User talk:RobertG

Archives Please post new messages to the bottom of my talk page (click here). I will typically respond on yours, although if it appears the discussion would be better kept in one place then I am likely to respond here.

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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Films based on the works of H. G. Wells

Category:Films based on the works of H. G. Wells, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mike Selinker (talk) 13:57, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

pls undelete my biograph

Hi pls undelete me from wikipedia my name is fortunate egbuchere. Wikipedia said u deleted me.thks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.164.211 (talk • contribs) 5 November 2011

Hello. I don't remember deleting you. I assumed from your comment that an article about you on Wikipedia was deleted, so I checked the Wikipedia deletion logs for November and can find no article called anything like "Fortunate Egbuchere". Please can you be more specific about what you would like me to do? Thank you. --RobertG ♬ talk 07:45, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Music from Manchester

Category:Music from Manchester, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mike Selinker (talk) 21:56, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

List of compositions by Herbert Howells: copyright violation?

Hello - List of compositions by Herbert Howells article that I think you split off from the Herbert Howells article a while ago turns out to be have been cut and pasted (and reformatted) from the list in Grove Music Online, which is a copyright resource. I appreciate it wasn't you who did the cut and pasting, but I thought you might like to know I have recommended it for speedy deletion. Kind regards, Wilus (talk) 18:00, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Executon by Elephant

Yeah saw that probably I hit save as you hit protect, either way that'll give the editors a rest from the garbage for a while. Gnangarra 10:55, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Yay, an admin!/"What Does This Mean?"

Hay thar! SmallCheez here. I saw you edited the Wild Kratts article (which needs help, as you saw). I was just wondering if you were passing by or planned to stick around a bit, as we have a problem editor (lately, they've been quiet, thankfully). Unfortunately, Wikipedia says I've also been a problem editor (hey, Wikipedia, I was just following YOUR rules! You said "ignore, revert, discuss", but the other editor won't discuss, so I ignored and reverted...). I claim juris... ignoramus (or whatever that other word is).

That's what everyone else was doing as well (ignore, revert, discuss), but I looked through the history and found 30 of the same edit by this person in the last 6 months (I've been an editor for only 1, and most of that time was spent offline taking care of my grandma, so it's really more like 2 weeks). To be fair, the IP (other editor) hasn't really been talked to but twice (once by me, once by a third), but still ignored our notices, and I really don't know what to do with it, besides bring it to their attention (that they're crossing the line with respect to behaviour and not editing standards [that was my next step, if needed; I was just going to point out "Hey, wikipedia says this and this, and you're not doing this, and it's a problem" {because it's all I CAN do}]).

And honestly, I was wondering why there needed to be a funding list, and I knew my PBS station wasn't using the sponsers listed for funding, but I added my two cents anyways. SmallCheez (talk) 00:06, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi, SmallCheez, pleased to meet you. I think Wikipedia says "BOLD, revert, discuss", not "ignore"! :-)

I was just passing, really. I tend to keep an eye on featured articles, of which Sesame Street happens to be an example, and since this edit seemed to be much less than an improvement I reversed it. I then, as is my habit, looked at the editor's other contributions, following them to several articles which had a seemingly inscrutable "Funding" section.

I have no expert knowledge in the area. "Funding" may well be a well-recognised feature, understood by anyone who knows anything about US children's TV, but to us uninitiated a bare list of seemingly random, unrelated wikilinks under the heading "Funding" means nothing whatever. It seems to me that a bare list which doesn't mean anything at all to the uninitiated reader (me), and an unreferenced list at that, doesn't earn its keep in an article. If "Funding" is a field of interest among those who study US kids' TV then by all means document it, but in prose I think, and in such a way that the context and significance are explained.

There, that's my two penn'orth. So because I clearly don't really know what I'm talking about - and since I am not really particularly interested in US kids' TV - I am reluctant to get involved.

From what I see, you are a relative newcomer, so welcome! You are obviously eager to learn about how Wikipedia works - keep it up! Provided you stay WP:CIVIL and communicative, and understand the WP:Five Pillars, I expect you won't have many problems. Very best wishes, RobertG ♬ talk 10:09, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah, crud, it IS BRD, not IRD. XD Oh well. I have a userbox stating I have one too many screws loose, so all were warned. XP

Honestly, I don't think ANY of us know what we're doing. I think everyone editing that article is either a newbie, or even if they've been here a while, have the knowledge level of a newbie. I'm trying to follow the rules, but as usual, I always wind up following my butt (like with BRD). On the one hand, my intuition leads me to the right thing even before I knew what I was doing, but then I read the rules and my memory is what screws up. Maybe I should stop reading the rules...

That, and I seem to be THE most active member of the Wild Kratts community, honestly. I'm usually the one monitoring the article (although "montioring" doesn't show up on Wikipedia"); I'm about to add a buttload of tropes over at TVTropes; I have more stories stored on my computer than the entire page at Fanfiction combined... eh, waddamI gonna do. XD Wait, there was a point in that... oh yeah, that none of the other editors (IP or not) seem to want to discuss anything, if they even check the article anymore. Even 30 Edits (that's what I named the IP detailed above XD) doesn't hang around much anymore (but that's probably a good thing). Eh, I'm blathering.

Final point, I'm no expert on children's television by any means. XD I just know a lot about the actual show. XP I seriously have no idea why the funding would be important in any respect. *innocent glance*

SmallCheez (talk) 22:57, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Moon-related films

Category:Moon-related films, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mike Selinker (talk) 14:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Harawi

Regarding Messiaen's Harawi: Messiaen was the one who described Harawi as "Tristan and Isolde, with Peroutchka as Isolde". — Preceding unsigned comment added by BradyBeans (talk • contribs) 6 February 2012

Good Call!

But many left to go: "as such" in WP. See you around — Wegesrand (talk) 10:28, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Union Army regiments category discussion

Since you created several of the categories currently under discussion, please comment on the proposals at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 February 13#Category:Union Army regiments. Thank you for your time. 76.7.231.130 (talk) 02:10, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear RobertG,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 04:21, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Georg Solti

If Solti is a subject that might interest you, I should be glad if you would look in at the peer review of the article. Quite understand if not, naturally. Tim riley (talk) 20:11, 28 February 2012 (UTC)