Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera/Archive 24

message: Following the success of the Gilbert and Sullivan Project we now have another 'descendant' - the Richard Wagner Project. IMO having special projects for the more developed areas of opera coverage works well, enabling higher standards etc. Congratulations to Dogbertd for setting this up. -- Kleinzach 01:28, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Richard Wagner|Richard Wagner Project]]

message: I propose we accept SatyrTN's offer to set the bot to (quote) "look at an article and tell if it has a "This article is a stub" tag in the article", otherwise to "leave the rating alone, basically leaving "stubs" tagged and the rest "unassessed"." -- Kleinzach 00:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that where there is a stub tag, there is no harm to automatically adding a "stub" class assessment.  If an article is then improved, the assessment should be upgraded at the same time.  Best regards, -- Ssilvers 00:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks fine to me. --Peter cohen 10:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok. Moreschi  Talk 20:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal

message: This has been tagged as original research with an implied threat of deletion (Afd), see Talk:List_of_important_opera_companies#Original_research. The tagger objected to the limit of 60 enties in the introduction (which I have removed) and the selection criteria. He/she has agreed that the OR tag can be removed if the word 'important' is removed from the title and the list becomes inclusive. I am inclined to do this to save a good article, but do other people agree? -- Kleinzach 00:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  -- Ssilvers 00:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Agreed - Jay 02:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Do so if you mus, but I notice the reference list at the bottom. If someone can state how it was used, it should rebut the original research claim. --Peter cohen 10:26, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately it would be extremely laborious to do this, the results would probably be disputed and in any case the information would be dated. (I'm not happy about this myself. IMO OR is the most abused policy on WP.) -- Kleinzach 01:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If the list gets too big (which I doubt it will) it could always be split by continent. Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 01:56, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

text: The criteria listed (except the first and the last) are factual, but I doubt if some of those facts are (or were) very easy to find, even for major companies.  I personally would prefer a more inclusive list anyway. --GuillaumeTell 10:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

text: You have to post here Wikipedia:Requested moves. Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 03:13, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've renamed it and removed double redirects.  No need to post. --☑ SamuelWantman 06:42, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I have now removed the Original Research tag as agreed. -- Kleinzach 10:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[List of important opera companies]]

message: The IMSLP (which works exactly like WP) has an opera section. I don't know whether anybody else is interested? I've joined with my WP handle. -- Kleinzach 02:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[International Music Score Library Project]]