.  These include the Essgee production of "The Merry Widow" operetta (which I saw in the State Theattre in 1999, when the company took it to Melbourne, as it toured Australia after it premiered its production in the Lyric Theatre in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane in 1998, which I also saw - Essgee changed many aspects of the production between 1998 and 1999, and I preferred what they did in Brisbane).  I also saw the Australian Ballet perfomance of "The Merry Widow" ballet in its 2000 season at the State Theatre in Victoria. Figaro 15:12, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: State Theatre

message: The name of the restaurant should be called "Chez Maxim" since the name of the establishment within the ballet, i.e. as a proper noun.  Figaro 00:31, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chez Maxim 

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