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Cheers and welcome!
Truly not sure why you seem to be deleting additions recent and historical in a wholesale manner. Many that were there before you ever started editing and nearly all your deletions relation to information that is and was historically correct at every level.

The previous information you deleted on madden referencing the bands single releases was completely correct yet you deleted everything on no apparent authority and clearly little or no historical knowledge of the band.

Bizarre frankly.

I think we need to find a solution to your apparent wholesale deletions with scant justification as there won’t be a page left for readers to reference soon.

I would even go as far as to suggest you leave the page alone completely unless you can prove you are an authority on their releases and their history.


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Cheers and welcome!

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  • Topics of interest: (Baroque) music, (military) history, and, surprisingly, cricket!
  • I've managed to (by random luck) trace back my first edit (using an IP), which was in August 2016. So I've been here, sporadically, for about 7 years.

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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for fighting vandalism! P.S: Did you know that there is an tool called Twinkle? You should try it out ;) TheImaCow (talk) 18:31, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
This is for your valuable efforts on countering Vandalism and protecting Wikipedia from it's threats. I appreciate your effort. You are a defender of Wikipedia. Thank you. PATH SLOPU 08:34, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Welcome back! Nice ArbCom appeal. BlueCrabRedCrab 19:37, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
BlueCrabRedCrab Apparently this year's incarnation of ArbCom are faster than last year's (in case you really wonder, t'was an unfortunate, and I guess obvious - particularly given the long edit history of my IP before I created an account [though I can't read the mind of the person who blocked me so have no clue how this happened], case of mistaken identity). Cheeers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:55, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
Thank you for your support at the UKDR S2 talk page - please remember to keep a level head (allow the opposing editors to be heard - accessibility is a journey of learning for others) ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 20:40, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
7&6=thirteen () has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it.

To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Dear Random Canadian, thank you for improving and maintaining the highest level of scholarship in all our Wikipedia articles related to SARS-CoV-2. In particular your reliance upon scientific scholarship has brought much of this work into the encyclopedia and made it available to the billions of people who read our site. It is no exaggeration to say that lives are saved as a result of the education people can receive here. Thank you! Darouet (talk) 17:14, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Integrity
For many well-reasoned and level headed interactions you've had around here recently. But definitely for this rename close [1], which I thought was very fair and nicely articulated. Shibbolethink ( ) 02:07, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
For an excellent job closing Talk:COVID-19 lab leak hypothesis#Requested move 26 July 2021. It was not the easiest discussion to be a closer for, but you were impartial and neutral in your explanation of the consensus.  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 02:21, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Yeah, that was an excellent close. Good job. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 09:42, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
DYKs/ITN

On 6 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem" has been described as the "only medieval resurrection hymn still widely sung"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 7 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty", written by future Anglican bishop Reginald Heber (depicted), was first published at a time when hymn singing was prohibited in Church of England liturgy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 15 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Praise, my soul, the King of heaven, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the hymn "Praise, my soul, the King of heaven", sung at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, was written by Henry Francis Lyte, who also wrote the well-known "Abide with Me"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Praise, my soul, the King of heaven. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Praise, my soul, the King of heaven), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 25 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article There is a green hill far away, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "There is a green hill far away" was described by French composer Charles Gounod as "the most perfect hymn in the English language"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/There is a green hill far away. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, There is a green hill far away), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 4 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Christians, awake, salute the happy morn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Christians, awake, salute the happy morn" is a hymn based on a poem that John Byrom first presented "For Dolly"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christians, awake, salute the happy morn. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Christians, awake, salute the happy morn), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 25 September 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2021 Canadian federal election, 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. 331dot (talk) 23:28, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Hymnology

Thinking on starting a possible Wikiproject/taskforce on this. In any case, for the time being; a list of relevant high quality sources with commentary:

An important publication, and unprecedented nor surpassed in scope since then. Most of the information within is quite accurate despite the age of the publication. Statements about "common use" must be taken with a grain of salt as they're, well, a century old...

The modern successor to the above, includes of course updates from the last century of research on the matter. The catch? It's not exactly freely available so unless you are lucky you will only have limited access to the article about your desired search subject...

Modern scholarship, on a variety of hymns, on both the text and the tunes. Freely available, too.

  • The Hymn, [New York] : Hymn Society of America, 1949-present

A journal focusing primarily on hymns. Freely available (save for the few latest volumes).

Primarily a database, includes commentary from some hymnbook companions (including John Julian above). Occasionally blurbs from the editors there about the hymns. A great help in looking up textual variants and usually also has statistics about the pairings of text and tune (most, but not all, major hymnals are included).

In-depth textual analysis, occasionally some musical analysis of the tunes. Not topic specialists as far as I can see, but they hold academic qualifications in related fields, and both authors have published material with Good News Publishers. Caution should probably be used for any claims that seem particularly opinionated, but otherwise this is a fine source for textual analysis.

Various books/sources

  • Benson, Louis F. (Louis FitzGerald) (1915). The English hymn : its development and use in worship. Philadelphia : The Presbyterian Board of Publication. (a different copy is available here)
  • Bauer, James L. (2016). "Luther's Hymn Melodies" (PDF). Concordia Seminary Press. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Adey, Lionel (1986). Hymns and the Christian Myth. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774844901.