User talk:Martin TB

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OBE

I just saw your note about OBE on my friend Blankfaze's talk page. I'm just dropping a note to second no OBE in the title. See Julie Goodyear to have a sample in mind. Mike H 16:01, Jul 10, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. I have had a look at that page. I have just returned from a short holiday and will be working on Arlene's page this week. I still need to check a few facts but she is in Las Vegas atm. --Martin TB 13:40, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

thanks M

thanks, Martin: for leaping right in a helping wikify my Jules Guerin effort. I saw a need for it when I ran into a RED Jules Guerin. elsewhere, Lincoln Memorial , and sort of threw it together. In fact it's not done yet, so perhaps you can have at it again? Carptrash 20:33, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

• I'll be happy to help. I'm still getting to know how many wiki-links to put in which is why I only did the obvious ones. Martin TB 20:47, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Image widths

Well... "regulation" is a bit of a joke/exaggeration on my part, but there is a general guideline that most images should be 225px wide, unless there's some special reason. It's only a guideline though: feel free to break it if it improves an article. However, the use of similar widths for images tends to give an unobtrusive neatness to the layout of articles; for example, if all album covers are 225px wide, they all look nice and regular. -- The Anome 18:15, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

Image permission

Hi Martin, getting permission for the image would be great, but make sure you ask for permission to use it under the terms of the GFDL. Images with permission granted only for Wikipedia are likely to be deleted. It needs to freely usable by reusers of Wikipedia's content.

You could put a copy of the email on the image description page, although perhaps something more organised should be started, such as storing it in one of the non-public mailing lists. If you get the permission via email, try forwarding it to info-en@wikimedia(dotorg) and it could be saved in there. Angela. 23:42, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

Kate Bush

Note: Boxed divisions originally posted on User talk:ScudLee#Kate Bush A dilemma

I have made a start on her albums, uploaded album covers, putting in track listings etc. I have now got a dilemma.

She released a series of compilation albums with the same name: This Woman's Work Vol.s I & II and then released those 2 vols. as a This Woman's Work boxed set (96 tracks!). What should I do on the album page? Should I show the box set cover in the album box, with the complete list of tracks to the left, or should I have 2 wiki album boxes (vol. I & Vol. II - with appropriate track lists for each vol.) possible separated into two lvl 2 headings, followed by the third lvl 2 heading for the boxed set? If the latter, I assume that I won't need to add a track list unless it's different (I haven't checked yet). I lean towards the latter option but am ready to comply with 'procedure'. :=} -- Martin TB 14:01, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I don't think there's any hard and fast rules. It might be simplest to have the one albumbox and a lvl 2 "Track listing" with two lvl 3 "Volume I" & "Volume 2", especially if the details are going to be nearly identical. Just remember to put the release dates for the original releases, and not the boxset, in the table. But really, just do it the way you think will look best, if it doesn't you can always change it after. You could, of course, just do two separate articles, one for each volume, and then just mention that each was also in a boxset with the other, if you wanted. (Oh, and song titles should go in "quotes" not italics ;) - 16:28, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC) Lee (talk)

OK I'll work on it later. Re: double-quotes (italics) vs quote marks " I am now very confused. I have been working on the double-quotes section of wiki syntax All book and film titles have to be in italics. As does the album name in the wiki album box. Surely continuity would suggest that song titles should also be in italics too? --Martin TB 17:04, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Well, I can't offer much in the way of justification for the decision regarding song titles, I can only point to Wikipedia:WikiProject Music#Albums, bands, and songs#4 as the place where it's located (it's also mentioned at Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Style). - 17:28, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC) Lee (talk)

NP, I'll wikify the entries I have done so far to comply with Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Style. Many thanks --Martin TB 18:36, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Great work on the Album articles. I'm glad to see they have finally been created. I'm also curious: Any chance your user name relates to Neil Gaiman's character Martin Ten-Bones? ~ Kalki 18:26, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've just read your reply. You have won my abiding envy if you were at Kate's Hammersmith performances. I too, have generally avoided writing much about Kate here because I know it would be hard to even pretend to be "objective": My esteem for her is beyond all words. Though I admire many musical artists, for me, there is no one who comes close to having her ability for creating works that deeply touch the soul. ~ Kalki 19:03, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've done a little tweaking, but otherwise the articles look good. Keep it up! :) - 14:44, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC) Lee (talk)

Recording engineers

Note: Boxed divisions originally posted on User talk:TUF-KAT#Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums

Just a quick question: I noticed that you are the original contributor to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums page, so I thought I'd ask you. I can't find a page to link Recording Engineers to. Has one been created? I have no idea what a recording engineer actually does, but I know that they're important to teh recording process. See The Kick Inside for example

Thanks --Martin TB 20:04, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Sadly, I don't really know precisely what a recording engineer does either. My advice would be to make it a red link and hope someone who does fills it in. In the absence of that, some googling could probably turn up enough info for a stub, which hopefully someone will then expand upon. You could also make it a requested article and put it on recent changes next time one of the requests there needs to be rotated out.

WRT to the above question on why song titles go in quotes: I think the reason is that large-scale works like novels, newspapers and albums are italicized, whereas the constituent chapters, articles and songs are in quotes. Tuf-Kat 02:32, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the reponse. I have found a wiki page which is related Audio engineering, and I am going to point the Recording engineer link there for the moment. However, I peronally feel that RE needs a page to itself. Check out Job desc. and Job desc. 2 -- Martin TB 10:28, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Religious festivals

Normally religiopus festivals would be ok, but the problem with Muslim religious festivals (not the fact that they're muslim) is that they're not fixed by date: thus it would have to be moved again for next year. I would say don't add it, but do bring it up at the village pump as something to be considered for future events. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 20:13, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)