User talk:Martinevans123

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Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialogue, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.

Martin, As you archive so regularly (unlike some editors ...) I thought that this would
a) Brighten up your page, and
b) Add a serious tone amidst all the hilarity.
All the best to you and yours –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard| 11:08, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. A lovely picture. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:03, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

I have made a little seasonal update - hope you don't mind! Martinevans123 (talk) 09:02, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Not at all. The snow has almost vanished.
A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ; the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, neither earlier than March 22 nor later than April 25.
I hate this BST ... why can't we stick with good old GMT? (... it follows the sun after all)
Cheers!
— Gareth Griffith-Jones – The WelshBuzzard – 10:27, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

• A brand of choc ice manufactured by the British Wall's ice cream
• the act of eating

now, I ask you, what kind of alphabetical (or significance) order is that?!!

Yours, aye John Lemon

Have always loved that record. Good compilation of photographs ... who is the geezer in the middle — at 1 min 32 secs? –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard| 20:28, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

For some reason, he always reminded me of Nixon!

Oh! Of course. I knew that really –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard| 20:47, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Wiki Jukebox

... my own personal permanent fixture tribute...

You turn your back for a just a second and some strange Swedish person sneaks in and steals your records!!

Please don't donate generously any more (.... and add whatever you like!!):

Jukeboxland - never try and sneakily enter at your own risk
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
All deleted, on the advice of User:Fram, in case there is a copyright problem.

Blocks all round?

!

"They've got womanly breasts under pale mauve vests,

Shoes like dead pigs' noses,

Cornflake packet jacket, catalogue trousers,

A mouth what never closes."

Please, Mr. Admin-robot, don't be a Blockhead.

Oi! Oi! ... Cornflake packet jacket, catalogue trousers, A mouth what never closes...

Their shapeless haircuts don't enhance, Their ghastly patterned shirts.. (allegedly)

"I'm a tail dragger, I wipe out my tracks"

• What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A stick!

• I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me.Boing

• The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester.clown

Father Jackum's polyphonic retort generator

Enjoy .micro.dot.cotton (talk) 18:04, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

"OMFG". Not seen you for a while, Dot! I thought you'd been sent down for at least 30 years for giving Nasty Nick his last ever WP:GAR. But what a lovely musical gift! Hours of Manchester fun. lol. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:32, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

There's a lot of malicious tongues round 'ere, and you know me, I ain't one to gossip, but apparently Ethel's ghost still lurks in the corridors, and has been seen at night asking "where's my willy?" .micro.dot.cotton (talk) 19:16, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Ooo, tongues-a-wagging, eh? That's the last thing you need, dearie. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:57, 26 September 2015 (UTC) ... but everyone needs a friendly ghost!

[1] EEng (talk) 20:40, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

A great tool for all new users, I feel... "Big hello to big Father Jack Wayne, xylophone." Martinevans123 (talk) 21:24, 26 September 2015 (UTC) In years to come, future civilisations will say "Ah, so Wikipedia was useful, after all."

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your determination and dedication to help the encyclopedia grow. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Ritchie333 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

Coming up to 9 years of service and 77,000 edits, Martinevans123 is truly one of the unsung heroes of Wikipedia. On the surface, you may know him for his witty banter and Private Eye-esque visual humour, which I always enjoy, but beneath the surface lies someone who toils away day in, day out, on keeping articles in better shape. He doesn't go for the big awards like GAs and FAs, but he really does make the encyclopedia better without much reward. This nomination was seconded by User:Yash! and User:MelanieN.

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Martinevans123

A Tarot Card

Editor of the Week for the week beginning February 27, 2016

9 years and 77,000 plus edits, wit and humor hide an unsung hero. Daily work at articles to make the encyclopedia better without much reward.

Recognized for

his witty banter and Private Eye-esque visual humour

Nomination page

Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk 19:35, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Right, that's it! Please accept my resignation! 19:43, 27 February 2016 (UTC) p.s. but many thanks, anyway. That was really unexpected. I am deeply touched. (allegedly)

The award is usually distributed on Sunday. Due to the unexpected amount of touching displayed on this page you have been penalized with an additional day as Editor of the Week. This matter has not been discussed with the other WER clerks (Are there any other WER clerks?) and cannot be rescinded or changed in any way. Buster Seven Talk 20:08, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm very pleased to see that you are keeping up the old traditions. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:01, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

• Very well deserved it for your amazing contributions! Congratulations! Yash! 20:11, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Haha. Well, as Debbie might say .... "I'm always touched by your presents, dear." Martinevans123 (talk) 20:52, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

• ... as I said three years ago ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:48, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

• Gerda, I will always treasure your precious music-related gift... in fact, I've had it sewn into my Blackforest lederhosen weightlifting belt. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Better as part of the Charivari, I guess, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:05, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Oh yes. "Rough "cat" music" sounds fine to me! [2]. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:10, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

We miss an article on your trophee, seriously! Cat music is not all there is to it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:16, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, as Google tells me: "Traditionally, it is used by men in the codpiece of costume lederhosen worn." I'll see what I can do! Martinevans123 (talk) 13:21, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

It has come to the attention of the Editor Retentions' Board of Clerks that you may, perhaps, could be, in possession of a much desired and rarely displayed Official Wikipedia T-shirt. The report states that it is black with the The Wikipedia Globe prominently displayed. The report further states that you may have had your name imprinted on the front (potentially an act of vandalism). This would imply that you have already received accolades and "pats on the back" for your efforts. If that is, in fact, the case you may suffer the misfortune of having an additional day added to your week. The issue is under review. You will be advised ASAP. Buster Seven Talk 22:07, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

To be honest, I often do feel just like running away.... But chosing the right t-shirt can be such a delicate task (boyo) Martinevans123 (talk) 22:42, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Many many congrats M. This is well deserved - thanks so much for all you do here at WikiP. MarnetteD|Talk 22:29, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, MarnetteD. That's very nice of you. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:50, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

• All I can say is ... WTF? Softlavender (talk) 02:08, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

• Just chill, Softy. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:44, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

• All I can say is Runaway was one of my favorites at 14 yrs old. Buster Seven Talk 05:20, 28 February 2016 (UTC). You can keep the Award!!! Buster Seven Talk 05:20, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

@Ritchie333:: please confirm receipt of that large Paypal payment, which seems to have paid off this time. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:10, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

I thought we were just going to settle quietly for a pony and a Greek island? Draws less attention to the taxman. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:04, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Darn it, Threesie! There's no need to make a song and dance about this. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:08, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Jeez.... talk about an "embarrassment of riches".... I now appear looking like some medieval ballet dancer, wielding a rustic baseball bat, with a low-slung Bavarian jockstrap and half-mast socks from the trenches. Do you take me for a complete fool?? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:37, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

I count myself very lucky to get this glittering award. A Ram Invents123 (talk) 13:08, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Um....the baseball bat is more of a fungo bat, actually. It's used to hit fly balls to the outfielders during batting practice. And the Bavarian jockstrap is, um, obviously for someone that is well-endowed. Plus, its a Fool card. Not a Complete Fool card. I thought you would like it. The tights have a "slimming" quality, don't ya think? Buster Seven Talk 07:14, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, that's me corrected and suitably slimmed. But you know what they say "... wherever the US Army goes, the fungos too. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:22, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

• Richly deserved but surely questions must be asked?! However, a celebratory clue is deserved: 123 across, Confused road tract deals a trump (5,4). As a long term fan of your work I go weak at the knees at this award but supporter wilt is dangerous. By the way, Rob Evans wants to know if he can have his sock back if you've finished posing... 321 Vas Boner (talk) 21:53, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

• Ah yes, boyo bach, you must be one of the "Boners of Bonymaen." Very big in the valleys, by all accounts! Martinevans123 (talk) 22:10, 29 February 2016 (UTC) p.s. those "Buster 7 socks" are a flashy and contemporary fashion statement and I'm not giving them back!!

So long as they are good herding dog socks with a royal pedigree, then hang on to them, but do keep them pulled up. Robevans123 (talk) 23:34, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Ah, feck!

My Mrs Doyle tribute edit

RIP Frank. Shaken but never stirred. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:47, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Now, and what do you say to a WikiCup? "Feck off, cup!" Mrs Doyle ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:54, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Ah, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on..... Martinhacket123 (talk) 14:05, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

October harvest

4 October

music, - enchanting, said a critic about the Mendelssohn, - this video is older, and the YT in the article comes with a Bach encore, as she played for us. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:05, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the link, Gerda! Martinevans123 (talk) 19:23, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Would you think this video is free? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:39, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Beautiful Main page today, don't miss the pic by a blocked user (of a 2013 play critical of refugee politics), nor a related video, interviews mostly German, but music and scene. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:52, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

... and Paula Murrihy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:12, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

... and groove

ལྕེ --Everly Sedated Brothers (talk) 11:22, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Not the brothers I was expecting. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:53, 8 January 2021 (UTC) ...."one of the most useful things my tongue offers....

Martin!!

Where are you? Are you ok? Atsme 💬 📧 22:27, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

I, too, hope that all is well with you, and that we'll see you around soon. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:42, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, indeed. You’ve been unusually quiet, Martin. Hoping all is well with you and yours. KJP1 (talk) 08:16, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

I would like to add my voice to these messages. And do a funny little dance, with a hat on, but that's just me. Hope you're "all good" comme on dit. DBaK (talk) 08:42, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Me too. Martin, where are you???? Come back! You are missed. (Hope you're ok, of course.) JSFarman (talk) 17:48, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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November

miss you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:35, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Martin - a couple of months now. An uneasy feeling that you may not be well. Look after yourself. KJP1 (talk) 21:14, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Kitten mitten

	A mitten for you, Martinevans123!
	Hi Martinevans123, Softlavender has given you a mitten! Mittens promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a mitten, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Hi Martin, I hope all is well with you! Please show your face and let us know. Please take care, Softlavender (talk) 22:00, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Indeed, it would be really good to know that everything is OK! JezGrove (talk) 22:11, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Yes, goddammit, you old sod. EEng 05:14, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

I just received an email reply from Martin - he says "Yes, I am ok, thanks. Sorry have not been around for a while. Just having a bit of a rest." That's a relief! JezGrove (talk) 10:19, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Haha I just got the same email reply after emailing him. He must be getting loads of worried wiki emails. ;-) . Softlavender (talk) 10:27, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Yes. My diagnosis is that he escaped briefly and sent a few emails but was then recaptured and is once again "helping the Illuminati with their enquiries". DBaK (talk) 11:11, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

And I got a "thanks" notification from him. I'm so glad to learn that things are OK. And frankly, I should follow his good example and find something better to do than to keep looking in on this website. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:20, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

You mean we should get an actual life?! (Although with my puny edit count perhaps I already have one, but failed to notice in this miserable year - roll on 2021!) JezGrove (talk) 19:33, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Naw, just that I should! --Tryptofish (talk) 19:39, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

December songs

3 of them

... for all who could use some songs of courage and good company under a rainbow --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:02, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Have a good new year 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for that one, Gerda. Quite a few versions on YT. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:25, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Beethoven 250 years

Beethoven in 1803

The birthday display! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

This posted January 2020 by Jiří Pazour. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:53, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

(Season's Greetings)

... with best wishes for a much better year in 2021.

X

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

X

Frohe Weinachten und

alles gute zur neuen Jahr!

Wesołych Świąt i

Szczęśliwego nowego roku!

Linksmų Kalėdų ir

laimingų Naujųjų Metų!

– Sca (talk) 17:43, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Many thanks, Sca. A very Happy Christmas to you too. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:56, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Slow as Christmas!!

🔔🎁⛄️🎅🏻 Atsme 💬 📧 04:19, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Haha. Thanks so much, Atsme. A very Happy Christmas and New Year to you too. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:58, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

	Season's greetings!
	I hope this holiday season is festive and fulfilling and filled with love and kindness, and that 2021 will be safe, successful and rewarding...keep hope alive....Modernist (talk) 13:26, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your holiday wishes, Modernist. Season's Greetings to you too. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:00, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Best wishes for the holidays

		Season's Greetings
		Seasons greetings. Hope you and yours are safe and well during this rather bleak period, though I think we will get through it. Best Ceoil (talk) 23:01, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much Ceoil. Very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to you and yours also. Yes, hopefully we will. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:01, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Always great to see you around Martin. ps, as a professional Welshman, you might enjoythis. Its a pity Brydon's Annually Retentive didnt get its due, have been looking for 10 years for copies on youtube, vemo, torrents...and nuffink. Ceoil (talk) 12:36, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Ceoil, haha, yes his Captain Bligh is pretty good. I do remember some of those, but didn't see them all. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:14, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

I would check them out further; there are some scenes, especially with Rhys Ifans,[3] that beggar the mind in cringe comedy. Glad to see it was Sharon Horgan's first breakout. Ceoil (talk) 01:41, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

No pressure

... and not even any smartarse comments an ting, but I just wanted to say that I am very pleased that you have edited recently again in this magnificent ermmm brain factory, which is less fun with you more quiet. No pressure though. Cheers DBaK (talk) 11:54, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much, DBaK. All the very best seasonal wishes to you and yours. Let's hope 2021 is better for all. Martinev:ans123 (talk) 12:04, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Amen to that. (And Google translate tells me that the word is also "amen" in Welsh, which comes as quite a surprise and a bit of disappointment to me. I had rather hoped for something with about twenty consonants and zero vowels, as opposed to two of each.) --Tryptofish (talk) 22:11, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Yes, never mind. Etymologically it seems it goes back at least as far as Biblical Aramaic. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:18, 31 December 2020 (UTC) p.s. and if you're looking for lots letters in a place name forget about that one in Anglesey...

Wow! That's all I can say. (Except I wouldn't dare try to say it!) --Tryptofish (talk) 21:29, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Martin, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I rely on you to edit my favourite articles while I am doing other things.😀--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:09, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Ian, and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too. Ah yes, raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, etc. Thanks for the reminder. 😀 Martinevans123 (talk) 11:30, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

It's that Hotel California feeling

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. It's happening again, Martin, and you tried your damnedest to keep away.
Happy New Year,
Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 11:35, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

"O thou whose face hath felt the Winter’s wind,
Whose eye has seen the snow-clouds hung in mist,
And the black elm tops ‘mong the freezing stars!
To thee the spring will be a harvest time."
---"The Winter’s Wind" (1818)

Hi there Gareth. I do hope you are keeping safe and well. Yes, I know just what you mean. But I found a very robust rumba flamenca version on line (it's on their 1992 album Cover, apparently.) "Por el camino del desierto, El viento me despeina"... A very Happy New Year to you too. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:56, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Yes, wind can be a problem, but I am very well and keeping to the rules. All the best!
Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 18:44, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Martin, thanks for keeping an eye on John Keats. I am not on WP any more, but the article looks in pretty good shape. I appreciate your continued work on the poetry articles. Happy New year to you. Anna (talk) 01:51, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Anna. Many thanks for the message. 😀 Sorry to see you retired. I'll try to continue watching the Keats article. Also Ted Hughes Award perhaps. A very Happy New year to you too. Best wishes, Martinevans123 (talk) 15:47, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Martin! The holly and the crystals are excellent.
Especialy your link to wind.Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 17:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Ah yes. "Will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the earth??" Martinevans123 (talk) 23:11, 2 January 2021 (UTC) (illicit video clip available in the usual diabolical place).

We could employ some of those secret police as mask wardens around here.
Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 12:58, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Good idea. Although in Rotherham, they might have to prove they're really unemployed? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:24, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

P'haps because of this.
Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 13:32, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Would they be able to just tow your car away? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:49, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Ta, Birthday Committee. That's reet gradely. Seems like more than thirteen years ago.Martinevans123 (talk) 12:10, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Eight years!

Tagetes patula, aka French marigold

lovely exchange of ideas all the time, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda. Well, perhaps.

"I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn’t like it." -- Samuel Goldwyn.

Martinevans123 (talk) 12:32, 3 January 2021 (UTC) [4]

but I like it ;) - I had an idea yesterday, to create an article, and found that it existed, and was created - yesterday! Stonecrop Gardens, pics by me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:30, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Ha, quite a coincidence! Some lovely pictures. I think the pink ones may be Phlox paniculata and the small yellow/orange ones Tagetes, maybe Tagetes patula? Martinevans123 (talk) 10:46, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much. I asked Menerke bloem who has flower in his user name. There are a few more on the commons, feel free to look there, too. Also at my calendar pics. I know many flowers by German name, but neither Latin nor English, - all help appreciated. I also need help for the translation of today's topic Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern. [5] --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:10, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

I see he already has an article. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:27, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

yes, and his sister-in-law is on the Main page, so now to the song and album, and a translation of just the title, or rather "Schmuddelkinder", - the rest is fairly common stuff. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:42, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

GoogleTranslate produces flithy? But the autotranslate on de:Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern gives dirty, while The Times obit for Degenhardt here gives just grubby. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:15, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, took grubby. Do you have access to the whole article? Could you check if it has some more useful for the article? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Alas, not. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:50, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Gerry Marsden

On 4 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gerry Marsden, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 20:35, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" on the The Ed Sullivan Show (3 May 1964). Martinevans123 (talk) 22:29, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Chronology (Bryn Haworth album)

The article Chronology (Bryn Haworth album) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:NMUSIC. Compilation album of previously released music, not notable

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Seems a shame in terms of complete discography coverage. When this was issued, in 1989, he's already issued 10 different albums. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:29, 12 January 2021 (UTC) Good Job the others are safe.

Nice ...

... to have you back. Now, have you got my back? – Sca (talk) 17:59, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Just for you..... compete with extract from "Volume 17: Jet and Piston Engine Aeroplane from Abbey Road’s collection"!! Martinevans123 (talk) 18:22, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I looked at that 'back' one. How amateurish. Sca (talk) 19:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Suddenly you've become popular at ITN/C. Soon the paparazzi will be after you. – Sca (talk) 13:52, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

But don't tell anyone. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:53, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Hyphens or dashes in aircraft designations

"Oh! Dash it all, Esmeralda!"

Regarding your edit summary question, your edits were right: all aircraft designations are hyphens, not dashes and not mdashes or ndashes, either. - Ahunt (talk) 20:40, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Cheers, Adam. Many thanks for the note. It was just a hunch. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:13, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

- Ahunt (talk) 21:20, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Peach palaver

I've heard it said that Nietzsche is pietzsche. – Sca (talk) 17:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

It had to be done. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:03, 15 January 2021 (UTC) "There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya 'Bout the raising of the wrist. Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed....

Also, heard that Frank Zappa was a mother. – Sca (talk) 17:11, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

I heard he was a real mutha! Marty "Guitar" Evans123 (talk) 17:13, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Better than Dale, anyway – and that's saying a lot right there, Pard'. – Sca (talk) 17:22, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Well, they do call me the "Superman Lover". Allegedly. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:30, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Funky. I thought you'd be into something more upbeat – something you can move your shoes to. – Sca (talk) 17:37, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Ooh, nice mix there! But if I had to choose one live performance, that's pretty much inch perfect all round.... I guess I'd have to choose this one from Montreux 1969. Benny Bailey's two trumpet breaks are just off the scale. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:48, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Truth be told, YT is not a big fan of the horn, though with some exceptions (from Handel to, say, Jan Garbarek). And there's something about the word Trumpet that just bothers me.
Do you know about a word game called Lexulous? Don't bother with Wiki's lousy article about it. I'll send an email. – Sca (talk) 18:40, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Er, ahem, excuse me. Speaking from a totally dispassionate and professional position of No-COI-What-Me-Guv-Nah I wish to say that there is nothing bothersome about the word Trumpet as such. Indeed 99% of all rational, reasonable people would agree that it is among the most beautiful words in the language. When you start knocking letters off the far end, sure, there is a problem starting to develop. But trumpet? Nah, lovely DBaK (talk) 23:51, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

DBaK, I can't help feeling that you're blowing your own trumpet here. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:10, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Guilty. I admit everything. DBaK (talk) 20:44, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

How do we feel about the word Trumpery, then? – Sca (talk) 00:19, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Our level of negativity about the similarity between Certain Words and Certain Other Words is off the scale. It's as if the world has carefully dreamt up a PR disaster for the trumpet-playing community, from which it could take decades to recover ... sigh ... DBaK (talk) 17:20, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

c/o You-Tuba: this.... teehee, or even.... thisMartinevans123 (talk) 17:25, 18 January 2021 (UTC) p.s. and in case you've never seen it... "Life Accordion To Trump" is highly recommended.

Beginning today, the new buzzword is detrumpification (possibly coined by Anthony Scaramucci). – Sca (talk) 14:53, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Ah yes. As in "Scaramucci, Scaramucci, will you do the Fandango"?? Martinevans123 (talk) 15:08, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Although speaking as a detached and wholly unbiased professional, I was most gratified to see trumpets featuring quite heavily in the detrumpification, including a moment by a mate, to whom, now he's even famouser, I shall shortly start sending begging letters, requests for endorsements etc etc ... DBaK (talk) 17:50, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

All we have currently is the New Zealand footballer? Looking forward to Category:American inaugural trumpeters. [6] Martinevans123 (talk) 18:41, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

WP 20

Happy Wikipedia 20, - proud of a little bit on the Main page today, and 5 years ago, and 10 years ago, look: create a new style - revive - complete! I sang in the revival mentioned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:55, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda. And I've only managed about 14 of those!! "Where you from, Evans?" Martinevans123 (talk) 18:07, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

from Wales - Osian Ellis will be tomorrow's topic, go ahead I'm tired, made a FAC, imagine --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:05, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda. Here he is with Handel's Allegro, from 1962. [7]Martinevans123 (talk) 23:16, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

my favourite Evans, Martin being a close second, before Linda ---Sluzzelin talk 23:19, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Sluzzelin. Just beautiful. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:22, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Back to Ellis, should we try ITNN, or would you want to expand? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:27, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

He now shares the Main page with a pic I took - thank you for the personal touch that you added to his article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

An interesting video about him here. Copyright status unclear. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:54, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Admin

Ever thought about running for admin? I have looked at your block log and the one about sockpuppetry is a little concerning, but I'm willing to hear your explanation before rejecting you as a candidate. You've been around more than long enough to have a clue, and making mistakes along the way is fine as long as they are learnt from. Mjroots (talk) 09:17, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Hmm, I'll think it over. Mjroots, I'm seriously flattered that you should use the A-word here. My block log makes interesting reading, including the multiple instances of sockpuppetry (only some of which were actually me!) Not being an Admin is one of the few things that keeps me here! Martinevans123 (talk) 09:23, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Split?

Ha! You just beat me to it ... we had an (edit conflict) just as I was restoring the para break. Cheers!
Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 10:18, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

It happens. lol. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:19, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

and this was bound to happen.
Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 11:12, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm surprised Boris hasn't tried to sell us an oven-ready tunnel. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:21, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, he is known to support this proposal. He loves BIG projects but is yet to complete one. What gets me, is that he never answers a question.
Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 12:06, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

I think he sees himself as "the new Churchill". It's a shame he's a complete waste of space. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:12, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

His spell as Boris Johnson#Foreign Secretary: 2016–2018 was the giddy limit. especially relating to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. He makes me so angry.
Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 12:35, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

January 2021

Your edit to Church of St Thomas a Becket, Shirenewton has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 14:02, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

If only I could remember what I wrote. What did Earwig say? Thanks so much for the threat of a block. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:08, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Gerry Cottle

On 16 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gerry Cottle, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Dumelow (talk) 15:34, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, anyway. Reminds me, sadly, of The Great Valerio Martinevans123 (talk) 15:54, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Osian Ellis

On 16 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Osian Ellis, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 23:22, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks, Spencer. Denbigh County School football team's loss was our gain, it seems. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:26, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Couldn't believe he had no article in German. Now he does. Could you link that on Wikidata, please. It doesn't let me sign on. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:32, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

... nor Adeney (my article #4), Aronowitz (#5) and Weil (#6)! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:34, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Same problem for some reason. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:40, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

today see blue Vision pictured (not by me), with Arik Brauer in the news, so art in Vienna twice --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:05, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

... and today Jerome Kohl, remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:01, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, well worth remembering. Thanks Gerda. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:33, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Mikhail Lebedev

View of Ariccia with Cortical Ensemble Adaptations to Represent Velocity (1836, Russian Museum)

We urgently need a Wikipedia article on the famous neuorscientist, Mikhail Lebedev. Can you please finish the article on Mikhail Lebedev this weekend? It needs to be nominated as a good or featured article within 30 days. I Already started. Please see Draft:Mikhail Lebedev (neuorscientist). — Preceding unsigned comment added by LotteryGeek (talk • contribs) 01:08, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Loving his landcapes with cortical ensemble adaptations! Martinevans123 (talk) 09:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

LOL (switched from Laura Mvula talk!)

I was going to reply to you but thought maybe I'd upset the more uptight editor-types putting a personal note on a bio talk page... :-) You are one of my fave Wikipedians and I always know the voice of reason is around when you're editing... Cheers! --gobears87 (talk) 23:53, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Ah, gobears, that's very nice to know, thanks so much. Yes, I know the type. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:59, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Quick question: you might check my recent edit on a certain talk page... is there a place to complain somewhere about overly aggressive editing? I've been editing 12 years and it seems to get worse and worse, so many people who are trying to find some source of self-worth from aggressive comments and/or edits. I wish it was easier to nip in the bud - things used to be more courteous around here! Cheers :-) --gobears87 (talk) 21:52, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Well there's always WP:AN or (as it is also commonly known) "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate". But I'll try and take a look. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:59, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Dine

I have now changed the ariticle using the old photos--Lexprofi (talk) 09:28, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Lexprofi. Thanks for expanding the article. Your additions have more than doubled its size. As I wrote in my edit summary of 27 January, however, your re-write contravenes WP:MOS, in terms of layout of the lead section. Also, you've made no edit summaries to explain what you've done, so other editors may be a bit confused. I'd urge you to open a new section at Talk:Jim Dine to briefly explain what you've done. Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:54, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Sounds like you want them to dine-out. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:40, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Trypto, you can dine out on that joke for years to come. Well yeah, you know, dine out, or maybe, um butt out! Martinevans123 (talk) 20:22, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Or both. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:37, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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Many thanks User:Rodw for clearing all those up! Martinevans123 (talk) 09:13, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

There were a few which are unclear - tagged with dab needed if you can help.— Rod ^talk 09:14, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Yes, of course. I will have a look. My blanket linking was hardly very careful. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:52, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Hugh Dennis

Hi there - just wanted to quickly thank you for cleaning up my additional anecdote about Hugh Dennis' name-changing debacle. I went and forth between about two or three different ways of wording the sentence and ended up getting mixed up between them all and ended up with something near-incomprehensible (as you know full well!) - thank you for clearing up my mess. Greatly appreciated. Afreoleidddra (talk) 09:49, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

No worries. Glad we have got it sorted. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:59, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Hah-way tha Jocks!

Yay!! 6–11: what a home nations opener. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:37, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Hooray!! 21–16: What a first test try. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:09, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

On familiar terms?

Did you mean "lamebrain"? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 12:05, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

It's my eyesight, doctor, honest. That was, in fact my very rude meat puppet twin-brother. I did apologise. I do hope Lmabian doesn't take offence. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:15, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

My Boy Lollipop

My boy lollipop

Popular music from reunified Germany??

Dear Mr. Evans, you have deleted my mention about the group “Musicbox” cover version of “My Boy Lollipop”. Because I never published anything before on Wikipedia I am not fully aware of their rules and regulations. Maybe you are so kind to help me edit my contribution that it becomes “eligible” for you to be published. The background: During my late thirties ( I am now 71) and always interested in music, I co-produced the German group Musicbox. Their album: ‘The First Project’ was recorded at Music Park Studios in Bad Homburg, Germany with the help of notable musicians Harry Baierl (Boney M, Milli Vanilli) Michael Wyn (Nosferatu) and mixed by Frank Fahrian's Sound Engineer R. Tammy Grohe. After listening to our demos in London, Virgin A&R Manager Muff Winwood (Spencer Davies Group) told me that he would like, but could not publish the song because they had just purchased the original rights. He recommended Canadian record company DINO Music which during Midem 1997 accepted to produce and publish an LP, a single and one of the first Cd’s ever for the German-speaking market. They also produced two Music videos and organized several radio and television appearances of Musicbox. Their version of the song was particularly successful because of the “Mickey Mouse” voice of singer Kali(mero). The LP sold about 20.000 units, CD sales have been marginal. The German Music publication “Der Musikmarkt” featured Musicbox with a story. Thank you for your attention and consideration. Respectfully Thomas Martin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.61.224.100 (talk) 16:39, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Thomas. Thanks very much for your note and all that background information. The answer is quite simple, to be generally notable at Wikipedia we'd expect to have an article called "Musicbox (German band)", or something similar. I looked but could not find one, even at German Wikipedia. Would you care to write one (for English Wikipedia)? But even if you did, I have to warn you that their version of "My Boy Lollipop” might not be deemed "notable enough" to be mentioned at the song article, unless it has been mentioned in numerous reliable sources, e.g. magazine reviews or books on German pop music, etc. Does that make the situation clearer for you? Regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:48, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Dear Martin,I apreciate your fast answer and advice. I will think about writing an article about the group but for me, the songs had much more importance than the group. I grew up in the sixties and I think we produced very decent covers- in comparison to a lot of others. Would you like to receive a voice file? It's very difficult to get material from 1987, the internet was not developed. Anyhow, nice talking to you. I learned something today! Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.61.224.100 (talk) 17:38, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

You are very welcome. It's a bit of an odd situation to have a song that's more notable that the group, although I suppose this does happen for unknown bands that record the first version of a song, or for those that are "one-hit wonders". In this case, of course, the original by Millie is certainly the best known one in the UK. Please feel free to send me a voice file if you wish. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC) p.s. the best place any new article or first mention might be over at de.wiki? They do at least have de:My Boy Lollipop already.

Brian Eno/Pigeon Keeping

Thanks for fixing that, I wasn't paying attention and did not realized I only removed the source, not the content! Beach drifter (talk) 19:40, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Almost believable. A very sly vandal. Quite discrete really. lol. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:47, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Innisfree Garden

Innisfree Garden

Did you know that I do my daily exercise now of converting refs for Stockhausen's works - today Adieu of all titles - in memory of Jerome Kohl? Another one who died on the Main page today, Vera Wülfing-Leckie, - a red link in the Deaths list, imagine. I went to the garden some great day in October 1996, remembered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:37, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Ah, a beautiful picture. I imagine this a bit like how the Garden of Eden must have looked, before the serpent's flash mob moved in. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:51, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

pic not by me, but I made contact to the one who took it today - DYK that I took one of the scene - small, on paper - in 1996, enjoying a day there with friends and kids, the kids now married ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:00, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

"Time flies".... and those Foos would say. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:04, 11 February 2021 (UTC) .... "Italian choral version"

aspects of life (subject of my first article) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:14, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

That'svery interesting.... "Glittereyed, his rufous skull close to his greencapped desklamp sought the face bearded amid darkgreener shadow, an ollav, holyeyed. He laughed low: a sizar's laugh of Trinity: unanswered." ... as old JJ might say. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:25, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Stop wholesale ILLEGITIMATE undoing and acting under CIA cover!

Hi nigger! DON'T pretend to be more reliable than the Sun newspaper. You made truth redundant. Thanks. Stephenfryfan (talk) 10:18, 13 February 2021 (UTC)