User talk:Ssilvers

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If you have an article about the moon which treats equally the idea that the moon is made of rocks, and the idea that the moon is made of cheese, you don't have neutrality, you have extreme POV pushing for a radical minority view! How, in practice, to sort out a proper sense of proportion and balance is always going to be tricky and involve thoughtful consultation and dialog, of course. There is no magic formula. But a recognition that some views are widely held and grounded in a reasonable analysis of evidence, and that some views are extreme fringe views and not based in evidence, is pretty important to achieving neutrality.

——Jimbo Wales, 18 May 2008

Hello, Ssilvers, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am CTSWyneken. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Again, welcome! And if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. --CTSWyneken 19:30, 22 May 2006 (UTC)^(talk)

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Misc. Notes from 2006 and 2007

Hi, Ssilvers, I am Ron Kert from Tampa, FL (wikipedia user-name "ronkert"). Thank You for your additions to the "Piano Bar" article that I submitted. I also am an amateur singer, and a "piano bar junkie". Although I enjoyed "La Boheme" and love most types of music, I sing songs from these genres: "Standards" from the 1920's to 1950's, 50's and 60's Rock'n'Roll, some 70's and 80's light Rock and Rock ballads, Blues, a couple of show tunes, a few Country tunes. I'm currently on one of my bi-annual out-of-state "piano bar" vacations in the DC / northern Virginia area. -- User:Ronkert

Saw your additions and copy edits to Golden Legend. Thanks. I had considered adding specific information about the Hyperion release (it is the first full length recording), but wasn't sure it was appropriate. I'll probably be doing some similar work on other compositions by Sullivan. Shsilver 19:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your attention to Hot Mikado - it helps to have another perspective, particularly one from the musicals / G&S point of view, and not the "HEY MY HIGH SCHOOL DID THAT!" point of view.... Thanks again. QBKooky 18:46, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the Song list in The Mountebanks! Added in character names whilst I was at it. Also, I've done a tweak to Template:Gilbert and Sullivan - That look good to you? Vanished user 23:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Malcolm Sargent turned out very well. I didn't know about that 1936 interview. Did you ever hear the old joke about Sargent? Supposedly he gets into a cab. The driver says, "Where to?" Sargent says, "It doesn't matter; they want me everywhere." Marc Shepherd 13:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for being helpful. My English music books used Mazeppa, Maria, Andrei, Kochubey (Kochubey is not a Russian, but Tatar name). (meladina 16:06, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

Thanks for slicing up some of my more grotesquely long sentences in Opera the other day. I'm on a bit of drive to get the article up to GA standard, so thanks for all the help. Cheers, Moreschi 16:37, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Kashchey the Immortal (opera) - Thanks for the help; I've just finished off the copy-editing. Cheers, Moreschi 19:03, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the messages re: Early British Musicals. I had only the briefest look after your first, but it all looked like great stuff.... --GuillaumeTell 07:17, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Savoy opera (and curtain raisers): Nice work! [Shoemaker's Holiday] 10:25, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the kind words.... I'm very tempted to help out at Opera. In fact my next plan was to rework the French Opera section, which has been chopped off that article. Cheers. --Folantin 08:03, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much for all the info you added to The Magic Show! - Brian Kendig 13:42, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Boyd Neel - Thank you for your kind words (and the corroborative detail).... It's a pleasure doing business with you, sir! - Tim riley 21:21, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Camelot (musical) thanks you! Wow, Ssilvers, you are awesome! Thanks so much for such a quick fix on the Camelot article! I will add to it as I can. :) Thanks! Estreya 18:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Tom Eyen - Thank you for cleaning up my mess! I'm speechless - it's so well done! --Eric Eyen 02:25, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your kind note and for your careful reviews and help at Encyclopædia Britannica; I think it's an article we all can be proud of.... I'm grateful that you corrected that comma error that had been peppering my writing for ages. Looking forward to working with you again in Wikipedia, Willow 10:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice welcoming note! I was going to see an amateur production of Princess Ida at MIT last night, so I wanted to learn a little about it. The article was very helpful! I love G&S, but I probably will just do little typo edits here and there as I find them. Thanks again! Purkowitz 14:04, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your effort and added info with Malfitano. She is a great singer and it was sad to notice that the existing writings about her were too brief. It would be great if we could get some photos of her. I will write to her agent, hopefully they could provide us with photos to be published (with written permission, of course). - Jay 02:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice work on the Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story yesterday/today. Concerning the expanded synopisis version that was severely edited a while back - IT WAS MUCH BETTER. Sorry it kept getting cut. It should simply have been re-written to avoid verbatim website quotes. It should not of been deleted, though. I will support you in defending against any attempts to ruin this article again. Smatprt 14:14, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! :-)Nrswanson 07:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Your work on Michael Mayer (director) - WOW. Thank you! I knew that once people realized this major theatrical figure had no article at all, it'd get fixed quickly, but the early version was so disorganized, and it's lovely to see what you've done with it overnight.

Diana Fortuna Photo - Thanks for cleaning up the summary :) DraxusD 05:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help cleaning up my edits on Parade - I honestly thought I was alone on this one! Docta247 13:36, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome :) I'm Chris Angelico, Savoynetter and fairly active but with no particular qualifications or special skills in G&S. A newbie in editing, which is probably obvious to all, unfortunately. -- Rosuav (talk • contribs) 05:31, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Savoyards

Good work. Several of these performers are familiar to me because of the film Topsy Turvy, wihch I've seen at least half a dozen times. They needed to be included in Wikipedia. Charivari 02:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! You took this a lot farther than I ever imagined it would go. Marc Shepherd 19:52, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much - I'm actually planning on writing up a few articles about some of the lesser Savoyards, as well as a couple of early G&S creators that really ought to be here (Frank Thornton, Fred Sullivan, and Selina Dolaro spring to mind). --AlbertHerring 17:21, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

First FA

Congrats on getting W. S. Gilbert featured. Your hard work was impressive. Best, Moreschi 12:26, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

First barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Awarded to Ssilvers for his work on actors and actresses, minor operas, and everything else related to Gilbert and Sullivan and Victorian Theatre. You have single-handedly filled in many huge gaps in Wikipedia coverage. Vanished user 13:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

... and that goes from me too, his recent work on filling in the gaps and eliminating stubs in London theatre is only matched by his patience with my lack of knowledge and his ability to collaborate. Kbthompson 18:31, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

London Theatre Articles: Notes of thanks

Gallery of Illustration - Many thanks for your modest but spot-on improvements to the initial entry on the Royal Gallery of Illustration!! Rapotter 03:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Globe, Royalty and St James's Theatres - Gracious me! How much you have improved the presentation. As suggested, I have run up a piece on the Globe, which would benefit from the Ssilvers treatment, had you but world enough and time. Tim riley 10:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

This corner of the Wikipedia site owes such a lot to you. - Tim riley 23:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations on your work on this article. The images make a big difference as well as noting the stars and the plays. David Lauder 08:27, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for making the Haymarket Theatre piece look good. ...Tim Riley 10:10, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I didn't thank you for the addn info on the Empire Theatre. I added a testimonial to your barnstar! But I don't know how these things get decided on, so left it as barnstar + bar. The London theatres have been a joy... Kbthompson 18:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

St Georges Theatre - Belated thanks for that, it almost looks like an article now. I took the liberty of adding a gee-gaw to your front page (a case of I saw this and thought of you, I have to wait another month!). I saw the recent comments at G&S, tough crowd. I think that's a bit harsh for GA, but something that definitely needs fixing for FA. Kbthompson 15:29, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Court Theatre - Congratulations on your reworking of the Royal Court Theatre. David Lauder 08:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Her Majesty's Theatre: Congrats ... to you both. It was a collaborative effort and without sane people around, I was beginning to chew my leg off... as it was, I got off with a limp. Cheers Kbthompson (talk) 09:09, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Toye & Norris

Thank you once more for giving my text a wash and brush up. I feel rather guilty: I have all the fun and you do all the work. Well, great will be your reward in heaven. - Tim riley 22:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Arthur Sullivan

Nice rewrite! I was hoping that someone would: Previously it seemed to be saying that Sullivan went to Leipzig twice which looked dubious :-D  uriel8  (talk) 14:23, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

The Window (song cycle)

Spot on, I'd say.... This was quite a serious gap in the coverage of Sullivan - now, happily, filled. Tim Riley 08:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Malcolm Sargent

You are very kind to take so much trouble, bless you! I'll look into the picture business tomorrow. Tim Riley 19:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

You asked me to take a look at the work that had been done on this, while I was away. I did look when I came back and thought it excellent - then forgot to let you know! (I probably remember more when I make negative comments). Kbthompson 09:41, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Great article. I added two photos (with fair use rationales, so there will be no problem)...egde 10:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

David Russell Hulme

You have done a lovely job on the article. Jack1956 18:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

The New Moon

Thanks for this. -- Kleinzach 23:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Musicals Article Structure

Read over, looks good! Much applause! You deserve a cookie - here's one!

Heck, take two! --omtay38 19:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You rock!

'nuff said! --omtay38 00:20, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (film))

Yet again a fantastic contribution. Many thanks. Regarding David Russell Hulme, I have a photo somewhere that I took when I sang with him in the 1970s. If I can find it I'll scan it and upload it to the article. Jack1956 21:09, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Terence Rees and Scott Fishe

I love this... I write 4 sentences on an article Terence Rees‎ and go to bed and as if by magic the next day it's finished! And it's another brilliant article, much better than I could have created. Many thanks. I'll have a look at those articles you mentioned! Jack1956 17:38, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that. You have done another great job by polishing up the Scott Fishe article to such a good standard. I wish I had your expertise. Jack1956 23:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Sullivan mss & George Sheringham

Infinitely obliged! -- Tim riley (talk) 22:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Imperial triple crown jewels

I, Durova, am very happy to award these imperial triple crown jewels to Ssilvers in appreciation of outstanding content contributions. Durova^Charge! 05:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Your Imperial Majesty, even if these regalia are just stage props, it's nice to be able to hand them to you. May you wear them well. Durova^Charge! 05:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Eugène Oudin; Bill Francoeur

Thanks for great job on Oudin.... Jack1956 (talk) 18:04, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help on Francoeur. Melbrooksfan101 talk 04:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Trial by Jury - Gurneys

Well done on pursuing this. I have just finished reading the Elliott book which answers all the questions and I aspire to finding some time to work on all the articles but ... Cutler (talk) 09:09, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Fallen Fairies

I found a photo of Nancy McIntosh and uploaded it. The others weren't really of the show. I will search further and upload as appropriate Thanks. Broadwaygal (talk) 18:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Boer War Te Deum/Te Deum Laudamus (Sullivan)

I just started an article on the Boer War Te Deum this morning. It's a rough stub, and I am currently looking for more references. If you have time, could you take a look? Thanks Broadwaygal (talk) 18:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

"The Bob"

Thanks for your input! Typos will be the death of me, just so you know. I absolutely hate the one image available of Marshall, and I'm positive that he'd hate it too; it's the monkey suit. I contacted the Adirondack Museum to see if they can release an image or two under GFDL for me to use. I would love to get a similar pic to what I've seen in my book sources, with him grinning goofily while posing on mountaintops with grimy, exhausted looking guides. So we'll see. :) María (habla conmigo) 20:20, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Signor Brocolini

Rocked with mirth at reading about the origin of his name! Only one measly correction contributed. Another SSilvers coup. Tim riley (talk) 19:11, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Can't fault it- another brilliant piece of research and well-written. Jack1956 (talk) 21:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Ss, I am very pleased to know about Sig. Brocolini, of whom I have never previously heard, but I think I have read somewhere that he was especially admired in a trio from La finta giardiniera with Mme Spinaci and the basso cantante Bruschetta, under the baton of the great Vermicelli. Keep up the good work, Eebahgum (talk) 00:42, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back and hello again. Nice job of discovery, and very thorough. And yes, he's a credit to my name, maybe. (Perhaps I need to change mine too. . .) JohnClarknew (talk) 23:40, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

James Conroy-Ward

The star is totally deserved. I have a programme for the 1975 performance of 'Utopia' somewhere, and will check it out, but presume that, as he is on the recording he must have been in the performance. GD I am less sure about. Jack1956 (talk) 14:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Never Forget

Thanks again for your help. I think the article looks great now! - certainly better than any other musicals in 2008.... Anyway, thanks again. -- Dave S Light Defender (talk) 15:06, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

If I could figure out how to give you a Barnstar (or a bouquet of flowers) I would. Thanks for the help on Bernadette Peters, she's looking good. I'll look at the article again next week, with fresh eyes, to see what other bits and pieces it might need. JeanColumbia (talk) 16:48, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Amy Evans

Thanks for the splendid overhaul.... -- Drhoehl (talk) 02:37, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeston

You've got more stamina than I! Article looks great, I made a few very minor edits, and added external links to articles on a few of his lesser known works.JeanColumbia (talk) 17:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Dolly

Thanks for editing my Hello, Dolly! Act One synopsis. It's so much more concise and well-written now! MarianKroy (talk) 20:29, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Great Job on Hair!

Hey! Just wanted to say thanks for all the great work! Sorry I couldn't be more help these last couple days. Love all the new stuff you added. Talk to you soon - User:Mblaxill 20:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey! i sorta like the notability order of it tho don't have a strong opinion either way - thanks and happy NY to yoo too !! Mblaxill (talk) 22:54, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Shoe: G&S articles/scholarship

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Gilbert_and_Sullivan/Marc_Shepherd's_Gilbert_and_Sullivan_Discography. See: Wikipedia:FCDW/June 26, 2008.

I wonder if it would ever be worth doing an article on G&S scholarship? You know, cover the major discoveries, describe the evolution of the field... or is that too likely to hit problems? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:38, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Aha! I have suggested this before. I think it would be great. It is a difficult job and requires library access. For journals, you may even have to write to the various different G&S societies to get back issues or whatever. I'll help if I can, but I can't go to the library on it. I think that some of the journals have online indexes to their old articles. Maybe Stephen Turnbull and Andrew Crowther can help you. Mitch Gillett might be able to help with GASBAG, and Angie Arnall might be able to help with The Gilbert and Sullivan News. Even more important, is the old Gilbert and Sullivan Journal, which is no longer published. Books are easier, and Ainger's list of references is a good place to start. Also, see this. Crowther's site lists various useful resources. Good luck! -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:49, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Imperial Napoleonic triple crown

It gives me great joy to award this Imperial Napoleonic triple crown for exceptional mainspace contributions on Gilbert ad Sullivan and otherwise. Thank you very much for your generous time and diligence on behalf of the project. You are the model of a modern major Napoleon among editors. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:25, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Gilbert & Sullivan for All

Hi Ssilvers, the article will appear on DYK tomorrow [Tuesday]. This is entirely due to your contribution. Jack1956 (talk) 22:12, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Summer's over

Summer's almost over so back to work-or whatever it is that we all do! Welcome back, I've missed the conversations (so to speak....)JeanColumbia (talk) 19:58, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Royal Aquarium

Gosh! A splendid article. I had no idea the Royal Aquarium ever existed. I wonder if Whiteley might be better described as a retailer or some such rather than 'of Westbourne Grove'? Tim riley (talk) 16:04, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Barry Clark; Foggerty's Fairy

Lovely job, as usual. Many thanks. Jack1956 (talk) 07:46, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

And another fantastic job on Foggerty's Fairy. Absolutely brilliant! Jack1956 (talk) 07:56, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

The Princess (poem)

Good stuff there. The Land Surveyor (talk) 18:23, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Musical Theatre Barnstar
		For your kind efforts to reach a common ground on musical article content, I award you my Musical Theatre Barnstar. Enjoy! Mizu onna sango15Hello! 20:01, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Whittington

Thanks for the Barnstar...it is much appreciated. I had a look at Dick Whittingon (and his cat!) but you had done your usual excellent and comprehensive job so that there was little I could find to add. I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Jack1956 (talk) 08:00, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Best Wishes

File:Mars celebrations.jpg

Best wishes and a great new year Victuallers (talk) 16:11, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Thespis

A Boxing Day treat on the front page. Most appropriate! Tim riley (talk) 09:19, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for all the help recently

Thomprod (talk) has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Your advice is always welcome. Thomprod (talk) 19:20, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Alice May

Gosh! I'd never heard of her - and what a lot you've unearthed.... (Many thanks for rescuing me in re the NC pic, by the bye) Tim riley (talk) 09:33, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Haddon Hall

That really is very interesting and genuinely helpful. Many thanksOrdyg (talk) 20:42, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Henry Lytton

Keep up the good work; I'm particularly fond of musical theatre too and see you’ve contributed greatly to various articles on the subject! -- Vegan4Life (talk) 11:28, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

R. H. Burnside

Thanks for helping out. I know that he did a lot of G & S towards the end of his career... -- kosboot (talk) 03:31, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Eric Lewis (actor)

Wow! What an article! What could I possibly add? Instead, I've started a new one as an off-shoot of yours, Richard Corney Grain. Jack1956 (talk) 16:32, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Lovely job on Richard Corney Grain. Many thanks for your excellent input. Jack1956 (talk) 18:31, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Hamilton Clarke

Gosh! I got more than I bargained for: some top notch stuff there - thank you so much! I've piled Pelion on Ossa by rummaging in the archives of The Observer Tim riley (talk) 12:26, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

The 50 DYK Medal

		The 50 DYK Medal
		Thank you for your invaluable contributions to the encyclopedia by creating so much great new content. Let this small token remind you that all of your hard work is appreciated by both readers and your fellow editors. Dravecky (talk) 06:55, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Fox

Thanks for the compliment - it was you who challenged me to create an article on her (I didn't think there would be that much). I look at your work for inspiration on format, organization, etc. Thanks! -- kosboot (talk) 12:13, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

RfA?

Is there a reason you've never run for admin? I realize the process is appalling, but you seem eminently qualified and the pain only lasts a week.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:10, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

E. H. Sothern

Am mortified at lumbering you with the hard labour on the wrong Mr Sothern! Abject grovel. A jolly good job you've made, too, if I may say so. As no good deed goes unpunished, may I trouble you to look at the changes I've made to the article on Max Adrian. Tim riley (talk) 19:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Gretchen (play)

This is a very good article. The only suggestion is to move the Analysis section after the synopsis. This isn't a play most readers will be familiar with, and the analysis is difficult to follow unless you already know what happens in the story. Marc Shepherd (talk) 14:50, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Present Laughter

I hate you. The article is so much improved after your changes. Tim riley (talk) 20:05, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Great additions to Pauline Joran - thanks!

I'm very impressed with the additional info - real improvement, so thanks. Incidentally, a small note - I hope you don't mind, but I corrected back a couple of references to the daughter's name - it's definitely "Paulise" with a S. See "The Art of Dress" by Jane Ashelford and National Trust publications regarding the Paulise de Bush costume collection at Killerton House. (probably easier to get hold of than journals for the Costume Society!) Best regards, Mabalu (talk) 09:29, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Noël Coward

Article has passed GA review. I have sent thanks to Otto4711 for his thoroughness and help. I need hardly say – but nonetheless do – how grateful I am for the Ssilvers magic touch passim. Now at your service for the Carte clan. Tim riley (talk) 17:48, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Much touched by your addition to my user page. A pleasure to do business with you, sir. If I knew how I'd add a similar gong to yours. Pray take the will for the deed. Tim riley (talk) 15:51, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

This Happy Breed

That's so much better - bless you! Shall look out the additional info you suggest. Have sent a separate communication about a possible NC photograph. Tim riley (talk) 17:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Noel Coward FA

Hi, Thank you for showing me that the poster is for another use. I have only one image concern left as stated on the FAC. Is it possible to get that first press photo of Coward, in dressing gown, on a bed, smoking a cigerette? I believe that is more pertinent to the paragraph next to File:Coward with-cigarette-holder.jpg, seeing how it talks of Coward's consternation at being equated to look like a "Chinese decadent" (which would require imagery!). Thank you for your patience with me on the image issues as well. Jappalang (talk) 06:17, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations on a successful nomination and on your efforts to get the article's excellent qualities recognised by the powers that be. Jack1956 (talk) 07:53, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

I second that. I was pleased to work on the article at PR, and am delighted to see its deserved promotion. Brianboulton (talk) 09:36, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

So awfully fine ... Kbthompson (talk) 13:02, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Happy to see the desired conclusion. Wonderful article. Finetooth (talk) 14:40, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Not at all. Congratulations! Tony (talk) 14:34, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		This is awarded in recognition of your excellent work on Noël Coward. Congratulations on achieving Featured Article status! LiteraryMaven (talk • contrib) 14:39, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Congrats from me, as well! You both did a terrific job. It's always a pleasure working with you, so don't hesitate to let me in on your next project. :) María (habla conmigo) 16:14, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

If I were to add all the thanks that you deserve, this page would suddenly be several yards longer. Bless you. Tim riley (talk) 19:10, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for showing all of us how good FAs can be. Please return to FAC. Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 21:53, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Braham and Brent

Excellent additions and edits. May your shadow never grow less. Tim riley (talk) 19:55, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Darrell Fancourt

I've rummaged in the archives and put a lot of stuff in the article, which consequently looks a bit slablike, and would benefit from the Ssilvers touch if you have a few minutes. Tim riley (talk) 10:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Much better - bless you! Tim riley (talk) 16:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

"Boys and Girls Like You and Me" by Rodgers & Hammerstein

The song has an interesting history because it has been "almost been" in several musicals, but was cut before opening. It is also used in some stage versions of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella", although it was not in the original 1957 TV production with Julie Andrews.

• The song was originally written for "Oklahoma!" as a duet for Curly and Laurey, but was cut during previews.
• MGM bought the song and used it in the 1944 film "Meet Me in St. Louis" as a duet between Judy Garland and Tom Drake, but the song was cut during previews, and the footage is presumed lost. (I have read that a small fragment of the missing musical number is included in the "Coming Attractions" trailer, but I have not yet verified that.) However, the song was released on the "B" side of a Decca single by Garland (the "A" side was "The Trolley Song"), which is mentioned in Wikipedia under Judy Garland discography.
• MGM again attempted to use it in another musical film, the title of which I can not immediately recall, but it was again cut. I can do some more research on that later.
• In Richard Rodgers' autobiography, I recall when he and Oscar Hammerstein wrote the 1957 TV version of "Cinderella", they used the music as part of the waltz music at the ball, but it was not originally used as an integrated song. I see that on Youtube, in some stage productions of "Cinderella", the King and Queen perform this song in the first palace scene.
• "Boys and Girls Like You and Me" was also included in a 1996 stage version of "State Fair". There is a reference to this in Wikipedia; please see the following link: [1] .
• Frank Sinatra film Thanks! LA Movie Buff (talk) 00:44, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Fanny Ronalds

That's a lovely new article on Fanny Ronalds. And informative: I'd always assumed (wrongly, it seems) she was in some sense a professional singer because of her association with "The Lost Chord." -- Arxiloxos (talk) 18:48, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Image:Dorofield Hardy - Arthur Sullivan, Mendelssohn Scholar, 1856.jpg

Better than what we have?

For the record, this would replace the second image in Arthur Sullivan, File:Young_Arthur_Sullivan.jpg. As I said, I know I need to work on Pinafore, but this is at least somewhat productive, and I felt up to it, so, better it than nothing. - Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:00, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

No, the current caption appears to be accurate, since Sullivan says in the interview that he was 18 and at Leipzig when the photo was taken. Masters of Contemporary Music would seem to be wrong. -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:51, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Newman

Hearty thanks as always for your sprucing up of the article. I have also been tinkering with the article on Neville Cardus which if you have a moment, pray peruse. Tim riley (talk) 19:21, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

A belated thank you

I didn't get a chance to thank you for your outstanding peer review of OWH, so please accept this as a tardy (but still heartfelt!) note of appreciation:

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For Ssilvers, who went above and beyond the typical reviewing standards to help Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. achieve FA-status before his bicentennial. Your thorough dissection and willingness to leave no stone unturned is much appreciated. As the Autocrat himself would say, "People who honestly mean to be true contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'." With many thanks, María (habla conmigo) 21:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll happily second this as well. My experience with the Holmes article has revived my faith in the collaborative spirit of this project (which, by the way, was sorely needed). People, like you, who are willing to join the "team mentality" make it all worthwhile. --Midnightdreary (talk) 22:25, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Command Performances

What a fantastic picture! Jack1956 (talk) 14:46, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Yum!

Great timing! I've been feeling abandoned, alone, taken for granted, deserted, and undesserted. LilHelpa (talk) 20:00, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Ta very much (as we Scousers say)

Louis Cohen (conductor) thanks you for buffing up his article. Tim riley (talk) 15:16, 18 June 2009 (UTC) (per pro)

Thank you

Hey, thank you. I'm glad there's someone on Wikipedia encouraging other people. I do not think I want to write articles though, maybe just be an editor. Thanks again! Tweedle20 (talk) 16:54, 23 June 2009 (UTC)Tweedle20

• Thaanks =) from me as well . –xeno^talk 18:12, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Re:Articles about singers

Thank you for the visit and helpful comments.... By the way, I've just listened to 3 savoy operas so far and am a bit surprised at knowing of the enthusiastic and well organized WP:G&S project. It looks interesting to me. You're a coordinator of the project? If so, keep up the good work. Best regards.--Caspian blue 01:10, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

HMS Pinafore

Congratulations on promotion of this article to FA! Well deserved. Xandar 17:45, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Indeed, well done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:10, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Agreed! Is it two down, 12 to go now? --Wehwalt (talk) 23:34, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Actually 3 down, 11 to go Thespis (opera), Trial by Jury and Pinafore. But I have a new strategy: I'm planning to bring a bunch of them to GA before doing another FA. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:41, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey, congrats to you, as well! I'm also giving FA a long break with the hope of creating and expanding sorely overlooked nature-related articles. Variety is good. See you around GAC. :) María (habla conmigo) 19:36, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Likewise, congratulations on all that work. You dropped in to my talk page and invited me to participate in the FAC since I had done the GAN. Thanks, and I did keep an eye on progress, but it seemed to have enough contributors that I just let it be. Regards. hamiltonstone (talk) 01:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Ruddigore

As the most developed of the articles, it may be worth opening a generalist peer review on it, to try and get some idea of whether there's anything we aren't aware of. What do you think? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 00:29, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

No, I don't think it is ready for a peer review, as we just discussed. Look at Pinafore and go section by section. Are all the sections there and filled out? Plus, it looks like you are forgetting the conversation that we just had above with Wehwalt. He plans to work on it. -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:56, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

I agree, get it in the best shape we can conveniently get it in, put your best foot forward and all that. I have to order a couple of refs. If it helps, I can bump my next planned article and start serious work on this.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:22, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

I will probably not get to it until the end of August. I'm distracted by my FAC for United States Senate election in California, 1950 and am slowly working on Nikita Khruschev. I have the suggested books and will work on it as time permits.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:30, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Are you going to move ahead with it? I'm sorry, I just have not had time, through travel and whatnot, and don't see myself having the time anytime soon. I'll help where I can, if so.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:07, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

No. As I said before, if Shoemaker and you move ahead, I'll look at it when you're done, but I've got other priorities. If I were going to work on a G&S opera article, it would be Gondoliers (since BHT is doing it this year), Mikado or Pirates. Mikado has its 125th anniversary coming up. -- Ssilvers (talk) 13:43, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

OK. I have all the books. It is just getting the time to deal with it. And Khrushchev has turned into a mammoth project.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:52, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Barnstars

You really do deserve them all. Well done! Stikko (talk) 22:13, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

NYPL

See User:DGG/NYPL -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:40, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Stephen Moorer

		The Original Barnstar
		For an impressive and tireless and extensive 6-day period of major research and writing on Stephen Moorer, way over and above the call of duty. Well done! Softlavender (talk) 07:24, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Earl Wrightson

I had set the stage to create the article for Earl Wrightson in the wake of the Lois Hunt article I had just created after her recent death. I click on the link and lo and behold you've already created the article. Keep up the great work! Alansohn (talk) 18:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Congrats!

On Pinafore, scheduled for the main page August 11. --Wehwalt (talk) 00:28, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations on H.M.S. Pinafore making Featured Article for the Day. It's really nice to see more classical music articles being recognized and gettting such exposure. Jonyungk (talk) 12:33, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Was just stopping by to say the same thing! Congrats! — MusicMaker5376 15:37, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

An Eton Poetry Book

It is above and beyond the call of duty that you should amend the punctuation etc of such an obscure English article. Wikipedia would be the poorer without your eagle eye. Tim riley (talk) 20:34, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

The Ne'er-do-Weel

Another fantastic job on a G&S related article. I go to bed and as if by magic in the morning this amazing article has sprung up out of all your hard work. Can you think of a DYK? Jack1956 (talk) 09:49, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

		The Gilbert and Sullivan Barnstar
		For your significant contribution in expanding The Ne'er-do-Weel I award you this barnstar. Jack1956 (talk) 21:30, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

BC/EFA

Grazie (that's what is taking my time--studying for my trip); I thought EVERYONE knew what the Flea Market & Gypsy of the Year were! Anyway, I'll be totally gone in mid-October for 16 days, will let you know when I waddle back (pasta! gelato!).JeanColumbia (talk) 21:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Amy Evans

Thanks for the kind words and further improvements.<snip>. Drhoehl (talk) 23:53, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Carl Rosa Opera Company

I have just clocked how many alterations you have made to links to Carl Rosa/Carl Rosa Opera Company, and am mightily obliged for your noble undertaking of this drudgery. I should have thought of it myself when creating the spin-off article! Bless you. - Tim riley (talk) 11:40, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Richard D'Oyly Carte

You're both very welcome. I enjoy a good read, especially when it keeps me from worrying about my master's thesis. :) María (habla conmigo) 13:43, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

The Fortune Hunter

		The Gilbert and Sullivan Barnstar
		For your amazing contribution in expanding The Fortune Hunter I award you this G&S barnstar. Jack1956 (talk) 18:44, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Ss, that and your kind words are much appreciated. It is always a pleasure to work with you. Jack1956 (talk) 18:58, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Lottie Venne

You persist in shaming me by producing out of your hat Victorian stars I've never heard of. Lottie sounds to have been great fun. I've given her the once-over and amended a few literals. I'll rummage in the Victorian newspaper archives and see if I can find anything of interest to add. - Tim riley (talk) 19:11, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Great job on Walter H. Fisher. I suspected he was married to Venne thinking it unlikely there were two Fishers and that she'd married the one in D'Oyly Carte but was trying to find something to substantiate it. Nice work. Jack1956 (talk) 07:58, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Sybil Grey

I agree with you totally, Ssilvers. Always a pleasure to work with you and Tim on these. What amazes me is when I've given up having exhausted all the avenues open to me you find loads more interesting facts! And great to think we are giving them the belated recognition (and dare I say immortality) that they deserve. Maybe I'm just sentimental, but I look at Walter Fisher and Lottie Venne who we have reunited here on Wiki having made the connection between them! Jack1956 (talk) 20:36, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

100th DYK!

On November 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Black Mikado, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 19:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

• Congratulations on your 100th DYK! Jack1956 (talk) 20:49, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

		The 100 DYK Medal
		It is my pleasure to award you, Ssilvers, this medal, and I hope this is not the last one you'll receive from the project. Materialscientist (talk) 01:57, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Eddy Sackville-West

I can scarcely bring myself to ask you this, but if you could spare a few minutes (which you will not, I fear, find very interesting) a swift once-over of this article would be esteemed a favour. - Tim riley (talk) 18:16, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Yet another good deed for the day! I am indebted. - Tim riley (talk) 19:52, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Elizabeth Harwood

Your comment at my talk page is, naturally, much appreciated. Just to show that no good deed goes unpunished, could you find a few minutes to look at Elizabeth Harwood, which I have just been beefing up? - Tim riley (talk) 20:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Awadewit (talk) 05:53, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Review requests

I have been doing a spot of work on Colin Davis. Grateful if you would have a look at it. - Tim riley (talk) 17:33, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Much obliged for your unwinking editorial eye. I've dealt with most of your points, and will finish putting issue dates in the Recordings section tomorrow. - Tim riley (talk)

I have yet another article on an English musician that I'd be grateful if you'd run your unblinking editorial eye over, viz. John Barbirolli. - Tim riley (talk) 14:56, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

As a token of gratitude

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For your taking the extra trouble to expertly edit Themes in Avatar towards improvement. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 05:47, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

The Open Boat; Rupert

Hey, thanks for your comments re: "The Open Boat"! I greatly appreciate the feedback, and agree with all of your points on the talk page. I'll try to get to Rupert today or tomorrow. Take care, María (habla conmigo) 14:26, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar / John Reed article

Thanks much. I appreciate the notice. LilHelpa (talk) 21:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Muriel Dickson

Thank you for making this a much better article! 4meter4 (talk) 19:29, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

OIWW

Roosevelt Island rag on the separation of the organizations.

• http://www.nyc10044.com/wire/3007/wire3007.pdf (start with page 3)
• http://www.nyc10044.com/wire/3009/wire3009.pdf (start with page 2)
• OIA executive director: Starlenejohnson (talk)

Themes in Avatar recap — Thanks

Hi SSilvers. I have left a note of gratitude on Talk:Themes in Avatar for your tremendous input there. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 00:42, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Many thanks for the rationale and for ce of images and captions. The felling of the hometree is a very good image. Would it be too much to ask of you to help expand the lead as per discussion with DrNegative on Peer review page? You seem to have a very clear idea on how to do it. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 16:37, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Daniel Breaker

I was suprised to find our that Daniel Breaker did not have an article despite being nominated for a Tony and having been in several Bordway shows. I have since created an article for him, but it is very empty. I was hoping you will help me fill it up.--JDDJS (talk) 01:20, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Jeffrey Skitch

Yet again, I do all I can in an evening and the next morning wake up to a brilliant article. Excellent job! I'll have a look at it today Ss and think of a joint DYK. All the best. Jack1956 (talk) 06:55, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Your barnstar

		The Good Article Barnstar
		As a token of deep gratitude for your state-of-the-art editing of Themes in Avatar that helped it rise to GA status, I present you with this barnstar. Thanks and regards, Cinosaur (talk) 17:49, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

A thank you from London

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For Ssilvers, whose diligence in advising, supporting, and even (if you please) correcting me, has helped me in more articles than I can name – and today I am in his debt for helping me get Adrian Boult to FA. – Tim riley (talk) 22:12, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Awww, shucks, guys. Thanks for all the bling! -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:36, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Appropriate Sources for Critical Reception in Musical Theatre articles

I've found a book that is a collection of theatre reviews for Broadway shows. It's called 'Opening Night on Broadway: A Critical Quotebook of the Golden Era of the Musical Theatre...." Since a lot of the critical reception sections are pretty bare, I thought I might add quotations of the reviews from the book. Does such a book constitute a reliable source? I know it can be difficult to track down newspaper reviews in their original form, and it seems to me that indirect quotes are better than no quotes at all. However, I'd like your opinion since you're a more experienced editor than I. MarianKroy (talk) 02:49, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, this book is most certainly a WP:RS. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:35, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Loretta Ables Sayre

Hey. I was wondering if you can help me add Categories and fix the refernces and the over all make up of the Loretta Ables Sayre article I created.--JDDJS (talk) 00:41, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Guidance Barnstar
		This is for helping me fix the pages I create. JDDJS (talk) 15:08, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Straight Up (book)

Greetings, Ssilvers. You are off to such a great start on the article Straight Up (book).... -- Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 07:28, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Oklahoma! Article Assessment

Hello! Could you take a look at Oklahoma! for me? I've added a critical reception section and done some other miscellaneous edits, and I think it could be moved from C-class to B-class. I'd like to know what you think about it. MarianKroy (talk) 23:19, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Edward Elgar

Greatly obliged for your copy editing of this very long article, on a subject not conspicuously part of the Ssilvers curriculum. I am grateful for your colleaguely help on this. - Tim riley (talk) 17:42, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Adminship

Do you have any interest in being an administrator? I will nominate you because I think you will be a great one. JDDJS (talk) 21:27, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. That's very kind of you, but I do not want to be an administrator. I am interested in content, and so I am happy to let other responsible editors deal with administration. Happy editing! -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:41, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

Delayed, as usual, but I've finally reviewed (and passed) the article. Great work, as usual, the lot of you. María (habla conmigo) 16:41, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Well done, again. - Tim riley (talk) 18:36, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Love never dies

Hi Ssilvers, ... Loving your work on the article. ... This could easily be a potential GA in the future. All the best Mark E (talk) 21:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Integration

You're right, I need sources. I've had limited library access the past few months, but I did check out some more scholarly musical theatre books, notably Mark N. Grant's The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical and Ethan Mordden's examinations of each decade of American musical theatre. Both authors concluded that yes, there was a lot of fluffy stuff on Broadway for the first few decades, but there were signs of development in various directions:

On Your Toes (1936) at least placed ballet alongside musical theatre, featuring two lengthy ballets. Kurt Weill's pre-Oklahoma American work included One Touch of Venus, which again utilized a couple ballets that actually illustrated Venus's character and inner conflict (the "Venus in Ozone Heights" ballet). Weill and Moss Hart collaborated on Lady in the Dark, which used psychoanalysis as a means of delving into the mind of successful but indecisive and romantically uncertain Liza Elliot; almost all the music in the show occurs in three extensive dreams that reveal Liza's fears and past experiences. The man for her turns out to be the one who can complete the leitmotif she cannot finish herself (the song is "My Ship", the only song that occurs in "real life"). "Peggy Ann" (1926) was an even earlier use of dreams as a revelation of character, though musical comedy conventions were still included. "Of Thee I Sing" (1931) had a satirical plot tied to an equally biting, yet humorous, score by the Gershwins. Though the characters may be considered caricatures, the score is integrated in a manner not unlike Gilbert and Sullivan. Pal Joey portrayed hard, immoral central characters without sentiment; the non-nightclub numbers do function within the plot.

The authors basically concluded that though Show Boat and Oklahoma! are significant milestones in musical theatre, they didn't spring out of nowhere.... MarianKroy (talk) 04:23, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Apologies

After reading around wikipedia a little bit more I am beginning to understand how annoying may be dealing with undequalified people trying to put forth their opinion in the areas of their lack of expertise and frustrating is dealing with them every day, fixing their sloppy edits rather than adding something significant. Therefore I apologize for my intervention. In the future I will try to stick to the areas where I have a sure knowledge. Lorem Ip (talk) 15:05, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

G&S External Link

Hello! I really appreciate your diligence in monitoring the Gilbert and Sullivan information for WP. I wonder if you would reconsider removing the external link connecting Yale's collection to the page. The Sidney Rose Collection of Gilbert and Sullivan contains not only materials such as scores and libretti (which are indeed widely available), but also an unusually extensive collection of ephemera, most of it focusing on performances of G & S in the United States. These performances are documented by posters, programs, production photographs, reviews, and a wide variety of other items. Many of these items—especially those having to do with the more obscure performances—may be difficult or impossible to find elsewhere. -- Best Wishes from Tjr36 (talk) 17:38, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi. We don't even have links to the 5 great G&S collections in the world: the British Library, the Theatre Museum, the Royal Academy of Music, the DOC archives and the Morgan Library, so it would not make sense to link to lesser collections. There are dozens or hundreds of them, and Wikipedia is not a collection of links. -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:01, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you so much for taking your time to assess the Kerry Ellis article. I truly appreciate the notes you've given me, it'll definitely help! I can't thank you enough. A LOT NEEDS DOING!!!!!! :) -- Stephenjamesx (talk) 21:51, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

SOS

Need help with John Faithfull Fleet and Namadhari naik ... may i request you to help me counting on you as a friend? -- Tej smiles (talk) 19:37, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

William Walton

It is noble of you – above and beyond the call of duty – to plough through my prose on an English composer of (I suspect) no interest to you whatever. (Mind you, Belshazzar's Feast is, as I recall from my youth, an exhilarating work to sing – so if anyone invites you...) I didn't have the cheek to ask you to proof-read this one, and I am most grateful for you for undertaking it unbidden. Bless you! – Tim riley (talk) 17:07, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

’u’

What kind of expansion of the synopsis of ’u’ do you want to see? The entire plot in detail? ... I still must have an A4 handout of the scenes which I got at the performance. If I can still find it I could enhance the section. SpeakFree (talk) 17:04, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Flower Drum Song

Saw you did some work way back on Flower Drum Song. Am reading a book about the play and it seems an article worth improving.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:55, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Baron Golosh

What language is Baron Golosh in, if you know? I've been cleaning up Category:Operettas by giving all the entries subcategories of their own, by language. Baron Galosh is the only one left, because I can't tell what language it's in. Softlavender (talk) 07:47, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

English. -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:23, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Ambassador stuff (Autumn 2010)

The study of controversial content that you found looks very useful and I have assigned it to the Lehigh students in that sections of the course page. But I don't seem to have got the formmating right; could you explain? Also, while I have "watch this page" checked for both the course and discussion pages, I do not seem to actually get notices of changes. Any idea why? Thanks.--Ck07 (talk) 22:07, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

		Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar
		For outstanding efforts helping a student, which will soon have led to the first successful DYK from a student working with the ambassadors program, I award Ssilvers the Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:18, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Awesome 'first' there, congratulations!--Pharos (talk) 20:40, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with my footnote! IR393.sae211 (talk) 20:18, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Mentees - Autumn 2010

Deme - IR393DEME (talk • contribs)

Hello, I am IR393DEME from Lehigh University and I hope you will be my mentor this semester! I will be working on Indonesian occupation of East Timor . IR393DEME (talk • contribs) 18:18, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

sae211 - IR393.sae211 (talk • contribs)

Hi, I'm IR393.sae211 and I'm also participating in a Wikipedia project for the Seminar in Intervention. Would you be my mentor this semester? I am studying the Sierra Leone Civil War. Thanks. -- IR393.sae211 (talk • contribs) 01:29, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Gsrogers (talk • contribs)

Hello! I'm a student in the Wikipedia Public Policy class at Syracuse University. I saw that you have expertise in law, and I am planning on contributing to the Fair Sentencing Act article, which is currently a stub on Wikipedia. I should have begun to add content by 11:00 PM tonight (EST). Hopefully you can give me some feedback as I'm new to this and can use all the help I can get! Thanks! Gsrogers (talk • contribs) 17:26, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

FruitForAll (talk • contribs)

Hi Ssilvers, Would you be willing to be my mentor? I'm working on the public policy initiative with Indiana University. Thank you. -- FruitForAll (talk • contribs) 00:46, 19 October 2010 (UTC)FruitForAll

Klcai (talk • contribs)

UC Berkeley's Politics of Piracy class ... the Secure Federal File Sharing Act, 02:30, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Operetta

Thanks for the additional cleanup, particularly the irrelevant musicals. I also vote to remove the ending Bernstein bit about musicals vs. operettas. As much as I love the guy, this opinion/paragraph is not only completely silly and idiosyncractic, but it also muddies the waters of an already muddy article. Besides, there's no easy way to check and see if that's really what he said (somehow I doubt it's entirely accurate). Not to mention, Bernstein is not a critical authority on the subject, and he was probably just babbling off the cuff. I vote you or I remove it. OK? Softlavender (talk) 03:39, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Clifford Odets

I've just added to the article on Clifford Odets the assertion that his play "Till the Day I Die" was banned on account of its anti-Nazi message. I have just found that it was banned in Australia and now unsure whether it was just Oz or US as well. Would it be any trouble to check your sources? Here's the second link http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17298671 (Disturbing how highly regarded they were before Poland.) --Doug butler (talk) 09:09, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Silverware

		Prince of Proofreaders Barnstar
		For constantly rescuing me and my prose, reading articles that must have bored you to sobs, and helping me get them up to GA/FA I gratefully present you with this special barnstar. – Tim riley (talk) 22:47, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

KUTGW

.... means "keep up the good work". I admit that it is one of the lesser-used and perhaps passe' acronyms.... Ling.Nut (talk) 00:12, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi, I just saw your "WikiPen" on Gsrogers' talk page. Great idea! Your contribution to the Public Policy Initiative is making a difference. --Fschulenburg (Public Policy) (talk) 04:19, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Kbthompson

Very very sad news, but thank you very much for thinking of letting people know and for making that section on his talk page. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 11:45, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! If you don't celebrate Christmas ... Happy (belated) Hanukkah! Happy Eid al-Adha! Happy Kwanzaa! And of course, Happy Festivus! May this holiday season bring you the music of laughter, the warmth of friendship, and the steadying hand of love. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 05:07, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

References: Sierra Leone Civil War

Thank you for your input/help so far! It's been instrumental and I have really enjoyed seeing the page improve over the past couple of days. --IR393.sae211 (talk) 05:13, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Flower Drum Song

Hey, sorry I missed all the fun! Congrats on getting such a great article to FA-status, and to the mainpage. I read part of it on my iPhone while traveling yesterday, and then of course I had to watch clips from the show on YouTube! Hope you have a happy holiday. :) María (habla conmigo) 13:37, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

La plume du Ssilvers

A most unexpected and delightful treat. Bless you. I hope people are loading you with gongs for your astonishing range of WP work. If they aren't I shall have to learn how to do it myself. Tim riley (talk) 19:45, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Mantra-Rock Dance

Hello Ssilvers. It's a pleasure to have an excuse to contact you again. I have created the Mantra-Rock Dance article, and it seems to be poised for its DYK exposure due 11 January 12:00 AM (UTS). If the subject is at all of any interest to you, would you mind giving it a stern editorial look before that, at least for major blunders? I apologize for this very short notice, and am almost expecting you to turn the request down, but... PS: I am still working on a couple of last minor sections there, but they will be mostly quotes. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 22:13, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Ssilvers. Much obliged. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 23:07, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Your number has been chosen

I admire your work. Thank you for not accepting a nomination that you are not inclined to take. Keegan (talk) 19:55, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Paul Pyant

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Billie Carleton

Hi, thank you for smartening up the article on Billie Carleton, it certainly looks a lot better. I've tried to add page numbers to references as asked, but sometimes I'm quoting from the DNB article and it doesn't cite a page reference, e.g. for the argument by Kohn that Carleton died due to taking depressants (but it does call the argument 'convincing', which I should perhaps have copied?) I've based my article on the DNB, but I also skim-read some contemporary reports in The Times. There was some arguing in court as to whether Carleton died due to 'veronal', whether she was suicidal etc: I haven't mentioned this. Also I'm not sure De Veulle was a transvestite. I'd imagine he was, it would fit in well with his interests but from what I recall from The Times he was just accused in court of having shown someone a book on the subject. I'll check this. Lastly there are some exterior sites which explore the case from its different aspects, looking at contemporary attitudes to drug taking, gender preference, racial anxieties etc - should I link to these? Sometimes the facts as cited on them are slightly at variance with the DNB, which I've preferred as a source.RLamb (talk) 12:13, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for John Fryatt

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Carousel

Thank you, that was a very nice support. One thing--BB has raised a question at the FAC about musicals101.com Do you think you could explain why it is a high quality reliable source? I could attempt it but I suspect you'll do a better job, if I could prevail on you.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:06, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. That was very helpful.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:06, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

The King and I and Allegro (musical)

I have listed The King and I at GAN. It is a little skimpy in a few places, like it could use a few reviews for later production. Any help would be appreciated.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:02, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

I've been working on Allegro (musical) which is a bit difficult as I've never seen the piece (who has?) or listened to the score. Your comments would be very welcome. After this I think I am going to step back from this topic and benefit from the comments as these pass through at least part of the process, while uneasily eyeing South Pacific.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:08, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Off- v Off Broadway

Thanks for your note. I added my input and another resource to the discussion. MarnetteD | Talk 01:02, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you, Ssilvers, for your helpful contributions to The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. Much appreciated. ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 15:09, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Victorian burlesque and Burlesque

Thanks for the note. I voted for Victorian burlesque. The article looks fine. However, I feel that Burlesque needs trimming: severely reduce duplication of stuff that's in the demerged article, get rid of people like WS Gilbert, Planché, Mme Vestris et al who belong in the other article, get rid of blank space, etc., but as I have less than zero interest in American burlesque, I don't feel like doing any of this myself. Best. --GuillaumeTell 11:33, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Delius thanks

Ssilvers

Please accept this star as a token of thanks for your help in getting Frederick Delius to FA standard. This was truly the work of many hands, and your particular contribution was much valued. Brianboulton (talk) 21:52, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the updates and your kind offer. I really love musicals but I don't know how much I could contribute. When I have enough time I'll check the project out. Yours, Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 22:03, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Finale

Have a look at Talk:Finale, if you haven't already. I was thinking of starting a Finale (stage works) article and contributing a section on opera (based on Grove). An operetta and a musical theatre section would be needed as well - it's not my province, but would you be interested? If not, any suggestions? --GuillaumeTell 16:33, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Musical Theatre

Copied from here:

Note The dust seems to have settled while I was asleep, but I feel I should point out that I specifically warned Ronz [2] to stop edit warring and he simply removed the warning and seemed to be saying that I don't understand the situation and need not be concerned. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:03, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Ronz it seems does not like such evidence left on his talk page. His modus operandi is to spread the discussion around or to insist on placing the conversation on an opposing editor's talk page so people investigating have a harder time piecing things together and to shift blame onto the editor he is in dispute with by making it appear he is reasonably conversing with them on their talk page while simultaneously baiting them and planting diffs that support his view and disparage his opponent. It is surprising how effective his tactics are in bamboozling admins. The sophistication of it when one realizes what is really going on is troubling. I suggest admins wise up to it to avoid mistakes like the one committed in this case. Lambanog (talk) 20:03, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Renewed request to Ronz to stop posting on my talk page

Please stop posting to my talk page. I do not want to receive any more messages from you for any reason. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:20, 28 February 2011 (UTC) -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:25, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Oz template

Hi, I saw your question on Cirt's talk page (which I'm temporarily watching as a result of my own comment there) about the {{Oz}} template. It looks like "collapsed" was misspelled in it. I corrected that and things seem okay now. If I messed anything up, feel free to undo my edit. TJRC (talk) 23:18, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, looks great! -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:36, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

re Sail Away - sources for Savoy Theatre original London cast 1962 - David Holliday etc

Hi - As I'm a real newbie in Wikipedia, your kind offer is very much appreciated. Cheers Bluedelta25Bluedelta25 (talk) 11:54, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Leave It to Jane

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:14, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

FAC - Thomas Beecham

I've now closed the (very thorough) PR and nominated the article at FAC (Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Thomas Beecham/archive1). You have been marvellously generous with your time in copy-editing it over the weeks and years, but I don't think you are thereby ineligible to add any comments you may care to make at the FAC page. Tim riley (talk) 10:34, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Midway Games

I appreciate your concerns into adressing the Midway Games summary issue. Even though, you and I may not share same definition of a summary, I appreciate your efforts trying to make the Midway summary page a bit shorter. Regards Farine (talk) 22:45, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

George Bernard Shaw

I have heavily edited the paragraph on "Shaw musicals" - ... in case you are interested, or wish to make further changes. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 04:17, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Theatre Project collaboration

Collaboration of the Month. This time it's the Theatre article.

• Truelight234 had done some great work on the 19th century section of history of theatre, so I've been trying to clean that article up in preparation for summarising into the theatre article.

Ah! I came across that site only yesterday. ... Didn't think to investigate it further. Many thanks. • DP •  ^{huh?} 01:51, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Stanley Holloway article - thanks

Hi can I just say a big thanks to you for your excellent work on improving the above article. In retrospect I can now see the mistakes the previous article had when comparing it to the newly laid out article courtesy of Tim riley and will not be so quick to condemn others for trying to improve material which I have added in future. I can now see the excellent work you all do so am somewhat eating humble pie as I write. Again many thanks Cassianto (talk) 23:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

DYKs

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

CFR for opera singer cats

Please take a look at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 May 23#Operatic singer cats.4meter4 (talk) 18:56, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Please take the Wikipedia Ambassador Program survey

Hi Ambassador. We are at a pivotal point in the development of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. Your feedback will help shape the program and role of Ambassadors in the future. Please take this 10 minute survey to help inform and improve the Wikipedia Ambassadors. WMF will de-identify results and make them available to you. According to KwikSurveys' privacy policy: "Data and email addresses will not be sold, rented, leased or disclosed to 3rd parties." This link takes you to the online survey: http://kwiksurveys.com?u=WPAmbassador_talk Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments, Thank You! Amy Roth (Research Analyst, Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 20:45, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Marinka

Your input at Talk:Marinka would be helpful.4meter4 (talk) 20:38, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Carousel

What actually amazes me is that the guy did not change "soccer team" to "football club", which is the usual complaint by the Brits. But yes, you were quite right, I wrote that paragraph very deliberately in US English! Thank you.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:26, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

You are very welcome. This is clear from WP:MOS#National_varieties_of_English.. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:47, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Re: responses on user pages vs. user talk pages

Dear Ssilvers ... Thanks for your invaluable help in enhancing the Calthrop page. Regards, John Thaxter (talk) 13:08, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you, Ssilvers, for the copyediting help at The Kid (musical). Much appreciated. ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 02:55, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Winifred Emery

Thanks for your help with this article. Thanks also for including me on the DYK for Patricia Preece; my input into the article was minimal and that was very generous of you. Jack1956 (talk) 10:56, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Re Preece: Nonsense, my good sir! You added all the images and did some of the research and writing. Plus, you inspired the article with your expansion of Grim's Dyke. -- Ssilvers (talk) 13:50, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Patricia Preece

Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Zip Goes a Million

Thanks for your help with the article!--Mamma Rose (Sing out, Louise!) 17:33, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Patience

The cartoon on page 387 of this source is a satire on Patience. The article looks fairly stuffed with images, so I felt it better just to bring it to your attention and leave it to you to decide if it is worth uploading and using. There are a couple in there satirizing Pinafore, but I felt too much exposition would be needed. On an image hunt for John A. Macdonald likely TFA on July 1, and thought you might want to make use of these, if you think them worthwhile.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:31, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

BOM Discussion

Hey, your revert got reverted. Started a section at Talk:The Book of Mormon (musical) that you might want to put your opinion forward for.Mark E (talk) 22:49, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

You are a Theatre expert and thought you might want to take a look at Love, Loss, and What I Wore. How am I suppose to handle the international and national tours in the infobox? Advice/help appreciated.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:12, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the help arranging the article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:37, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Theatrical assistance

You helped me out so much with my last piece of theatre (Love, Loss, and What I Wore) so much that I thought I would ask if you might be interested in helping me tidy up Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words (play) and Edward Scissorhands (ballet). I have a bit more to do on the latter, but you could start without interference on the former.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:47, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Also started Christine Jorgensen Reveals.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:11, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Welcome back. Thanks for cleaning up Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words (play).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:12, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Stanley Holloway

Many thanks for that. Yeah fully agree with the streamlining, I put the info on expecting you to streamline it anyway. I like the way it works; I do some research and put the info on and your excellent copy editing and streamlining cuts out all the unessential stuff! With any luck this way of working may one day increase this article to GA standard or possible higher! Thanks again Cassianto (talk) 12:09, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Christine Jorgensen Reveals

Materialscientist (talk) 16:09, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I did not just include you to be nice. You are essential to the high quality presentation of the subject matter. I am holding off on doing the 2011 winner until after you have time to get through your list and do Edward Scissorhands (dance). I can't really do these well without you.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:30, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Why thank you

Always happy to be of help. Keep up the good work, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:51, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

The Co-Optimists (film)

I have done a little bit of work on the above subject and would like you to have a glance, when you can at what I have added.... [snip] Cassianto (talk) 19:11, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much

Thank you very much for the barnstar - I am glad to know that my efforts are appreciated. Thanks again for the unexpected surprise, it was very kind of you, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:02, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Nixon

Please feel free to drop back at the PR and let me know what you think of the revisions. I have not been able to figure out how to include the comments about religions and minorities in the lede and am reluctant to as I'm not convinced his private views affected public policy, although the comments are quoted in the body, however I think I've done the rest of what you wanted.--Wehwalt (talk) 08:18, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Harold Pinter/archive1 which helped in the process of getting this article to FA status. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:39, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Holloway Infobox

Hi thanks for that. I didn't see it from that point of view and can see exactly what you mean. ... [snip] This is what is so great about Wikipedia. All the best Cassianto (talk) 20:39, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Oscar Wilde Sheet music image

I like the image you added to the Oscar Wilde article, it's not one I've seen before....[snip] Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 04:01, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

What do you think of the revised development section.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Coralie et Cie

Hi, SSilvers. ... It seems c.1899 there was a saucy French farce about a dressmaker called ‘Coralie et Cie’, co-written by Hennequin and Valabrégue.... RLamb (talk) 17:15, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Ok, thanks for the fix on the link to the article on "The Emerald Isle." I'm working on an article on Arthur Collins, Equerry, and I wanted to do some editing before pushing too fast with the article, following WP's suggestion. So this would be a good example. Scogdill (talk) 20:12, 19 August 2011 (UTC)Sharon

And thanks for the suggestions about biography, I really appreciate your patience as i learn the ropes. Scogdill (talk) 20:39, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Harry Champion

I have recently started improving on the above article and have started to do quite a bit of research into the subject. Obviously it's no where near complete and I intend to add a few bits of research surrounding marriages, children etc and expand on the sections already within the article. Seeing as it involves a person from within a subject I know you find interesting, I would really appreciate it if you could take a look with a view to giving it a quick ce. I would love to know if, what I have done so far, is any good. Best Wishes Cassianto (talk) 21:38, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for the copy edit on Mr. Champion. Still very much to do I'm sure you'll agree Cassianto (talk) 21:36, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for George Graves (actor)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Image requests to British Library

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BL/Image_requests -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:45, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

I meant to say "Thanks!". (I'll be away from my computer in the last 2 weeks of September, and then, will be at school--well really lifelong learning-- until mid-December, so I'm just doing odds and ends for the next few weeks, will be back full time in the Winter).JeanColumbia (talk) 12:49, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Note re: Infoboxes

List of 11 articles the students will be working on.

In my opinion, infoboxes are redundant, and the same information is better given in narrative format in the WP:LEAD or other sections of the article instead of the choppy format in the box. The boxes make articles more difficult to edit, and daunting to even attempt to edit, for newbies. They are also the frequent targets of vandalism, and they almost invariably contain various errors. They take up valuable space near the top of an article and limit the size and layout of images near the top of the article. Finally, they distract editors from focusing on the content of the article; instead of improving the article, they spend lots of time working on this cosmetic feature and its extensive coding and formatting. Just my 2 cents. -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:19, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

• For bio articles, the person's dates and occupation are mentioned very clearly in the first sentence of the article.
• Information about the person's family members or cause of death are not so important that they should be the first thing that readers see
• The box does not emphasize the most important information, as the narrative LEAD section does so well.

See this. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:37, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries

The planning page for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts event is Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/WLL. Add your plans there on teaching and editathon-ing, and hopefully Kosboot will chime in too.--Pharos (talk) 16:31, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Stanley Holloway - GA at last!

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Ssilvers, I want to thank you for all your time and patience in helping me make Stanley Holloway a Good Article. Without your help and guidance it would not have been possible. I would also like to thank you for correcting my many mistakes and for giving me some valuable and respected advice along the way. I would therefore feel honoured if you would accept this barnstar as a token of my thanks. Cassianto (talk) 18:06, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

McCaull Comic Opera Company

Hi thanks for the message. I would be more than happy to contribute in some way. I'll get started straight away! Cassianto (talk) 18:30, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK Nomination. -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:14, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry!

I had a bad setting! I would very much like to speak with you, my email is vgrigas@wikimedia.org -- Posted by User:Victorgrigas.

DYK for May Yohé

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for McCaull Comic Opera Company

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Milhist FA, A-Class and Peer Reviews Jul-Sep 2011

		The Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period Jul-Sept 2011, the Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Buggie111 (talk) 22:57, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you on Arthur Collins

Hi, Ssilvers, thank you very much for your suggestions on the Arthur Collins page. Since he ended his career as a courtier as a Gentleman Usher, I was thinking maybe I'd say Arthur Collins (courtier) for the disambiguation page. I represented him as a courtier on the Old Marlburians page, and while it would I think be traditional to call somebody by their highest title, I've gone with the more general one. [snip] Anyhow, thanks again! Scogdill (talk) 18:53, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

RfC on 'album' notability

Thanks for chipping in with your thoughts. I've taken the liberty of moving your comment down to the appropriate section of the RfC (so-called "Uninvolved editors"). Cheers.--MistyMorn (talk) 21:32, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind wishes

[snip] Have a great spring yourself! --Soundofmusicals (talk) 23:27, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia The Musical

You've been deputized and you didn't even know it. DGG and Pharos suggested that the 3 of you could give introductions to Wikipedia around 1 pm, followed by 3 NYPL staff talking about collections. Then the 3 of you could repeat at 3 or 4, depending on demand. Though I brough up the idea of the training room, Pharos thought any training would be better done in the room reserved for the day. -- kosboot (talk) 16:39, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

	Most-patient-Wiki-teacher & Far-above-and-beyond Award
	You definitely deserve an award for being the most patient teacher I have ever seen! Bravo! kosboot (talk) 07:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC) Kosboot gives me a tacit shout-out here. [Ssilvers]

It was great to see you again, and I second Bob about your awesome wiki-teachering on Saturday :) I definitely also agree there is something to women being more cautious about making a potential "mistake" on Wikipedia, and that this is something we can help remedy through library-type training sessions.--Pharos (talk) 00:14, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:The Musical -- Act II

[snip] I went to a concert at the New School for Social Research, and sure enough, the pianist Jay Gottlieb wasn't in WP ... Feel free to look at my page, User:Nbauman/Jay gottlieb, and tell me what you think. When I first started to create a page, I got a message that Malcolmxl5 had already deleted a page "Jay gottlieb" and to contact him first. I did leave a message http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Malcolmxl5#Jay_Gottlieb but I couldn't find any reference to the deletion, any reason for the deletion, or even any way to find out whether it's the same Jay Gottlieb. I'll give Malcolmxl5 a day or two and then submit the page. --Nbauman (talk) 00:23, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Leslie Henson

Hi, I have had a go at extending the lead section for Henson. See what you think and feel free to reduce if needs be.... All the best Cassianto (talk) 22:37, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much for that! I will start on the refs shortly... See what you think. All the best Cassianto (talk) 05:30, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Heavenly Christmas

Great start to the article. I've gone ahead and moved the track listing down from the lead to its more conventional position (it should never be in the lead, always its own section), and made Charts a section as well (you merely bolded it as a title). I think I corrected a couple of other little things and changed the album time to what MP3 versions of the tracks tell me. I didn't add writer info (some are simply "Traditional" NEway) as they didn't appear on the Allmusic listing, but I may fart around other holiday albums and look these up later ("Believe", for instance, is located on The Polar Express soundtrack). [snip]

Just a quick note: the article is now at Heavenly Christmas, where it shall now stay until the day a DAB is needed, if ever. I'll update in other articles the location to prevent double redirects; you may do the same as we both may miss different occurrences. =) CycloneGU (talk) 23:44, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Arthur Williams (actor)

Re above, I have had a go at an extension of the lead and jiggled the images around due to displacement. One of those famous Ssilvers copy edit's needed I think Cassianto (talk) 19:59, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Ellaline Terriss and Paul Rubens - latest editions

Hi there, could you take a look at the above re my new edits and give them a quick ce. All the best Cassianto (talk) 01:41, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Excellent thank you for that! Cassianto (talk) 10:47, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Dan Leno

Hi Ssilvers, I'm sorry i'm going to bother you again. I have had a go at improving Dan Leno using ODNB. I have a question. At the end of the article I have used a Quotebox to give a quote from Max Beerbohm. I have read WP:MOS backwards and cannot find anywhere which says I can't do this. I deliberated over putting it in a block quote so I am torn between the two. Is the Quote box reserved for newspapers only or is it for all written works? Or is a block quote better suited? ... Best regards. Cassianto (talk) 23:03, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Jackie Evancho discography

Hi Ssilvers, in the discography page, would be cited only albums, singles and dvds and not the collaborations, unless they were released as singles or they were charted. For the charts, we would cite only the peak chart positions for a max of 10 charts and Catalog charts wouldn't be included in the page. You can find many informations here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Discographies/style It's not the official guide of the discography page (it is work in progress and in search of consensus) but you can get a good idea. For the DVD charts, what do you need particularly? Simone Jackson (talk) 12:09, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

I don't report DVD charts because it's hard to find peak chart positions of this chart with reliable sources. You can find these informations only on Billboard.biz http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/videos/11999737 If i remember well, according to this link (that can be opened only with subscription), Jackie Evancho topped the Top Music Video Sales. Paul Grein blog can be used as source. Simone Jackson (talk) 16:19, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Ssilvers [:-) I'm that person that can be called chartbuster (i think). I follow the charts of various countries, from Italy (my country) to Japan, especially for Michael Jackson. In UKMIX and on italiancharts.com i'm SimoneMJJ. About Jackie Evancho, the World deserves to discover a so great talent. SJ (talk) 00:00, 7 December 2011

Hi Ssilver [:-) I don't know if that link is a reliable source but i can say you that iTunes charts can't be posted on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Charts SJ (talk) 16:33, 10 February 2011

Ambassador Project

There'ss a interesting discussion about the future and the growth of the US education program along with the future of the Wikipedia Ambassador Project here. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 07:32, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Autumn 2011 course: Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Theatre Script Analysis (Leigh Clemons). -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:51, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Conrad Tao

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:04, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Allegro

Could you look at this edit? Many thanks.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:51, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Holloway FAC

Thanks for the feedback I feel so much better knowing your behind the scenes on this one. I don't really know what to put when it asks about the reliability of the four sources. I just know that BMD is reliable as its an alternative to ancestry.com and other genealogy sites of the similar theme, the only difference being is its free. BMd was also recommended to me when SH was going through it's GAN which is why I used it. I don't remember adding the music hall ref of the show picture, or if I did then it must be a long time ago. I will post Tim a message about the Gaye citation as it may have been him who added it. Incidentally the festive rush started a few weeks ago over here, so now seems like a good time to sit in and edit! All the best -- Cassianto (talk) 00:10, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

GA Thanks

Thanks for your assistance on some fairly recent GA promotions:

This user helped promote Edward Scissorhands (dance) to good article status.

This user helped promote Love, Loss, and What I Wore to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:42, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Flower Drum Song

I'd put it back the way we had it. I don't think the other awards are terribly helpful to the reader in this particular case.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:32, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thx for 2011...to be continued ! Gozor136 (talk) 17:25, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Online ambassador for dance history course?

Hello! I am a professor of dance and dance history at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania. I am considering having my Dance History students, in the spring 2012 term, contribute somehow to Wikipedia's entries on dance and dance history. There is no one from our school who is a campus ambassador, and among the online ambassadors, no one has a dance specialty. I see that you do a lot of work in theatre, including the musical stage. Of course, theater and dance are sister arts. In fact, at my college, I am part of a department of Theatre, Dance, and Film. I wonder if you would be interested in working with my class (about 14 students) as our online ambassador? Looking forward to hearing from you!

Best regards, Lynn Brooks - Professor of Dance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lynndance (talk • contribs) 12:41, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Edmund Payne

S, see above for lede which I did (in rather a hurry)... Your thoughts? -- Cassianto (talk) 18:02, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Carousel (musical)

Ssilvers, would you be willing to return to the article talk page to discuss this issue? I've partially reverted the referencing changes. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:11, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

CITEVAR

I saw your post at Alarbus's talk page, since I recently posted there, and thought I might point you at WP:CITEVAR, which explicitly says that citation and referencing styles should defer to the style of the first major contributor. I recently went through a similar discussion at Talk:Ancient Roman pottery, so I understand how frustrating it is to be in the situation you're in. I don't know if you want to make a fuss about it, but if you'd like to return the article to the old referencing style I'd suggest pointing at CITEVAR on the talk page, and if necessary calling an RfC to get other editors' opinions. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:23, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

[3]

Review. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:54, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Parody music

As far as I know, this is NOT an article you have ever edited, or have any particular interest in (although it does, naturally, mention Sir Arthur Sullivan). Some one wants to hijack it for academic musical theory as opposed to general interest (at least that is my impression) and s/he and I have a dispute going. I would especially appreciate your opinion, as I can honestly say that we tend to differ rather than agree, all other things being equal. Perhaps you will see in his argument something I am missing. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 13:25, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Did you know?

Hi! I just started Helen Barry who is a rare woman associated with the Monmouthpedia project. I can't find find much more about her. Do you have any stuff that could add to her biography? If not intrigued - don't worry. It was just a thought. Victuallers (talk) 12:42, 1 February 2012 (UTC) Well I'm very happy with what you've done. It looks much much better ... thanks Victuallers (talk) 19:41, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Big fat Awards sections

Many musicals have a huge "Awards" section. An editor has now made these sections in dozens of articles even bigger and fatter by changing the format to a tabular format. I suggest moving these big Awards sections to a separate article, like this one: List of awards and nominations for the musical ''South Pacific''. Then, we can leave just a paragraph or two in the article itself, describing the major awards, with a cross-reference to the new list article, like this: Fiddler on the Roof#Awards. When you get back, let me know if you would mind helping to do some of these? Hope your break is fun. Best regards! -- Ssilvers (talk) 6:10 pm, 21 July 2011, Thursday (5 months, 11 days ago) (UTC−4)

I think a major change to the strucure of Musical theatre articles such as this (tabular format) should have been/should be discussed with the project participants and other interested editors before making such changes. As this was not done, at least you have started the conversation at the project page; more discussion on this entire area (that is, how to show awards) is needed before ANY changes are made. It would be helpful if the editor who is making these changes (to tabular format) join the discussion; also, could this editor be asked to make the separate article-list awards articles, rather than having others do this work? ... Flami72 (talk) 7:32 am, 26 July 2011, Tuesday (5 months, 6 days ago) (UTC−4)

DYK nominations

See Pgallert (talk) for nominations. Give suggested hooks. -- Ssilvers (talk)

DYK for Helen Barry

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Online Ambassador, Spring 2012

How would you feel about working with Adrianne Wadewitz's course at IUPUI? She is a Wikipedian, has been a Campus Ambassador, and is still searching for an Online Ambassador because she's extremely concerned about making sure her students have enough support. This seems like a very communicative person with whom you may enjoy working. JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 21:35, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Royal Opera, London

I don't imagine it is necessary to bring it to the attention of my Wikipedian guide, philosopher and friend, but I have put the article up for FAC. You did some helpful copy-editing, but if you think it was de minimis for present purposes I should be glad to have your comments at FAC. Tim riley (talk) 16:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alice Delysia

The DYK project (nominate) 16:42, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Yo Sssilvers

Hey, it's me, Taco Wiz. I don't know if you remember me or not. I was a real jerk to you in the Little Shop of Horrors "tragicomedy" discussion. I want to talk things over with you, if you're willing. My skype is Tacowiz and my email is georgeliquor@hotmail.com. Please contact me. Thanks. --Taco Wiz (talk) 07:18, 12 February 2012 (UTC)