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.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

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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)

What's her name

Finally the Poles do something positive. May if we give them praise they'll do more? – Sca (talk) 19:59, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

"Comin' over 'ere..... fixin' all the stuff we've broken..." Martinevans123 (talk) 21:53, 4 August 2021 (UTC) [3]

Vincent Van Gogh

I'm happy to help out, and can do so again if you have other similar requests. I do a lot of translation (English to French and French to English) in my spare time. Xuxl (talk) 12:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

That's very good of you. Thankyou very much. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:15, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Mo Farah

Hello, just wanted to touch base with you regarding Mo Farah's lead. I noticed you accepted the inclusion of his birthplace prior to the nationality in the first sentence of the lead by another user, and was wondering what your thoughts were regarding this. I appreciate your participation on the talk page and just wanted to know your perspective. Apoorva Iyer (talk) 12:58, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi Apoorva Iyer. Thanks for your note. I think that addition by User:Emily19911991 here was acceptable. I have just tweaked it in line with the Categories already listed for Farah. But I have no strong view - his place of birth is very clearly describe and linked at the star of the third paragraph of the lead. So it may be somewhat superfluous. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:04, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Hey Apoorva Iyer. I'm very sorry to see you have retired. I can only imagine it's because of the aggressive attitude of certain other editors. I do hope you might reconsider. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:21, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks

Dude.:) DBaK (talk) 15:17, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah yes, Ravel! Heavenly. King of the Kazoo! Martinevans123 (talk) 15:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC) I lasted 2 minutes 30...

Gosh. How lovely. I'm very impressed that you made it to 150 seconds. Strangely, it says that Comments are turned off. Why on earth would anyone do that? Sheeeeeeesh. DBaK (talk) 20:16, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

I shall resist posting yet again, a link to the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra (as featured, in the late 1970s, on his Radio 1 rock-show, by the late, great Mr Ravenscroft) but I urge you to search for yourself! Martinevans123 (talk) 20:25, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Rod Stewart

Just discovered this yesterday.[4]. While I always liked his 80s kitsch stuff, may have to rethink my long held Rod in the 70s was evil stance. Its as good as the stones. Those drums/high hats! Ceoil (talk) 12:40, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Wow. Excellent. Have never had a copy of that one. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:11, 7 August 2021 (UTC) p.s. the live clip on YT from BBC's Totally British 70s Rock 'n' Roll also worth a look (features a very 70's tache and Ronnie's "distinctive" guitar)

How's it possible to have over 100,000 edits?

Also, do you speak multiple languages? Hælþ (talk) 10:43, 10 August 2021 (UTC)Hælþ

It's much easier than over 4 million? Most of my 181,049 are probably spelling mistakes corrections. I can read some other languages (very poorly) but can't really speak them very well. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:49, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Come to think of it, I should do more with speeling misteaks. --Tryptofish (talk) 16:37, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

You can't bite a bot of Kiwi pink. Better than having nothing to spray!! Martinevans123 (talk) 16:40, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

I recently achieved my 600th deleted edit. What a wretched waste of time those mistakes must have been! The other 99.3% of lifebar I'll never regenerate was worth it, though, because 00.7% looks like 007 to drunk women in dark bars. Or, as the cool kids say, knackered birds in gloomy pubs. Or, and let's be honest here, to a hosed hoser hosily stroking his "withered and useless" ego in front of a couple of strange men on the Internet, before hosing himself off at home. In any case, cheers to one of you for being slightly over twice my size where it counts, and to the other for abstaining from this depraved lifestyle for so long! InedibleHulk (talk) 04:50, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Some of my best edits were self-reverts. I'd be happy to delete a few hundred more for you. Just send me a list. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:22, 14 August 2021 (UTC) p.s. we talking hose here, or them hoes?

Hoser, and yes. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:48, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah, so no relation to Yowsah! Yowsah! Yowsah!! Roger Niles 123 (talk) 12:55, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

... that's all I want from you (only about 3 minutes shorter than it should be...) No article yet for Sherwood Fleming. But we do have one for Sophie Tucker: "Something to be Thankful For". Martinevans123 (talk) 19:48, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

When I said YouTube was nasty and left its poodles in charge, I was only half-kidding. I'll check out the clearly-titled links later, on the app, as God intended. "In The Meantime", I have no doubt those are all very clever allusions, and I shall ponder them deeply at the appropriate juncture, but for now, I'll give serious thought to this mass self-reversion scheme. If I pretend to be sorry for "fixing" just under 4,000 things, I can strut around wearing nothing but a Grandmaster badge. That'll show 'em I mean business! InedibleHulk (talk) 05:15, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Ooh, get you! very flashy. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:02, 15 August 2021 (UTC) use your imagination man, it's just an allusion

Vandalism

Once you finally figure out what Bacha bazi is, please kindly remove your offensive comment on my talk page. Thank you. --212.74.201.233 (talk) 11:34, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

To whom is your slang jibe directed? Or are you're suggesting this is something practised by most Afghan men, who thus deserve all they get from the Taliban? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:36, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

The Fall

Some of us actually remember this. – Sca (talk) 12:38, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes, but suspect it may have missed "ongoing" by now. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:41, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Is it time for Ghani to get his gun yet? – Sca (talk) 14:05, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Or maybe just go to Uzbekistan. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:13, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for promoting my footnote to an independent article for Tregrug Castle – I'm honoured

Thank you for doing me the honour of promoting my footnote to a full article. Especially spiffy is that the new article replaces the former-redirect, giving Tregrug / Llangibi Castle its own, separate article. Why didn't I think of that?

Embarrassed, but happy regards/

Tom Lloyd William Lougheed

107.127.18.43 (talk) 00:57, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

(Yeah, it's an "anonymous edit", I find it keeps down the noise from editors hacked-off by my redacting BC / AD to BCE / CE, when I think I might get away with it.)

No worries. Thanks for your efforts. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:35, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

I've started tidying it up. Sorry, but it was a bit of a mess. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:43, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

There is a lot of ivy. But if it does date from the Late Middle Ages, I guess that's to be expected! Martinevans123 (talk) 07:54, 17 August 2021 (UTC) ... any relation? "We've been expecting you Mr. Guy"....

Have stuck some sources on the Talkpage. As an aside, I'm not at all sure that any of them agree with the Time Team conclusion that the building was primarily a pleasance. Another interesting point for me is the continuing dominance of the Williams family. When I lived about a mile from the castle in the 80s, Mrs Adams-Williams still owned a very great deal of Llangybi and the surrounding estate, as her forbears had done 400 years before. KJP1 (talk) 08:56, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks. In my youth I often used to cycle to Llangybi and Llandegfedd and had friends at Coed-y-paen and at the forge. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:59, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Harry, Meghan speechless over Afghanistan

You'll be glad to know the Dynastic Duo have issued a statement saying they have been left speechless over the situation in Afnamistan.
– Sca (talk) 12:32, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah yes. They also "... released a joint statement through their Archewell Foundation about the situation in Afghanistan, the earthquake and tropical storm in Haiti, and the continued COVID-19 pandemic." I guess they get all their best ideas from ITN on WP main page. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:36, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Seems they don't care about the situation in Zambia, though. How crass. Sca (talk) 12:44, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

The death of Peter Fleischmann also seems to have passed them by completely. But let's hope Archie well. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:51, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing Fleischmann, overdue. 3 DYK today, some record I believe, including the novel dedicated to a license plate, - found that better than the erotic scene of three (1931). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Una Stubbs

On 18 August 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Una Stubbs, 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.  — Amakuru (talk) 16:11, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks. "I'm not a bloomin' kid, I don't wanna play with ma dinner!!" Martinevans123 (talk) 16:53, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

The Tally Band

Can the leopard change his spots? – Sca (talk) 22:08, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

"The Taliban so far have offered no specifics on how they will lead, other than to say they will be guided by Shariah, or Islamic, law. ... Beyond the difficulties of bringing food into the landlocked nation dependent on imports, she said that over 40% of the country’s crop has been lost to drought." Most of the country's money is, apparently, tied up in the US. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:16, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

All Souls

An editor has accused me of hounding them, but their edits exert a grim fascination as they seem to misunderstand quite a lot and the encyclopedia needs defending from some of their well-intentioned editing! PamD 16:10, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah, not good. That's a shame. Editors do sometimes make the same mistakes on multiple articles. And other editors sometimes make an effort to "check and correct" these. But that's hardly hounding. Maybe they're a noob? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:26, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Kinda just cramps your style, don't it. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:08, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

RIP Charles Robert

Still the best sax in a rock song ever.... but the drums are pretty cool too. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:16, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Give me a heart to hang onto. Rough Mix (1977). A great album. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:47, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Diversions

Parlez Monsieur Marty français? – Sca (talk) 22:28, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Alas: "Video unavailable: This video contains content from Lasso Group, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds". Martinevans123 (talk) 22:31, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Sorry. It was "The Commitments" with, alas, inexpungeable French subs. – Sca (talk) 12:46, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah yes, I will have to imagine what that's like.... (Any connection to this lasso. "I wonder". lol) Martinevans123 (talk) 12:52, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Our vast (5,600 words) article says the film has "gained cult status." Perhaps you could join up, bringing to the occult table your vast compendium of obscure knowledge. – Sca (talk) 14:13, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah yeah. Me and Magick Al are bezzies. He was speaking to me only last week... Septic Pig 123 (talk) 15:12, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Have you seen it? It's a great hilarious flick. – Sca (talk) 22:16, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Jimbo speaks...

... to Al. – Sca (talk) 12:33, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah bless. "Transparency in online spaces will empower internet users to have open, civil debates where we can embrace our differences and be clear about our own personal biases. This creates more productive conversations and will build communities instead of promoting conflict." I've never seen any conflict at Wikipedia. And if I ever do, I will be sure to stamp down on it like a ton of bricks! Martinevans123 (talk) 22:02, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

I hereby declare that I have a conflict with you. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:17, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

"You fish... comin' over 'ere... crawlin' up onto the Talk pages... our Talk pages!!." Martinevans123 (talk) 08:26, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

This video contains content from BBC Studios, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. – Sca (talk) 12:24, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Alas. Feel free to search for the copyvios... Stewart Lee on UKIP, Damned Immigrants, Coming Over Here! etc etc.

You betta! --Tryptofish (talk) 20:24, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

To answer your question...

When you hover over the link on wikipedia, or you're on the mobile version, the first picture in the article will pop up. That's why i put the lazrus bird. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dontuseurrealname (talk • contribs) 15:23, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

My questions at Ornithophobia (on 19 August) were "why a larus? not even mentioned in the article?". Would you like to answer my questions? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:48, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Notice of noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:16, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

It's not a discussion about you but you are mentioned so I thought I'd give you a head's up. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:17, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:11, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Betty Bibbs

Thank you, Liza! No article yet for Berry Bibbs. "Everyone But Me" (Beulah Facyson) / "Enough For Everybody" (Beulah Facyson). A Jimmy McCracklin production. Kent: K 496: [5] Rockin. (Beulah Facyson was Jimmy McCracklin's wife, it seems). What IS that second guitar?? Martinevans123 (talk) 19:22, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Gerda's September corner

September songs

Omas gegen Rechts - enjoy strong women! I thought of Yoninah on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda. Oooh, yes, you've got to watch out for those grannies. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:47, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

....but not forgetting Kate, of course... Martinevans123 (talk) 16:21, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

... the same we mentioned in a Germany-related DYK ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:53, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

The Germany-related DYK I am remembering, ist es nicht. lol Martinevans123 (talk) 17:17, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Which one? - Rich Main page today: the first TFA by a promising author, the pictured DYK by my friend LouisAlain who is discouraged by an AN discussion, and one of the Recent deaths. Enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:02, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Gosh yes, an embarrassment of German riches. And yes, Louis must be punished for his continued reckless misdemeanours. Am surprised he's not been indefinitely blocked for wilful unsourcing. How about we chain him in a dungeon and allow him to dictate his articles by semaphore on alternate Thursdays? Sounds fair to me. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:24, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Blame the German articles which often hide their sources well ;) - Pic of today's menu later, perhaps, first there's an article that would be best on Sunday, but is not ready, by LouisAlain of course. Sauces need to be added. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:33, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

... and what torture do you think TFA writer HAL333 deserves for this? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:38, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Well, administratively, that's far easer, I think. That HAL sounds like a right oddity, doesn't he. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:44, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

If they have no other argument they blame him for his sig. Or canvassing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Looks a bit like Good cop, Bad cop. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:09, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Who cares? We go by number of FAs, and good has only 1, and bad has 58, so he must be not so bad after all. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:18, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

... but at least said article has now 12 sauces! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Well done. I think we used to have them (when we were still part of a larger heritage). But luckily we're now saving at least £350M a week!! Martinevans123 (talk) 21:33, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Also, some Septober songs: "Take away everything that we own We can even live without a home Have all the money if that is your goal But you'll never touch our soul." Martinevans123 (talk) 21:50, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

This one is very nice!

today: the day of bold red and black, for Dante who died 700 years ago, and Peter Fleischmann who died recently, leaving us films full of vision. Dante: just heard Inferno, imagined by a woman, the main character both speaking and singing with an inner 4-part voice! - Tickets bought for three operas, none of them ever heard yet, also at Oper Frankfurt. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:55, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda, for your rays of encyclopaedic sunshine. Ah yes, the good old Comedìa... here's to Absent Friends... Prost!!. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:18, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

I drink to that! Which of the new pics do you like best? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

today: moar music, Beethoven, and my brother was in the orchestra, 10 July --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

next chapter about the following day -Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:40, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Gerda, you'll be erstaunt to know that yesterday I scored some genuine Paulaner Oktoberfest beer right here in Bozo,
I-duh-ho. Sehr schmeckhaft, und 6% dazu. – Sca (talk) 17:38, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Lol. Guessing you mean that one, not Clownsville. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:52, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

I guess Paulaner had to sell it somewhere, as there's no Oktoberfest in Munich this year due to Death Invader. – Sca (talk) 22:22, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Compared with those ones.... much prettier?? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:30, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Today: a woman in red (back to the beginning of the thread), two who died under "in memoriam" and LouisAlain missed - my first editnotice read: "Every editor is a human being" which is quoted from a comment by Geometry guy in a 2012 discussion on WP:AN. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:53, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

I now see that User:LouisAlain[ has been indefinitely blocked for "using machine translation". Presumably he was asked to stop and refused? Martinevans123 (talk) 15:44, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

There's this loooong thread on AN I stopped reading. I didn't make the world kinder, but improved one article (I said: Help wanted). The edit summary for the block was that he lied. It may have been a misunderstanding of question and/or answer. And should an admin block who was offended? After the discussion was for a topic ban? - I don't think LouisAlain is in any mood to want to work in such company. Perhaps talk to him? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:50, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

That sounds like a bad block and very unfair. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:52, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

There's a post-block "discussion", above "Help wanted" - wrong in time sort of, at least I didn't know of the block when I posted, only afterwards when I ran my watchlist. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:57, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

I wish Louis Allain all the best, and success in his unblock request, if he chooses to make one. As you will probably have seen, I tried to ask a few questions about the block at AN, and was accused by Fram of being a troll: "I probably should simply ignore the above trolling by Martinevans123 (or how else should one call such utterly ridiculous requirements from someone who apparently hasn't bothered researching the facts of the case for themselves, but insinuates that if not all 6000+ articles are checked and demonstrably machine-translated, somehow this would influence the block for some reason)." And by Berig. Levivich kindly confirmed he'd checked three, but clarified that yes, he thinks all 6000+ should be deleted "except any that have been substantially edited by other editors." The thread was closed by Ymblanter. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:23, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

I was invited today to contribute "forward" but said it stills hurts too much. I didn't watch, trying to nominate 3 DYK. Managed 2, too late for the other. Feel sorry for the time you spent. 4 users died this year, - do we really have to drive more away? I don't think LouisAlain is interested in this company. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

I had assumed he had been blocked for using using machine translation (Levivich summarised how there was consensus that prohibits a non-speaker from using machine translation to translate articles). Or perhaps for insulting other editors by comparing them to dead Nazis. But no, it seems he was blocked for lying. Or at least "lying by omission". He was asked if he'd ever used GoogleTranslate and he said he never had. In fact, he had been using DeepL instead (and this is very easy to prove, apparently). He admitted that he had used DeepL. But this was still "lying by omission" to the Goggle question. So he was indef blocked. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:08, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

We better be careful if lying by omission is a reason to be blocked, and questioning that is trolling, and otherwise respected admins endorse the block. I said in 2012 I never want to be one. WP:Great Dismal Swamp. You made my day by trying. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

I'll go to bed now and hope for sweet dreams of freedom of speech. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:29, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

What is the meaning of this!?

[6] What does this dude have to do with literally anything on your UP? Softlavender (talk) 05:22, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Shucks. He must have changed his name when he joined Roxy. Sounds much cooler than Brian.... (but not as cool as Zebulon, of course). Martinevans123 (talk) 08:45, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

It's great if you have a tired head,

Once again the pigs rest in front of the fireplace.

Everything will be good if you are satisfied with the day,

And you can close the table tired of work.

When a warm cozy flame makes the evening even more beautiful,

Then the day, the tiring day is far from still barely remembering,

And your thought travels far from here, takes you to the blue country of your desires,

This may be the case when the flame burns.

- A message for us all there, I think. Marju Kuut and Uno Loop (1971), originally from the 1969 film Двери ("Doors") groovy. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:05, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

About India Hicks

Hello there Martin, I am Gonebyreddust, I have read that you have reversed Miss India’s edit, actually I am going to provide a new content edit about her wedding today via The Telegraph, but as soon as I finished edit, the page has already been reversed by you, so it made an edit conflict, should I moved it again after I have finished edit her Personal Life Columns? Thanks.

Gonebyreddust (talk) 01:58, 11 September 2021 (UTC+8)

Hi Gonebyreddust. The last edit I made to that article was on 20 September 2018‎. But I have started a thread at Talk:India Flint Wood to discuss sourcing issues. It's probably best if you contribute there. Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:24, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Maureen Wroblewitz

Hello. Help improve and copy edit. Thanks you. Kolpb (talk) 09:11, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Hello. Why not improve and copy edit a bit yourself? Martinevans123 (talk) 09:22, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Better not, because User Kolph is a

{{sock|Haiyenslna|confirmed}}
Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 11:19, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for telling me, Gareth. I feel slightly Wroblewitzed. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:40, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

thanks for attending to my Prince Andrew comment

Hi,

I really must be getting old, as I made a talk comment without realizing I'd already made essentially the same comment about a month ago. The recent news story had reminded me of what had bothered me, and I didn't remember I'd actually already asked about it. You found the phrase that was worrying me, and I shortened my comments on the talk page. Personally I think Andrew should have been honourable and confessed to contact, rather than lawyering up -- Roberts actually runs a charity about this stuff and she expected him to be a helpful witness, initially, which he should have been. Anyway, it really bothered me the illogic of that Times journalist saying in effect "Joe says he can't hear the TV because of that TNT explosion during the war, but we checked with experts and TNT is very loud and easy to hear." In that case summarizing the journalist as saying "experts disbelieve this explanation" would be ambiguous because the 'this explanation' that they disbelieve would be that everything was quiet including the TNT, but the "this explanation" that Joe gives they might have believed.

Maybe it doesn't matter much....Wikipedia is good about representing what people say and when it is stupid, it is seen as prima facie stupid. There is no need to comment on it. One can hope that there is an elite who realizes Andrew screwed up by not cooperating with Virginia Roberts and the journalist screwed up in his refutation of the sweating defense.

But I'd rather that someone who still has non-paywall access to the Times article can find some way of rewording that sentence not to be ambiguous.Createangelos (talk) 12:55, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

I agree. "No sweat", bro. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:10, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

I notice the 'verification needed' tag now...also your joke and link to sweatshop took me a half-hour to realize, I thought, hmm weird thing to say, must not be a native English speaker, then started laughing.Createangelos (talk) 15:02, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Well, my Welsh is not that good. But sincere apologies for the habitual wiki pun surge. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:55, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Recent AN/I discussions

"This encyclopaedia is so hard to clean. If only there was an easier way!" By unpopular request: "Derek Bum and his Toilet Grenade". Martinevans123 (talk) 13:44, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

.... and talking of toilet grenades... mash-up!!

Ancestry research help

Hi, Martin.

I was wondering if you could help me with finding a precise date of birth for one Amy Stuart, born in Sunderland in 1893? She later changed her name (unofficially) to Mamie c. 1910-12 during her dance troupe performing days. I know she was born in the final quarter of 1893, but I cannot find her precise date of birth. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, --Kieronoldham (talk) 11:54, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi Kieron. I guess this is her at FreeBMD. I will try and ask some people who have access to genealogy sites. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:01, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Yep. That's her, Martin. She was killed in November or December 1919. Thanks for your help. Regards, --Kieronoldham (talk) 12:07, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Ah ok. I now see it's Mamie Stuart. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:14, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Sure. Various archive newspapers state she was either 25 or 26 when she died. Most say 26; some 25 Precise date of birth may help pinpoint her age when she died. Thanks again. Best regards, --Kieronoldham (talk) 12:19, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

The birth date I have found - from unreliable sources, unfortunately (see my talk page) - is 24 November 1893. So, they would not have known her exact age at death, even at the time. Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:20, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Her date of birth has been discovered only recently, or at least after December 1919? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:40, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Presumably her family knew, but it seems that she was 25 when she disappeared but may have died after her 26th birthday. There may have been some confusion in the press - I haven't looked at the story in detail. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:39, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Clevor Trever.ogg

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Oh well. Here's the whole lot. Jankel genius. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:25, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

James Joyce

Thanks for keeping on eye on the work. It'll probably need a number of eyes as it goes along, and if I can make sure that as many sources as possible are now verifiable online, that will help others too. I'll keep cleaning as I go along, though the next couple of days, I'll just have to let things hang. It'll be a good period anyway to let folk weigh in with any concerns regarding citations and the like.

Wtfiv (talk) 15:52, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

My copy of Stan Gebler Davies' James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist(1982) does not mention any failed exams in Chemistry. But presumably this would have been at Belvedere College, as he studied Modern Languages at UCD. Davies does point out, however, that his Irish degree was of no use for his being admitted to the Sorbonne to study Medicine. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:47, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up on Davies! I've added him to the sources, so he'll be available to use to create verifiable links.

With respect to Joyce failing chemistry in Dublin. Please note that I didn't add the line; it was there before I came to the page. (Please see the Septembrr 2021 version edited by you with the Ellmann citation). I just tried to find the nearest passage in the citation that aligned with the text. Please feel free to modify the text and citation anyway you see fit. Alternatively, I'll attempt to see what other sources say, and add as follows. I may reword in line with Ellmann, but again, feel free to reword in line with the text as you see ft. One of my major goals righ now is less about content and just ensuring verifiable text-source integrity! So please make whatever changes you think are right!

And again, just know I jumped on your talk page mainly to say I appreciate you are keeping an eye on ensuring the text-source integrity too, as I start trying to dig out verifiable texts. I appreciate it! Wtfiv (talk) 02:45, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Yes, of course. It wasn't you who added that. It's been there a while. The "real" reason Joyce gave up his studies, according to Davies, as mentioned by Ellman, was that he was asked to pay the fees upfront. Davies also says he spent more time in other anatomical investigations - visiting prostitutes. Thanks for your note. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:12, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for John Challis

On 26 September 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Challis, which you updated and nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 23:08, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:31, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Boris Johnson

Too busy building those 40 new BREXIT hospitals

Hello. You have recently contributed to this article or its talk page. Please see this discussion on the talk page. You are welcome to take part if you are interested. Thanks. No Great Shaker (talk) 13:05, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Ah yes, "tank-topped bum boys" and Muslim women who look like letter boxes. He hasn't even got someone else to make him look slightly less stupid, any more. But thanks for the invite. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:13, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

LOL. Brilliant, Martin. Thanks and all the best. No Great Shaker (talk) 13:18, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

"We Conservatives will defend our history and cultural inheritance not because we are proud of everything, but because trying to edit it now is as dishonest as a celebrity trying furtively to change his entry in Wikipedia, and it’s a betrayal of our children’s education." -- Hereward the Woke, 6 October 2021. lol

Gerda's October corner

October songs

I uploaded new pics (click on songs), including "our" concert (after exactly two years without) and a cow sunset --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Cow sunset is quite amazing. [7]. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:56, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the jazz! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Quite a meme over there! "I can't cry anymore, While you run around"!! (Tom Scott – tenor saxophone) Martinevans123 (talk) 22:17, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

... running to more sweet dreams - what was the last? ... freedom of speech? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:26, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

... and I woke up to superb literary insight on my German talk - Fräulein Bürstel aka Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:21, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Do you advertise a link to your German Talk? We're all woke these days, dear. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:25, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Heavens, no, too dangerous material. The German word for user is Benutzer. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:01, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

What a relief. I would have had to use an unnamed machine translation device. Oh yes, I remember "retired and extremely dangerous". Martinevans123 (talk) 10:38, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

I miss the user who is pictured on father. - Has it happened to you that someone said a red link would absolutely be better than the article you wrote? I'd take four-letter words better than that. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:07, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

That sounds particularly mean and vindictive. Unless you were some kind of newbie troll vandal, perhaps. But all kinds of editors get described as "trolling" these days, it seems. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:15, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Still the same AN thread which you said you'd unwatch. Please don't. Opera now, watch Amadigi please, - no more dangers from me for some hours. Tomorrow: DYK #1700, pictured! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:33, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Holy Father: "If you keep looking at AN/I treads son, you'll go blind, so ya will."

Young Wikipedian: "It's alright Father. I'll just risk the one eye." --Martinevans123 (talk) 19:10, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

As promised: today #1700, and I uploaded more images, mostly blue and green, for hope. I agree about WP:Great Dismal Swamp but we can't remain silent. Fr.B. aka Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Well done!! And thanks to LouisAlain and Grimes2, it seems.

Drain the swamp: * Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885) wrote that to "clear the swamp" (the first obvious step to reclaiming "poisonous and swampy wilderness") was an apt metaphor for how to start addressing "the disgrace to us of the present condition of our Wikipedians."(Jackson, Helen H. (1881). A century of dishonor: a sketch of the United States Governments dealings with some of the Indian tribes. Harper and Brothers. p. 341.) [Note: slight wording amendment]. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:11, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Give them their thanks, please. - You'd make a good member of the cabal of the outcast ;) - with others being the one who coined the swamp redirect (#2, banned), and the one who wrote the swamp article (#1, blocked, article made GA while blocked, which was my first ever). Would you join, or should I make you an honorary member such as LouisAlain and RexxS? We seem to loose the honorary ones even faster than the others ... - but I sing hope. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:21, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Sounds great. Please feel free to overlook me. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:26, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

You know what they say, "Rome wasn't built in a day" (... because the builders had another job on, and the scaffolding was double-booked....) [8] Martinevans123 (talk) 15:46, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Building is slow, crushing is fast, as we can watch. Today's DYK also by teh gang. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:59, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Indeed. Anton Josef Reiss very nice article. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:03, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

the latest talk about "unwerte Artikel" (worse than a red link) really troubles me. Are we going to have to pass exams to deliver an article? The good old days, when Jerome Kohl, a Stockhausen expert, helped me in a friendly and factual way with my second article, telling me that the RS quoted was wrong. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Ah yes, **wipes small Pontardawe tear from eye** Martinevans123 (talk) 16:21, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Reiss was sent to draft with a long edit summary about how unworthy - today, I translated from German myself, and realised how difficult it is, and how much time it takes - our next conductor, we sang happy birthday to him on concert day, - 30, imagine! He played the piano in one of the Rossini rehearsals, softly and exquisite, - no ref for that ;)--Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, it all takes time. "Oh and if you fight back, you're insane... " (from 1979 "Peel Sessions", SCORCHING guitar by Bob Ward). Martinevans123 (talk) 16:49, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

copyvio! you stole that from theleekycauldron (well, I said crazy not insane)!! - Ritchie, any chance you are with us? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:50, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

today, mostly black&white, and standing upright as Psalm 15 says --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:06, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

"He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour, not calleth ones neighbour a troll, nor persisteth with trouble within the dark booths of AN/I." Martinevans123 (talk) 14:40, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

love it - there's a little movement in the swamp, - were you pinged or do "trolls" not get pinged? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:57, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

"Let's reel 'em in guys!" One has to always AGF. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:03, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Who is One? He has backbited to the expectation of kowtow as had to be expected. (When did I muse about those too proud to appeal?) - anyway, I uploaded 2 more pics, and you are the one to tell --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:15, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

[9]? ... or not. He's still upset that he was indef blocked for "lying by omission". Except that the blocking admin seems to agree he was blocked for far more. Perhaps that's all inconsequential administrative detail? Does he have access to his own Talk page or not? Not since 26 September? Again, it's not very clear. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:33, 12 October 2021 (UTC) File:Five-leaved ivy, Ehrenbach.jpg is particularly vibrant, by the way.

I think one thing is clear, that it's over. And I profit, getting "my" articles translated into French. Au revoir LouisAlain, bienvenue endless IP numbers, - I'd prefer the other way round. Yes, vibrant where I live. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:42, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I think most people would prefer a restricted user with a name, to an endless series of Paris IPs. And then there's the 1400 articles to delete? Should all keep some folks quite busy, I guess. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:50, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

You can opine in the first try. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:56, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Ah shucks. Not just stubs, then. Good luck. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:04, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Almost the opposite of stubs, and often working on command (not without protest), informing us about the authors of sources and sufferers under the Nazis, - well, today I remember the banning of Br'er Rabbit begun nine years ago OTD, and I had to celebrate a birthday in bright sunshine. Today, that same birthday, but I go sing in choir for a funeral, of a woman who was supposed to sing last Sunday but suddenly died. Two recent deaths on the Main page and one waiting. It's part of life. I keep singing in defiance of the old dragon, death and fear. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

today: see yourself, read about a hymn praying to not be on earth in vain, about a comics artist whose characters have character (another collaboration of the "perennial gang", broken by one of us banned), and in memory of the last prima donna assoluta, Edita Gruberová. I had to go to two grave sites last week, one who died now, one who died 10 years ago, so standing upright and in black seems appropriate. More colours - but subdued - can be had on hikes, - updated. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Two more today, again one by the gang, and more colour! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Today: a scandal, and more fall colours, including a short sermon. Haitink also on the same Main page, finally. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:59, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Today: memories in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:12, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Significant day in many respects - missing people here began 31 October 2010. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:18, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

"I've been asking some people, if they remember A girl they forgot, with brown eyes, hair cut, red dress" Martinevans123 (talk) 14:11, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Free Harambe

Now that Geronimo gets to keep his name long after his last war whoop has faded, your great idea for the great ape could have legs. Please do the honors and they will come. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:26, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Hmmm. Might be worth a punt. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:28, 11 October 2021 (UTC) Urrghh, not them again. I don't want them cumming, thank you.

Breaking the canvassing law per WP:IAR. Randy Kryn (talk) 19:38, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Ron Paul?? How 'bout RuPaul!? "Tell her to her face!" Martinevans123 (talk) 20:15, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done Randy Kryn (talk) 16:25, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Yay!! A major step forward for all gorilla-based articles. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:29, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Short descriptions

I fear that deleting them will only encourage other editors to put them back. I assume that there was a decision somewhere to add descriptions of the bleeding obvious. ;O) Thanks for taking the trouble to edit the article, it's been quiet for a few years. Keith-264 (talk) 11:35, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Cheers. My interest arises from File:Nash-Oppy Wood.jpg. Yeah, I guess the best we might hope for is a marginal improvement on the Wikidata ones. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:41, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Courtesy notice - Sanctions for biographical articles

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--Hipal (talk) 21:02, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the warning-that-isn't-a-warning. Seems I've been singled out for special attention. But I'm not sure why. From your comment at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Katie Price here: "The article is a huge BLP and NOT violation as it is.", it's pretty clear which side of the fence you'll come down on? I suggested at Talk:Katie Price, here, 8 days ago, that "... we return to the last "stable" consensus version, of three days ago, and then discuss possible edits one topic at a time." But my suggestion was ignored. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:21, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

You think it's just "idle gossip" that ""In September 2021, Price was taken to hospital after a car crash near Partridge Green, which is located close to her home in Horsham" and that "Later that month, Price pleaded guilty to driving drunk without insurance and while disqualified"? You think that somehow these facts are "BLP violations"? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:29, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Best to WP:FOC. --Hipal (talk) 23:24, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I quite agree. Like the two sentences above, for example. Martinevans123 (talk) 07:54, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Oh, but hang on. Not completely singled out... I see that Escape Orbit also gets one. And of course, there's the lengthy "welcome" you've added at User talk:Cameron Dev, which also did not go down too well. Does User:EnPassant get a nice template too? Not so much. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:06, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

A shame you never got a chance to drop one on the talkpage of our erstwhile train enthiusiast Dave Cameron Devious, who apparently wants us to attack the moon now? Gosh, like London buses aren't they.... you wait ages for one to come along and then you get a whole bus load from Abertillery. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:38, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Kongsberg attack

Evidently, something was rotten in Denmark, famed Land of Hygge. – Sca (talk) 13:37, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

• "An everyday story of radicalised country folk"... hence "Ephemeral spot news". Martinevans123 (talk) 14:06, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

SCA PREDICTS: Next time it will be a Swede with a crossbow who had converted to Sikhism. – Sca (talk) 14:44, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Ah yes, The Seekers, how lovely! Martinevans123 (talk) 14:53, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Did they ever find another yew? – Sca (talk) 15:32, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

That's Dame Judy, not Judith Cock! So you're barking up the wrong tree. (I must watch that, though!) Martinevans123 (talk) 15:39, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Seems you plagiarized my crossbow notion. No shame? – Sca (talk) 18:39, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Are you cross?? lol If I had noticed, I certainly would have plagiarized. But alas, I must have missed it. So sorry. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:49, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Oh that one. You just can't trust those armed root vegetables, can you. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:03, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Bright Idea No. 2,021

How about posting Jimbo Peeking on the Errors page? – Sca (talk) 13:43, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

He's too busy getting a light snack Martinevans123 (talk) 13:50, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

What, no anchoviesin there? – Sca (talk) 14:02, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

"I see Wikipedia as both a sanctuary and a pleasure palace". Martinevans123 (talk) 14:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

RIP Paddy Moloney

Farewell Paddy Moloney. Another music genius. [10]. sad news Martinevans123 (talk) 09:35, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Paddy Moloney

On 16 October 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Paddy Moloney, 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. PFHLai (talk) 06:08, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Tea for Two

Good to hear from you. Please read talk page on "Tea for Two". Thanks! Tillywilly17 (talk) 10:35, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I did thanks. Good work! Well spotted. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:37, 17 October 2021 (UTC) p.s. but beware of unintentional copyright violation (even on Talk pages). Thanks.

Copyvio

Hello there. I hate to 'template a regular', but do please take care not to copy/paste sentences that might breach our strict policies on copyright. This recent edit you made to the Chris Packham article appears to have directly lifted two sentences from this BBC News source. I'm sure you appreciate how important it is that we always strive to add even the briefest of content in our own words. Many thanks, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:11, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks for pointing that out, Nick. And thanks for fixing it. I have added "including foxes and badgers" directly from the BBC source, as I think that explains it further and is more graphic. I trust that's not a breach of copyright. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:18, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

I'll let you off! LOL Nick Moyes (talk) 23:39, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

phew! I mentioned two masked men, who set a vehicle on fire at the gate, causing extensive damage once, but "I think I got away with it...." I'd better "beware of unintentional copyright violation (even on Talk pages)" Martinevans123 (talk) 22:08, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Bernard Haitink (1929 – 2021)

RIP Bernard Haitink.

[11] Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F, Op.90 - 3. Poco allegretto · Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra · (1970). Martinevans123 (talk) 22:36, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

See my talk, excellent memories. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:17, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

We got four minutes from the 2nd movement of Beethoven 7 on Today this morning. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:23, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

The delay in posting the Haitink RD is getting quite annoying. – Sca (talk) 12:40, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Um now, after 16 hours, it needs another {cn} attending to? Slightly frustrating. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:45, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

You've got mail, as they used to say. – Sca (talk) 13:20, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I wonder about that too! Martinevans123 (talk) 13:29, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Reports of one's death are an exaggeration...

S.L.U.G. Queen Pageant 2012 Queen Sadie Slimy Stitches and Queen Carmen Slugana

Well, I'm disappointed. No-one has said that Elizabeth II is dead yet. It would undoubtedly have happened with Prince Philip by now.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 10:53, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm sure Morrisey would have told us. Poor woman, she deserves a rest. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:57, 22 October 2021 (UTC) p.s. ....we don't want the hospitals getting clogged up with old folks now that the Universal Credit £20 uplift has been withdrawn....

I do hope she's not been eating slugs again. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:08, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Her Majesty says she's not not eating slugs. Britmax (talk) 11:36, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

"At her breakfast table cereals are presented in Tupperware containers."

"She also likes yoghurt, and marmalade on toast, sometimes tossing the crusts to her beloved dogs."

What?! No Royal Doulton?? Shocking!! Martinevans123 (talk) 11:46, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

New Wikipedia Guideline Proposed which you might be interested in

Hello. I am letting editors know who participated in the recent discussions that decided whether the Killing of David Amess should be called "killing, murder, or assassination", about a new Wikipedia essay being proposed for a new guideline. The essay, Wikipedia:Assassination, explains how the common definition of "assassination" does not determine an article's title. Only reliable sources can determine whether it is murder/killing or assassination. Since you participated in those recent discussions, I wanted to drop a message to you about this new proposal. If you want to leave your opinion about it, you can do so in this discussion. Have a good day and keep up the good editing! Elijahandskip (talk) 03:07, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me. "Assassination" is not much used these days in British English to describe the killing of British politicians. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:17, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Except Spencer Perceval.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 13:52, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Murdered by a lone crank with a grudge is probably more accurate, but assassination has stuck.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 13:56, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes. Assassination of Spencer Perceval tells us that "He petitioned the Prince Regent before resuming his efforts with the Privy Council, the Home Office and the Treasury, only to receive the same polite refusals as before. He then sent a copy of his petition to every member of Parliament, again to no avail." But even John Bellingham starts ".. was an English merchant and perpetrator of the 1812 murder of Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated." Martinevans123 (talk) 14:03, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Elton John spider

[12] Lol.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:51, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

lol. Don't Go Breaking My Web. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:39, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Still better than Boris. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 15:20, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Oh, how we laughed, with Lady Hale. [13] Martinevans123 (talk) 16:04, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

But people can be offended by anything these days.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:14, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

One can't be too careful in the office. When is comes to woke man-jewellery, I always go for the Lemmy look. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:08, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Clowns as well. This is known as Coulrophobia--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 18:27, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Ah jeez, clowns, don't get me started. Folks these days are just paranoid. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:33, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Isn't his hit notable

Tony Steward's cover version has been made before David Parton's, and his charted. Your obsession with my description of who Tony is, made you overlook those wikiworthy facts. So this action https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1046989225 is wrong motivated and therefore abusive behaviour. 109.37.157.104 (talk) 23:23, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Tony Steward is not notable on en.wiki, so I'm not sure that his cover version of "Isn't She Lovely" is necessarily notable. I'm also not sure that my one revert of your unexplained addition constitutes an "obsession". Which "wikiworthy facts" have I overlooked? The source you gave was this one, but I don't see any mention of Steward's single, or even David Parton's single, there. Perhaps Parton's single reaching No. 29 in the Dutch Nationale Hitparade could be added, if a suitable source could be found. But I don't think my initial revert was "wrong motivated and therefore abusive behaviour." Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:00, 26 October 2021 (UTC) p.s. I've also reverted your addition to Jimmy McCulloch here as it's unsourced.

Front page tribute

And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, for a little number entitled: "She was only the Evangelist's daughter, but she certainly ate a lemon". "hay thang you..." Martinevans123 (talk) 13:18, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Edith Sitwell

Hello: not sure where to put this. We were discussing verifiable sources for the details of Edith Sitwell's death. I notice there are shedloads of biographies wsome of which give the information. All we need to do is to find someone who has read them all, who could surely give us chapter and verse. Problem is, how would we find such an expert? All the best Foiled circuitous wanderer (talk) 15:12, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Any good online source will do. I've added a suggestion at Talk:Edith Sitwell. Cheers. Martinevans123 (talk)

Gerda's November corner

November songs

In November, I can offer some reading, - three feast days in a row, reformation followed by All Saints' and All Souls. On All Saints, we sang in choir in a mass - a 2021 first - and rehearsed (with the other group) for the next such thing next Sunday. All Souls is the birthday of the subject of my first article who will play a major concert on 14 November. Today we "celebrate" the first DYK for which LouisAlain laid the base in a German sandbox, - needlessly complicated but working. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:56, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

As you may have seen, that was also the last. - I thought of you seeing this angel! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:34, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, sadly. But I guess where de.wiki leads, en.wiki will eventually follow. Without any machine translation. of course. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:40, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

perhaps - what do we do about Wildes Holz? - The other day, I heard an opera conducted by Titus Engel. Had missed creation of that article. Do you think improving it is permitted? We have a translation of Börsenblatt, but taking it would be proxy, no? So start it from scratch, probably only to arrive at a similar thing? Kafka wherever I look. But Verdi was great! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

I guess "we" have to search for sources. But you're probably better placed than most. Glad you enjoyed the Verdi... oooh "Nice!" Martinevans123 (talk) 22:13, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

trailer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:32, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

update on St. Martin's Day --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:31, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Don't call him a saint. It will go to his head. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:39, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

I found an article to match: a soprano nèe Martin who studied with some Martini, - pictured on the Main page. How do you like his pinkish horse? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:46, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

... the nearest I'll get to sainthood. But I like the sound of a pinkish horse. --Martini undone 123 (talk) 23:04, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Well I'm sure it's quite a ride! --Tryptofish (talk) 23:13, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Speaking of pink ponies, our favorite admin's little girl. Or, you might prefer this take on that subject. Softlavender (talk) 03:57, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Ha! Now we know who advises on those difficult Admin decisions. In future I'll take my grievances to a higher power. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:53, 12 November 2021 (UTC) ...And talking of celestial bodies and porn stars, I think it's so important to put yo' pinky ring up to the moon, don't you?

Did I hear grievances? On a friend's concert day, 3 DYK, Brahms depicted + sadly Aga Mikolaj (listen!). May the roads that we travel make us meet again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:18, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Gerda. Yes, that's a great shame at the age of only 50. Tragic. Vier letzte Lieder is probably my favourite Strauss ever. That "Frühling" is just incredible (well they all are, of course). Martinevans123 (talk) 18:17, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, a great loss. I would not have known about her without you-know-who. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:11, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Then I have to thank him as well. And probably hundreds of others. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:29, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes. Today we received the annual arbcom message, which made me think. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanksgiving music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:12, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

now "juxtaposition of the sublime and the trivial" + Advent music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:42, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

The memory of SlimVirgin is pictured again today, in the context of my dangerous thoughts about arbcom. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:21, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Un gros tubercule

How about you nominate Doug, putatively the world's biggest potato, for an RD? At 7.8 kg., Doug, recently exhumed in NZ, looks to depose a 2011 Guinness-record spud from Britain that weighed just under 5 kg. He has a name, so he must meet our sacred ITN paremeters. (Since Doug currently resides in a freezer, he has indeed peeled off his mortal coil).. – Sca (talk) 18:26, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

For a moment, I worried this was un gros tumeur, but I'm relieved to find that it's just a pomme de terre. --Spuds MacKenzie (talk) 18:59, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

I don't get how those Kiwis can even bring themselves to eat "...a couple of sacks of regular potatoes, or one small dog." And anyway, to me it looks a lot like the Baby Jesus. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:07, 4 November 2021 (UTC) p.s. I do enjoy he occasional kiwi, but I always have to leave the feathers...

Full disclosure: This user is a resident of I-duh-ho, in which state the license-plate motto is FAMOUS POTATOES – Sca (talk) 22:26, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Best wishes to you and all the family. --Eddie King 123 (talk) 22:34, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Just so you'll know, Doug is rapidly becoming an international cause célèbre, if only posthumorously. Time to nominate! – Sca (talk) 12:27, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Well, I think we might need an article like Doug (giant potato) first, before we can nominate at IT Recent Deaths. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:35, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

That would be work – and on a Friday, too. – Sca (talk) 12:39, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm sure it would be a real groove. Would go down well in Guernsey. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:11, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treddle

Enter Reg, cap in hand: "Trouble at mill."
Lady Mountback: "Oh no. What sort of trouble?"

I knew it wasn't gong to be a good day for Boris when I heard poor Kwasi, on Today this morning, neatly being put through the mincer by Swift Nick. Owch, (from 2:12:40). Martinevans123 (talk) 22:47, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

I don't think it's going to be a good month for Boris, if you know what I mean. Not sure how much longer the rotter is going to last at No. 10. Softlavender (talk) 00:37, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Whatever are you saying?! If Boris needs to take a private jet to fly back to London from COP26 to have dinner with Daily Telegraph columnist Charles Moore at the Garrick Club, then he's perfectly entitled to do so! He probably had a very polite non-belching beef steak. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:27, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank God the Labour Party is there to rescue us all. Softlavender (talk) 10:52, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

More like "OMG, I Can't Believe It's Not Labour!" or, as I call them... "Keir Hardly and the Hard Lights". And how could we ever give up Our Sainted First Lady of Downing Street!? If anyone can get No 10 clean, Carrie can! Martinevans123 (talk)

Remember, Remember, we can throw the whole lot of them into the fire tonight. At least in effigy. Sizzle sizzle. Softlavender (talk) 11:41, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Ah yes. Has Paul not been given his left peerage yet? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:49, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Curious what images "left peerage" brings up on a Google image search. Especially if you click that "suppressed images" link down at the bottom. Softlavender (talk) 11:58, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm a big fan of Virginia Woolf's Neuropsychiatry, especially when she's in an Amazing Push-Up Everyday Non-wired Bra. Sorry, yes, that was a Clement Freudian slip. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:07, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Best of both

I know the ladies of the WI will join me and all the other constituents of that sleepy little Devon backwater in sending Mr Cox their best wishes in his two jobs. We can't let that nasty row, over the tax status of the village hall, affect our post-Brexit supply of British virgins. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:22, 10 November 2021 (UTC) p.s

Lad, who needs the BVI when you've got the world's most corrupt tax havens right in your own backyard (or back garden, as you lot so irrationally insist upon saying)? Softlavender (talk) 22:03, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Indeed, who needs those skinny Caribbean girls when you can get your hands on some trusty full fat cows! But you just can't trust old Johnny frogs legs, you know. --"An everyday story of farming sleaze 123" (talk) 10:51, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Just in for Christmas: [14], [15], [16], [17] Martinevans123 (talk) 11:59, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Priceless. -- Softlavender (talk) 22:23, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Lionel Blair

On 7 November 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Lionel Blair, 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. PFHLai (talk) 06:02, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, PFHLai. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:55, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Although this happened earlier, seemed too odd so I restored the sources, but probably needs to be monitored... The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 10:57, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

That does look quite odd. Many thanks for that and thanks for letting me know. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:59, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

In case you didn't see it

Thanks for the ping thanks M. Your mention of Miriam prompted me to leave this in case you didn't see Eileen Atkins hilarious comparison of their memoirs. Have a fun week. MarnetteD|Talk 19:20, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Hahaha. Charity work is so important, I feel. "100 pages shorter", lol. I had not seen that one actually! Thanks so much. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:05, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Glad you liked it :-) MarnetteD|Talk 20:08, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Steve Coogan's "Eerie" Savile

No it's not eerie, he doesn't look a bit like Savile, more like Alan Partridge wearing a blonde wig.[18]--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:10, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Yikes. "Creepsville, Noo Joizey".... [19]. 09:49, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Dubreq website

I was looking at this, but there is something missing. Have you guessed what it is yet?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:28, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Hopefully someone will have saved an archive version with that real star of the Stylophone still featured... £14.50 (not including batteries) was a lot of money in 1978! [20] Martinevans123 (talk) 15:37, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank goodness for the Wayback Machine, it remembers everything.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:49, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Lol. "Dubreq would like to pass on our very best regards to Rolf and congratulations on his incredible half-century career. Long may he continue to have his kangaroo restrained." That's not a euphemism, is it. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:59, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Flobbadob barnstar

Dear Martinevans123 Thank you so much for the barnstar! I really appreciate it - have done a lot of very detailed writing for Wikipedia for seven years or so and your kind award is the first proper recognition I've had. You have really made my day 😺Flobbadob (talk) 18:44, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Patient and methodical editing. Well deserved! Martinevans123 (talk) 18:48, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

The Fable of the Village Vamp and the Higher Education

Click here for good honest fun! Now turn to Page 27 for what we're really after (or Page 29, as the Internet misremembers it). Something tells me you might Dig That Diction. If not, carry on merrily with Whatever presently commands your undivided attention. Curious lurkers, same deal to you! InedibleHulk (talk) 22:54, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I dug it (and might have dug it even deeper had I been imbibing). I was strongly reminded of A Clockwork Orange. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:51, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes "too many brains spoil the Complexion". A lesson from Agnes for us all there, I think. [21] Martinevans123 (talk) 12:50, 19 November 2021 (UTC) p.s. but I know what you mean about all that weird Wikispeak.

And if Nasdaq doesn't work for you, there's always NYSE. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:03, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Down here in Lliswerry, we've got "Polari with two LLs", dearie. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:49, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Up here, we spell "Kizarny" with A Similar Drawl. Not where I live, mind you, but where I've been. Not sure what Llandscape llull you've llinked afore, mein drugel, but their article seems "legit", so something similarly Spotified this way soon surely comes...thanks for reviewing! InedibleHulk (talk) 02:26, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

"The Doll House", "Eastern Girls" and "It's Not My Name" take the bronze, gold and silver (in no particular order), but nothing on that album totally sucked, just maybe some "sometimes songs"... a solid C. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:55, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

"From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus"... much like so many Talk page threads, really. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:58, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

News Flash

BBC: Meghan says Harry is loving the California lifestyle

– Sca (talk) 13:55, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Good old Ellen DeGenerate. Did you know.... that they named their son after Archie Bell & the Drells?? Not a lot of people know that, even those close to the Sussexes. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:36, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

whilesmear

• [22] Başlığı değiştirme hocam böyle bir film var kaydadeğer (There is such a movie, don't stop changing the title sir) --46.106.233.103 (talk) 17:48, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

• Yes, that 2020 film does seem to exist. But you added it, for the second time, here, to the No Future article. That's a Disambiguation page, so the entry doesn't really belong there, as there is no article for the film, there seems to be no alternative target article where it is mentioned, and there are no external source(s) provided demonstrating its notability. IMDb is not considered WP:RS as it is user-generated. If you think that the film, by Andrew Irvine and Mark Smoot, and staring Catherine Keener, Charlie Heaton and Rosa Salazar, is notable, by all means go and create an article for it. I'm sorry, I'm not sure what "whilesmear" means. And my Turkish is not very good. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:25, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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Dylan Thomas

Hi, I thought the para on boiled eggs was trivial stuff and a distraction.Crystalshrub (talk) 18:26, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I can see your thinking there. But I'd say it was a very vivid illustration of what a "big kid" Thomas was for most of his life. I'd be happy to keep it, but maybe a discussion on the Talk page might be best. Meanwhile, how about a few edit summaries? I count 69 edits you've made to that article all without a single edit summary? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:40, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

I'd be glad to if I knew how....... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crystalshrub (talk • contribs) 13:28, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

I've posted you a template. Regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:56, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crystalshrub (talk • contribs) 15:52, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Don't forget to sign all your Talk page posts with four tildes: "~~~~" . Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:57, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

You actually have copies of Carmarthen Journal for March 27 and December 11 1908? I am guessing they have adverts for Jim Jones' farm sales. But I'm really not sure this is the level of detail needed for that article. We just need a good visible WP:RS saying that he wasn't really farming any more, by the time Dylan visited as a child, in the 1920s. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:25, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

A good guess! They're online. I could replace the newspaper refs with a ref to an online essay that mentions the sales. Crystalshrub (talk) 17:17, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

PS Or I could simply give the online ref to the newspaper article: https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3763705/3763710/35/Pentowin.Crystalshrub (talk) 17:38, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

That link shows an advert for the sale, on 22 September 1908, of Pentowin Farm. The Joneses sold that before moving to Fern Hill? But that really is too much detail. We just need a source that says that Jim Jones did no farming at Fern Hill. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:46, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for that footnote about Jim Jones. Looks just right to me. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:29, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Peppa Pig World

The Right Honourable Member for Henley at a recent constituency surgery

Peppa Pig World? Seriously, Prime Minister, this is your pivot when you're losing your shit? Softlavender (talk) 04:49, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Beats the Plopper Fun Park, I guess(?) What about Gammon Towers?? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:04, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Closure of Amedeo Modigliani RfC

Hi, discussion at this RfC seems to be over. I was wondering if you could maybe close the RfC, or suggest who should close it alternatively? I am just not sure how to proceed. Thank you. Sansgloire (talk) 21:00, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding me. It's generally best if someone not involved in the discussion closes an RfC. And besides, I don't really like closing stuff, I much prefer opening! But I agree, after 20 days, discussion seems to have ended. I'd suggest waiting a couple of days and hoping that a passing non-involved editor will close. The result seems to point mostly one way, but it's not landslide. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:15, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Alright, let's wait a few more days. Should I make a closure request at Wikipedia:Closure requests in case nobody shows up? Thanks. :) Sansgloire (talk) 22:34, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Absolutely. A very good idea. Cheers. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:36, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

• (talk page watcher) Sansgloire, since there is significant dissent, the RFC should run at least 30 days, as is the norm. If it is closed sooner than that, that will merely create further problems. As it is, I removed the ethnicity from the lead sentence for now, as an outlier construction. Softlavender (talk) 00:30, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

A good idea. As far as I can see, there are two valid !votes for "in first sentence" and a possible compromise of "somewhere in lead section," so I think you've probably solved the immediate issue. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:56, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Sic transit gloria mundi

"Sick transit, man" @pimp-my-transit.com

Katie Price's books are at 20 pence in the charity shop.[23]--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:15, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

On a Price-per-kilo basis, that seems quite good value. Probably beats wooden briquettes! 16:34, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK that there are at least thirty different books by ghost writers Katie Price?[24]--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:53, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Well we list 42. And Rebecca Farnworth has only owned up to the first 14. £8.40 seems a bargain for a whole night's chestnut roasting.... Martinevans123 (talk)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

This follows on this reversion by you. I don't disagree with the reversion, but just thought I would mention this from a source which WP:RSP rates as no consensus on reliability. There's lots of other stuff out there on this -- nothing I saw from a solid RS, but it clear that there's been chatter about this. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 15:11, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Ah yeah, right. Who knows. Maybe it's on the Moon. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:00, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Notice of neutral point of view noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Opening paragraph of Gary Glitter article.The discussion is about the topic Gary Glitter. Thank you.

Don't forget to sign your posts with four tildes ~~~~. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:48, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

thegenealogist.co.uk

Please see the warning left on User talk:Wgc120. That user has an obvious WP:COI with this commercial company, and has been spamming it for years. If the material is relevant to the article, the references can be replaced with direct references to the "Who Do You Think You Are?" epsisode, as I've done on a number of the affected articles. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 14:44, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

I'm not User:Wgc120. I don't have any COI, thanks. The references to thegenealogist.co.uk generally have far more information than the TV programme itself. Some of your edits just remove all mention of the WDYTYA programme wholesale? Martinevans123 (talk) 14:51, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

I don't believe that an appearance on WDYTYA? automatically merits a paragraph on every subject that appears; celebrities appear on hundreds of shows, we don't need to note every appearance. In cases where others have reworked the material into biolographical prose, I've replaced the reference with the BBC link, which is sufficient for WP:V. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:31, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

And I'm not suggesting blanket automatic addition to every bio article. I guess that's just appropriate for the Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series) article. I think it rather depends on whether new biographical information (usually in terms of ancestry) about that person, is presented in the programme. It may have been already reported elsewhere, but overlooked. I am still a bit concerned that User:Wgc120, through their COI spamming, has effectively spoiled thegenealogist.co.uk as a supplementary source for any of those articles. Press review articles, about a programme episode, are often forthcoming and at least allow a written alternative to BBC iPlayer. But these can be of variable quality. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:55, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!!

Thanks for inserting the URL for the reference I added to The Beatles: Get Back. I was going to do this myself but you beat me to it!! Edwin of Northumbria (talk) 20:40, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

No worries, Edwin. Seems Uncle Phil wasn't too impressed. Am still very tempted, though. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:03, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

I'm tempted to rejoin Disney+ for another half-day (my first half-day was to watch Hamilton and [against my better judgment because I avoid all comic-book movies] Black Panther) to watch Cruella. Saw a 30-second clip of Emma Thompson and Emma Stone, and it was hilarious (not sure how the rest of the film stacks up). Softlavender (talk) 04:59, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

I guess great minds think alike! I too briefly joined Disney+ just to watch Hamilton and Black Panther. (And I just got Hulu so I can watch Nomadland.) --Tryptofish (talk) 18:28, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

I'm Waiting For The Man (song)

Apologies, I cut and pasted the wrong date (and contributor) entry reference to indicate when the original change was made. Fixing it now. All the best, Samhu (talk) 04:20, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

No worries. Easily done. Thanks for your note. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:07, 3 December 2021 (UTC) p.s. the alternative is hardly surprising, given that's the actual lyric. There are quite a few YouTube examples. And here it is in a book. But, strictly speaking, it's just a mistake.

Paris

December songs

Today: sharing symphonic music - happy listening! - I asked the arb cands if they'd listen, which is an art. - Listen to what de:Jerome Kohl wrote about Zeitmaße, premiered by Pierre Boulez. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:34, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Oooh! Arb Candies, my favourite! Thanks for the links. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:42, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

mmmh baklava - translating Zeitmaße into German wasn't easy, and isn't complete - I didn't expect soup in the sun outside on a 2 December. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:52, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Classic Stockhausen

Ah yes, the tricky Rotary Wind Quintet. It's amazing what you can get out of five rotary clothes lines! --Martinevans123 (talk) 16:56, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

vacation greetings from Munich, rich in culture, culinary events and meeting dear people. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:44, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Have a great time, Gerda! Birthplace of Werner Herzog, Carl Orff AND Franz Beckenbauer! Martinevans123 (talk) 20:11, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

I do! - today, an Italian opera, my second ever, as the TFA written by two dear people, and a park where I went with dear people, as pictured DYK - I thought of Orff, because the Italian opera about a clever man was matched by his German opera about a clever woman, Die Kluge, sung by Teresa Żylis-Gara --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:07, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

thank you - back home - on Beethoven's birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:45, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

today memories of singing Monteverdi, Handel, Rossini - a triple nod to Brian, an unsurpassed model of constant kindness and helpfulness coupled with competence! - sing-along Bach tonight --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:52, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

first little gift is up on my talk, something to listen --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:44, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

updated even richer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:21, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

December songs

... and now the last, Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen, BWV 248 III, shown on the Main page, and here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:31, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

If you've seen the AN/I thread

After today's foofaraw I wish we could add a speech bubble to the Krimpet/peek gif saying "Anyone want to buy a used computer" :-P Have a nice weekend. MarnetteD|Talk 19:51, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi MarnetteD and all,

I am writing to let you know that I am doing an auction with Krustie’s auction house, commencing today and closing on December 15th.

I'm auctioning two things - the original Strawberry Milkshake that I slurped during the founding time period of my Wikipedia User Page, and an NFT artwork that I created to commemorate my earliest moment of Wikikarma.

Martinevans123 (talk) 22:09, 3 December 2021 (UTC) p.s. all proceeds to a suitable charity of my choice i.e. the Cwmfelinfach Home for Bewildered Gentlefolk

Great stuff M. Your post is like an advent calendar (just the right month for it) but we get to open the windows to fun items all at once :-) MarnetteD|Talk 22:45, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

I'm stocking up on cryptocurrencies and NFTs. I'm going to be a zillionaire before long. Softlavender (talk) 00:10, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

I'm also living 100% in the metaverse, because I trust Mark Zuckerberg implicitly. I've never been happier in my life. Softlavender (talk) 01:33, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Don't forget folks, if you can't afford my quality items, you could always go and bid for this load of old tat. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:15, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

And since I know how much Martin enjoys music, I can wholeheartedly recommend the bargain counter tenor (not to mention the off-coloratura). --Tryptofish (talk) 18:51, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

"Out here on Jimbo's eBay there are no stars. Out here we is "stoned Immaculate." --Rainy Day Auction Lot 123 (talk) 21:06, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Just remember guys, The Head Guy ain't makin' a dime from this. Christie's said so. (Didn't it?) And The Head Guy is definitely not lying to us about the first edit. Softlavender (talk) 22:43, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Hey, what are you suggesting??!! You could make at least 10 first edits in 2 minutes! A nice little earner! Martinevans123 (talk) 08:46, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

In any case.... the smart money is currently chasing the tiny O variant of E-krona (you also get discount entry to the ABBA Avatar Show!!) Martinevans123 (talk) 12:35, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Mama Mia! That's quite tempting. By the way, apropos des bottes, this article is kinda interesting: Laconic phrase. -- Softlavender (talk) 01:24, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Big deal. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:01, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Hope you can all make it on 18th December, round at "No. 10" again, for the annual Jimbo Doyle Wikipedia Awards Ceremony! £25,000 worth of cheese and nibbles!! Note: Not a party. Hidden Camera 123 (talk) 20:14, 9 December 2021 (UTC) (p.s. post-event cleaning and laundry service available)

PSA: I'll be on parental leave, and partying every day and night, for the foreseeable future. You poor sods can fend for yourselves. Softlavender (talk) 01:17, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. You are a true inspiration with such leadership. That takes real guts. And Seasons Greetings to your 7, or possibly 8 or more, little Yuletide urchins. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:30, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

I'm glad you're keeping count, because I'm certainly not. Feliz Navidad! --Softlavender (talk) 03:51, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Speaking of Xmas, I've well and truly stolen it, haven't I? What are all the Whos down in Whoville going to do? (Who am I kidding? I couldn't care less! Let them die, and decrease the surplus population.) Softlavender (talk) 04:34, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Gary Glitter

I mentioned you in Talk:Gary Glitter, but the ping mechanism doesn't seem to have worked; please see my message justifying my change, and a request for comment. -- The Anome (talk) 10:09, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

I've already replied, thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:10, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	You are amazing my fellow editor. <3 QuantumRealm (meow • pawtrack) 21:01, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

You load 16 tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

St. Jimbo, don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

--Tenby Evansie Ford (talk) 21:49, 9 December 2021 (UTC) ....and many thanks Quantum! [25]

Pink Tones

Thought you might like this. Not many Floyd tribute bands throw in "Atom Heart Mother" with brass and choir.... Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:28, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the link, Threesie. I'll try and put a couple of hours, in a darkened room, aside for that one. But it's another challenge! I see we have a article for Segóbriga, but not yet one for Pink Tones (only something deeper in Spanish). Martinevans123 (talk) 22:51, 16 December 2021 (UTC) p.s. watching that film, in my teens, was "a formative experience" to say the least.

meanwhile... here's a nice tribute 32 years later....

Strictly tribute

We wuz robbed, innit. Me Judi and Grazi: Twerkin' Tribute. "Me wah fi see you get live 'pon di riddim when me ryde", if you know what I mean. --Get Busy Toastie "Two Shoes" 123 (talk) 23:06, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Songs of the season

		Holiday cheer
		Here is a snowman a gift a boar's head and something blue for your listening pleasure. Enjoy and have a wonderful 2022 M. MarnetteD|Talk 02:43, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Wow, thanks MarnetteD. What a brilliant collection. Very enjoyable. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:35, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

I'm glad you enjoyed them M. I made a CD with those and several others to give to friends 11 or 12 years ago. Does anyone even burn a CD anymore? Gosh the tech changes so fast :-) MarnetteD|Talk 09:44, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

If I manage to get a fresh quill and some new vellum, I'll copy you out a few bangin' manuscripts... Martinevans123 (talk) 09:54, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

That is wonderful M! I'll be smiling all day. Cheers MarnetteD|Talk 10:06, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

p.s. I have that one. And this gem was one of the best of 1979! Martinevans123 (talk) 17:47, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

You are so right about that 1979 album. 3 Kings is great to sing along with while driving to see Xmas lights. Did you know that someone downloaded [26] to the tube of you? Something to enjoy later this week :-) MarnetteD|Talk 19:17, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Even after 43 years, "Hammond Song" is less of a song and more of a higher spiritual experience. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:36, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

You just took me on a memory trip to the apartment I rented in college where I played (and played and played) that album. Thank you so much! MarnetteD|Talk 19:41, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Haha. I used to listen to it (over and over) on one of these! Martinevans123 (talk) 19:48, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Alexei Sayle

Hi Martin, I try to keep this page up to date. A few days ago another editor pointed out that the music section had no cited sources. If you know of a recognised one that lists all his releases (not just "Fish People") or at least all his singles, would you please add it for me. Thanks in advance. Scrabble1968 (talk) 15:16, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

I'll probably add it for me, haha, but sure. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:18, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Fish people! Yay! --Tryptofish (talk) 18:20, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Do you think this would make it as at WP:RS at St Hilda of Grantham: [27]? Martinevans123 (talk) 18:46, 21 December 2021 (UTC) Or maybe this one at the Dire MTV?

Rate Your Music lists all Sayle's singles and albums - is this WP? I don't want to add it if it isn't, but if it is, perhaps you would. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/alexei-sayle Happy Xmas. Scrabble1968 (talk) 15:11, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Unfortunately not. WP:RSP says: "Rate Your Music was deprecated in the 2019 RfC. The content on Rate Your Music is user-generated, and is considered generally unreliable.". Martinevans123 (talk) 15:16, 24 December 2021 (UTC) Thanks anyway. Merry Christmas to you also!

Another year

				All the best!
				Happy Christmas, Martin. Another year! Let's keep on truckin' in 2022--Kieronoldham (talk) 00:59, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Haha, thank you Kieron. "Off on your Christmas COVID Hols?? Be sure to fly Yorkshire Airlines!" Martinevans123 (talk) 17:10, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Merry Christmas 2021

Merry Christmas everybody!!!

"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,

I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:10-11 (King James Version)

CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) is wishing you a Merry Christmas.

This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove.

Spread the cheer by adding {{Subst:Xmas4}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:23, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

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Viggo Johansen: Happy Christmas (1891)

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) 20:36, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

PS: Thanks, and have a Merry ... – Sca (talk) 14:16, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Ah! Some enchanting Norah. Always a treat. Just like her Dad. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:00, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Not much family resemblance, but both are/were great in their separate ways. – Sca (talk) 23:15, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

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Speaking of family ...

Air on a G-string. --Naughtyfish

... and not much else besides

... I have a granddaughter named Josephine. [28] – Sca (talk) 23:29, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Now you're talking! Superb. Just added him. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:35, 23 December 2021 (UTC) p.s. awwww! what a sweet picture. :)

How bout thisn? – Sca (talk) 14:45, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Puts the G in genius. Slightly better sound here Martinevans123 (talk) 14:51, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Christmas Bop Till You Drop. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:59, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

A stick for you

This is all Santa could come up with on short notice.

It's been a rough year.

Santa's elf (talk) 13:09, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

How simply charming.. I can tell you're a real stickler for present giving. I shall treasure it. Almost as much fun as Even more fun than Germany's version of the Elf on the Shelf! Martinevans123 (talk) 13:17, 24 December 2021 (UTC) [29]

Those endless years slogging away in college German classes have now paid off. Anyway, Santa said this stick was a lonely gift that hadn't been gifted to a single page in the entire global Wikisphere. He didn't have the heart to send it to the Island of Misfit Toys. [30] -- Softlavender (talk) 13:48, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

How about all of us marooned on the Island of Misfit Wikipedians? --Dr M. 123 (talk) 14:05, 24 December 2021 (UTC) p.s. great clip!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2022!

Hello Martinevans123, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2022. Happy editing, Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:31, 24 December 2021 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Cheers, Threesie. Happy to make do with a few lebkuchen and a glass of Chablis. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:14, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Holidays

	Nollaig shona duit
	To Martin, wising you and yours the very best for the holiday season and new year. Ceoil (talk) 20:51, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks, Ceoil. And to you and yours. Best wishes. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:55, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Am going through a Jaco Pastorius period atm[31] mind is- really, suitably - bent, but meanwhile on earth and rock and roll land: here is some Holger Czukay. Ceoil (talk) 08:34, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Ceoil. Classic track, classic album. Pastorius was brilliant with Joni. And hard to believe that was 1969. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:24, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Jeez. Your breath of knowledge never seaces to amaze, noting you were editing Shadows and Light just this April. Ceoil (talk) 05:49, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Haha. There's not much music I don't like! Pastorius' premature death, at the age of 35, was a wholly avoidable tragedy. What a senseless loss. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:01, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

p.s. as you know.... "Wiki Hunters and Collectors all come out at night." Martinevans123 (talk) 18:33, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

A bit out of synch (after 11,459,377 views) .... but who cares! Martinevans123 (talk) 13:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Janice Long

On 27 December 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Janice Long, 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. PFHLai (talk) 12:21, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks, PFHLai. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:25, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Martinevans123: Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 13:15, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year elves}} to send this message

Very encouraging to see that elfin compliance with social distancing is holding up, but mask wearing leaves a lot to be desired. Many thanks anyway!! "Blwyddyn newydd dda" to you too! Martinevans123 (talk) 13:25, 31 December 2021 (UTC) p.s. alas, Santa forgot my Goblin Teasmade again this year.

Happy New Year, Martinevans123!

Happy New Year!

Martinevans123,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 13:57, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Many thanks, Abishe. Here's some ancient stuff from 2012 to go with it. Not Old Hogwash, but just as good. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:07, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Betty

Seems Tenebris in Latin means darkness. Weird. – Sca (talk) 17:28, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Alas we never got Pogo in the UK. "Even if posting was not the very close consensus, the discussion is getting unproductive to the level that it is better to leave it as it is and close this discussion." I can appreciate the Tone of that close. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:34, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

I don't have much of a notion of his general demeanor. Censorious? – Sca (talk) 17:39, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

I've always found him a fair closer. I like to start off with unproductive discussion, so it never has to deteriorate. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:44, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Good strategy. Might be useful in diplomacy, formerly governed by projectiles – defined by Ambrose Bierce as "the final arbiter in international disputes." – Sca (talk) 20:02, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen! you can't fight in here! This is the War Room! Martinevans123 (talk) 20:06, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Speaking of int'l relations, ever seen Window to Paris? Hilarious. You can access it (with Eng subs) here, if YouTube will let you. – Sca (talk) 20:12, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Never seen that. Thanks for the link! Martinevans123 (talk) 20:16, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Let me know if it works for you. (Good to have a bottle of водка at hand while watching.) – Sca (talk) 20:29, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

All seems fine, thanks. I will try and cast it tomorrow. But I never touch the stuff, comrade, preferring the odd Amy Winehouse cocktail. [32]Martinevans123 (talk) 20:35, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Well, if you like the taste of Juniper berries.... – Sca (talk) 13:34, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Mpls., my old hometown. – Sca (talk) 13:18, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

In my opinion Goodbye Babe was far superior. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:24, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Very vaguely recall that one from my HS days. I was more interested in that boy from Hibbing & Duluth. – Sca (talk) 13:46, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Hibbing & Duluth? Wasn't that one of your Minnesota department stores? Martinevans123 (talk) 14:19, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Nah, both are Up North. – Sca (talk) 14:46, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Ah yeah, like the girl. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:50, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

The same. – Sca (talk) 15:08, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Half an hour into re-re-re-watching "Окно в Париж." You? – Sca (talk) 15:27, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

It's very dark lol. And the subtitles won't cast, damn it! Martinevans123 (talk) 15:59, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Only in the beginning. There are many bright/funny episodes in it. But I wonder why the subs don't work for in the UK? (The Wiki article on the film is pathetically thin.) – Sca (talk) 16:53, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

I expect so. It looks funny. I can get Русские субтитры, but not English! So I am confined to my laptop, it seems. We'll have to have a go at Window to Paris. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:02, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Hey, I'm emailing you a fairly detailed (English!) review that you might use to guide you through the movie – which BTW is available here in its original Russian form. – Sca (talk) 17:23, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Guess I must have oversold Window. – Sca (talk) 17:13, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Not at all. The first 20 minutes were very good. Especially at that price! Martinevans123 (talk) 17:31, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

In that case, may the farce (фарс) be with you. I watched the last part today, a bit hard to follow. – Sca (talk) 19:52, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Nine years!

Martin, happy 2022, - I had no time yet for resolutions, but friendship is the motto, and you are one of my friends here, with whom I can cry and laugh. Too many are missed, but you are there! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:58, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Gerda. Oh yes, I'm a right old Wiki Queen, I am. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:59, 3 January 2022 (UTC) .... except it's more like this, I guess.

Thank you for more inspirational music! How do you like what I heard to start the year, beginning at St. Sylvester? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:17, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

I'll have to "bone up" on that hymnwriter, if you don't mind! Martinevans123 (talk) 11:21, 3 January 2022 (UTC) ..I find one from Aegidienkirche, Braunschweig: [33]

Bone (Latin) means "good" - the video is in the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:34, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Thanks for enlightening me. Shucks. Is it too late to start all over again?? Martinevans123 (talk) 12:52, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Rothbury

You nice old thing, you! Thanks, and Happy New Year DBaK (talk) 19:18, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Lol. Less of the old, you young scallywag! And to you. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:27, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Epiphany

6 January

in friendship

Happy new year, in friendship! - Epiphany seems like a good day to say so, after a Bavarian peasants' mass (sorry, on the train home, no recent pics of that - just keep watching), and two DYK, even with a pic I took. I enjoyed meetings with friends in real life, and wish you many of those. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:49, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

yesterday's snow and today's music in memory --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:50, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Short descs

I searched, and annoyingly I can't find the previous discussion. I'd like some consensus/MOS guidance on this personally so I've started a new discussion here. Popcornfud (talk) 00:01, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for this link. Even Twitter gets 280! Martinevans123 (talk) 10:27, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Jack Dromey

On 9 January 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Jack Dromey, 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. Black Kite (talk) 11:58, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks.Martinevans123 (talk) 12:00, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello

I want to know if the article SpaceX Starship that I write is too pro-Elon Musk or not. Since you are a regular at dealing with these people on his talk page, I think you are an expert at this. What do you think about the rocket's article? Should I tone it down? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 12:43, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello CactiStaccingCrane. I will try and take a look. But I am certainly not an exert on that page. I have found that the best way to "deal with those people" is to avoid them! Martinevans123 (talk) 13:16, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

I agree as well. Anyways, thanks for your comments in advance! CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 13:18, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Reply on relevant talk page

I have replied to your question on the talk page regarding "randy Armcandy". Cheers! 89.8.82.25 (talk) 19:35, 13 January 2022 (UTC)