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Hello, fellow editors.
[edit] About me
Have opposable thumbs; will edit for food.
I live in the U.S., and my interests include light opera, musical theatre, global warming, environment, literature, films, astronomy, health issues, U.S. politics, and U.S. law. I am an amateur singer and actor (performing with some frequency both in the U.K. and the U.S.), and I enjoy snow skiing, swimming, snorkeling and sailing.
[edit] My contributions here
My first edit on Wikipedia was on April 20, 2006, but I did not establish this username until April 27, 2006. By September 2011, I had made over 80,000 total edits on Wikipedia. I have created several hundred articles on Wikipedia, and more than 140 of them have been featured on the "Did You Know" section of the Main Page.
I have edited a wide range of articles here, but I spend most of my time on articles about musical theatre, especially from about 1860 to about 1925, including shows, composers, lyricists, dramatists, and producers of, and performers in, Victorian musical theatre and Edwardian musical comedy. I have created or expanded articles on every Victorian and Edwardian-era musical of which I am aware that enjoyed an original London or New York run of at least 400 performances and many other successful or notable musicals and performers of the period. I have also expanded many musical theatre and related articles from more recent eras, and I am a member of WikiProject Musical Theatre. In the Autumn 2010 and Autumn 2011 terms, I have been a Wikipedia Online Ambassador, mentoring university students.
I am an active participant in Wikipedia:WikiProject Gilbert and Sullivan, having created or expanded articles on most of the important Gilbert and Sullivan performers and People associated with Gilbert and Sullivan included in Wikipedia. In addition, I have created articles on many of W. S. Gilbert's plays, and I have added to most of the other articles within the scope of the project. I am proud to say that most of the articles in the project are rated at least C-class, and many of the most important articles are rated at least B-Class. I encourage anyone interested in Gilbert and Sullivan to join the WP:G&S project. There is still plenty more to do!
I have been a major contributor to the following articles that are now rated Featured Articles or Good Articles:
[edit] Praise/Reliability of Wikipedia
Every time you make a typo, the errorists win. Just kidding.
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- Pre-1978 publicity photos: See this.
Footlight Notes site
Wikipedia's servers are within the U.S. jurisdiction, files must follow U.S. copyright law in order to be used on Wikipedia. Overviews of U.S. copyright law can be found at User:Quadell/copyright and Cornell University's factsheet. Official documents from the U.S. Copyright Office are at: "Duration of Copyright" and "International Copyright Relations".
Favorite Wikipedia talk page reply to a disruptive editor, which made me smile: "Please don't tag the regulars. I have been editing this page for years. You've just come back from being banned for editwarring - perhaps you should calm down and take a break?"
Administrators:
Stub for musicals: {{musical-theat-stub}}
For Proposed deletion (for articles whose deletion is expected to be uncontroversial), you put {{subst:prod|reason}} at the top of the article. If it is controversial, WP:DELETE will walk you through what to do. It's not hard, and they've set it up to be pretty painless: put {{subst:afd1}} at the top of the article, click on the preloaded debate link, and fill it out, then go back to the article, copy the text given, and click on the link for the next step and paste the text in, to link the debate.
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Art, architecture, literature and media
Citation template for web cites: {{cite web}}
Wikipedia's fair use criteria: WP:FU#Policy.
[edit] Barnstars and other bling
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The 100 DYK Medal |
| It is my pleasure to award you, Ssilvers, this medal, and I hope this is not the last one you'll receive from the project. Materialscientist (talk) 01:57, 27 November 2009 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Awarded to Ssilvers for his work on actors and actresses, minor operas, and everything else related to Gilbert and Sullivan and Victorian Theatre. You have single-handedly filled in many huge gaps in Wikipedia coverage. Adam Cuerden talk 13:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| In recognition of your endless amount of contributions to drama-related articles on Wikipedia, and being an active participant in the corresponding discussions, I award you with this barnstar. It is also nice to meet a fellow actor on Wikipedia! Best wishes, and happy editing! :-) Lradrama 20:00, 17 November 2007 (UTC) |
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The Sullivan Barnstar |
| For your careful copyediting, research, and other work on Thespis, I award you this newly-made barnstar. Should make a Gilbert version too. Adam Cuerden talk 00:18, 20 November 2007 (UTC) |
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The Gilbert and Sullivan Barnstar |
| For your significant contribution to the works and performers of Gilbert and Sullivan I award you this specially made barnstar. Your knowledge of and enthusiasm for the subject are amazing. . Jack1956 (talk) 16:06, 1 April 2008 (UTC) |
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Creatures of Impulse Barnstar |
| Your work on this article was at the least the equal of mine, and it couldn't have passed without you. This special barnstar commemorates this FA. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 01:03, 14 June 2008 (UTC) |
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The Trial by Jury Barnstar |
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| Please accept this specially-made Gilbert Barnstar for your hard work on Trial by Jury. Seriously, couldn't do it without you. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 13:26, 29 June 2008 (UTC) |
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The WikiProject Musical Theatre Barnstar |
| For your kind efforts to reach a common ground on musical article content, I award you my Musical Theatre Barnstar. Enjoy! Mizu onna sango15Hello! 20:01, 16 November 2008 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar |
| For carefully and thoughtfully saving the image of Bernadette Peters and (belatedly) for getting the article to GA. JeanColumbia (talk) 13:30, 20 December 2008 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| This is awarded in recognition of your excellent work on Noël Coward. Congratulations on achieving Featured Article status! LiteraryMaven (talk • contrib) 14:39, 25 March 2009 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| For Ssilvers, who went above and beyond the typical reviewing standards to help Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. achieve FA-status before his bicentennial. Your thorough dissection and willingness to leave no stone unturned is much appreciated. As the Autocrat himself would say, "People who honestly mean to be true contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'." With many thanks, María (habla conmigo) 21:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| For an impressive and tireless and extensive 6-day period of major research and writing on Stephen Moorer, way over and above the call of duty. Well done! Softlavender (talk) 07:24, 27 July 2009 (UTC) |
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The Gilbert and Sullivan Barnstar |
| For your significant contribution in expanding The Ne'er-do-Weel I award you this barnstar. Jack1956 (talk) 21:30, 29 September 2009 (UTC) |
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The Gilbert and Sullivan Barnstar |
| For your amazing contribution in expanding The Fortune Hunter I award you this G&S barnstar. Jack1956 (talk) 18:44, 29 October 2009 (UTC) |
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The Good Article Barnstar |
| As a token of deep gratitude for your state-of-the-art editing of Themes in Avatar that helped it rise to GA status, I present you with this barnstar. Thanks and regards, Cinosaur (talk) 17:49, 18 April 2010 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| For Ssilvers, whose diligence in advising, supporting, and even (if you please) correcting me, has helped me in more articles than I can name – and today I am in his debt for helping me get Adrian Boult to FA. – Tim riley (talk) 22:12, 20 April 2010 (UTC) |
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The Guidance Barnstar |
| This is for helping me fix the pages I create. JDDJS (talk) 15:08, 2 May 2010 (UTC) |
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Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar |
| For outstanding efforts helping a student, which will soon have led to the first successful DYK from a student working with the ambassadors program, I award Ssilvers the Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:18, 8 October 2010 (UTC) |
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Prince of Proofreaders Barnstar |
| For constantly rescuing me and my prose, reading articles that must have bored you to sobs, and helping me get them up to GA/FA I gratefully present you with this special barnstar. – Tim riley (talk) 22:47, 30 October 2010 (UTC) |
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The Guidance Barnstar |
| Ssilvers, I want to thank you for all your time and patience in helping me make Stanley Holloway a Good Article. Without your help and guidance it would not have been possible. I would also like to thank you for correcting my many mistakes and for giving me some valuable and respected advice along the way. I would therefore feel honoured if you would accept this barnstar as a token of my thanks. Cassianto (talk) 18:06, 16 September 2011 (UTC) |
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Most-patient-Wiki-teacher & Far-above-and-beyond Award |
| You definitely deserve an award for being the most patient teacher I have ever seen! Bravo! kosboot (talk) 07:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
(Kosboot gives me a tacit shout-out here. [Ssilvers])
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| Thx for 2011...to be continued ! Gozor136 (talk) 17:25, 31 December 2011 (UTC) |
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Hello, Ssilvers, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions so far. Here are a few important links for newcomers:
If you'd like some help with editing, you can sign up at the new users log or ask me on my talk page. If you need other help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, post a question at the Help Desk, or ask me.
Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. It is always wise to read the most recent entries at the bottom of the talk page of an existing article before making major changes to it, to it to see if your proposed change has been discussed before. Before I make a major change to an article, I often make a proposal on the talk page to see if anyone minds.
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