User talk:Andrewa

G'day! This is Andrew Alder's user talk page, you knew that. Welcome!

Please don't censor my talk page. Just because you don't support what someone is saying is no reason to remove it. Is it now?

On the other hand, if the edits you are removing are by banned users (or their socks), then please feel free to do it. That's not censorship, it's administrative drudgery, and I thank you for taking it on. But if there's doubt as to who the contributor really is, or if the proposed ban is not yet in force, or both, better to leave me to clean up my own page. A non-abusive heads-up on the antics of the contributor would still be appreciated! TIA Andrewa

Archives of this page

Wow. This page has now again grown to 30k, and there are some things there that I want to remember but a great lot that I don't expect to grow any more so despite earlier comments I'm now going to simply archive a great slab of it. If you want to continue any of those discussions, do so on this page please and link to the item in the archive. Andrewa 21:41, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

And wow again... now to 40k. See user talk:andrewa/archive2. Andrewa 01:32, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)

And again... see user talk:andrewa/archive3, user talk:andrewa/archive5. Andrewa 05:44, 23 May 2004 (UTC)

User talk:andrewa/archive4 is dedicated to Return of the Time Cube. Andrewa 18:35, 28 May 2004 (UTC) This continues in User talk:andrewa/archive6 along with other issues. Andrewa 19:39, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

And now:

• User talk:andrewa/archive7. Andrewa 18:52, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• User talk:andrewa/archive8. Andrewa 18:49, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
• User talk:andrewa/archive9. Andrewa 16:53, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
• User talk:andrewa/archive10. Andrewa (talk) 14:27, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

• User talk:andrewa/archive11 is pretty much dedicated to my conversations with and about Viktor van Niekerk, which eventually saw him blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia for personal attacks and harassment. Andrewa (talk) 02:53, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Meetup time again

Hi all, it's Meetup time again :-) - Hopefully you'll be up for meeting on April 22nd at about 6pm at The Paragon, a pub in Circular Quay. It'll be the usual round of drinks and chit chats, with no particular agenda, just some friendly faces, and a shared interest in Wiki stuff. If you've thought about coming along before, but haven't made it - we'd love to see you - it'll be a relaxed, social chin wag about all things wiki - bring anyone along you fancy, and I hope you can make it :-)

Please do sign up on the meetup page, and do also feel free to nominate an alternative time / date / location if for whatever reason the 21st doesn't work for you - we're an accommodating bunch :-) cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 04:11, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Reentrant tunings

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Coordinator Status

You may have noticed I am looking for another coordinator to help me run the project, and if you are willing please leave a note on my talk page. Cheers, ṜedMarkViolinist^{Drop me a line} 17:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, the thing that this project needs to get off the ground is more members. I was thinking we could start with two coordinators, and slowly build that up as we get more people in. I will prepare a list of objectives to complete (we can choose what we think we can each do well) to get this project going. Cheers, ṜedMarkViolinist^{Drop me a line} 14:53, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

last call for the meetup tonight in Sydney

G'day Sydneysiders :-) - this is just a 'last call' note to let you know that the meetup tonight at the belgian beer cafe. This meetup coincides with the end of an 'unlocking IP' conference, and various folk from creative commons, and other interested parties are hoping to come along, so it should be an interesting and rewarding meet - plus Casliber assures us the beer is fantastic :-) - it's an 'all ages' venue, and I hope to see you there! best, Privatemusings (talk) 02:48, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Narciso Yepes

Concerning the biography of Narciso Yepes: Please, sir, what are these critiques in German doing on the English Page? Whoever submitted them should remove them to the German page or translate them. I gather from the chatter that not all guitarists are subjected to this "balanced" treatment; would the poster of the negative critiques care to explain why he/she has singled out Yepes? Lastly, the value and sources of some of these negatives seem unclear to me (i.e. "chihuahuas")and make me wonder about the poster's agenda. ---- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.224.155.36 (talk • contribs)

Answered at Talk:Narciso Yepes. Andrewa (talk) 20:34, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Dear sir, my account is named Drewdavis. I do not intend to edit at the present time. For the moment I am perusing the talk archives on this article.

Concerning the new 'negatives', I still fail to see the relevance of the chihuahua comment; it looks like quote-mining and it is imposssible to know if the author was speaking of Yepes' voice or of his music. I find it inflammatory and inappropriate. I would say the ones from NY Times are balanced and I must abide them, but the dog one and the two in German indicate to me that whoever posted was desperate and that this is a smear campaign. Someone should consider revising it IMO. Drewdavis (talk) 13:28, 24 April 2009 (UTC) signed Drewdavis (user)

Thank you! I have replied on your talk page and will discuss the specific issues at Talk:Narciso Yepes#From my user page. Andrewa (talk) 18:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

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What do you mean, no proof? I did indeed send the permission email to the Wikimedia copyright permissions address and this fact is documented. Furthermore the documentation is linked to from the image page. So the reason given for deletion is completely bogus.

In cases where there is a license, but its validity is disputed, deletion should proceed through WP:FfD, certainly not speedy deletion. Hairy Dude (talk) 17:06, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Agree totally, but you're talking to the wrong person. Andrewa (talk) 21:19, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Narciso Yepes

Hello, I plan to be honest and frank and hope you will reciprocate. I am Narciso Yepes' son-in-law, and yes I know Viktor with whom we are on friendly terms. What a lamentable state of affairs that you have had to suffer his 'harassement' and that he has been banned. Assuming good will ( and adding wishful thinking), I'd say I'd like nothing more than to see you two patch things up; that it would be good for all of us. I'm assuming you regret the extent of your dispute as does he. I believe it's just a monumental misunderstanding, just as I am ready to believe J. Marlow has misunderstood Yepes' 10-string tuning system, and that you may yet come to understand Viktor's objections (doesn't seem the case so far!), to recognize thier importance. You see, I'm like Viktor in that Yepes is of central importance to my life, so this article is of great importance to both us. I hopefully presume that you are not simply indifferent towards Yepes, that maybe you liked or repected him at least a little. I'm not asking for any special treatment. A balanced view is the best I can hope for. I would be happy to provide photos from the family collection; can they be sent by email? jpeg format? Sincerely Drewdavis (talk) 16:47, 28 April 2009 (UTC)drewdavis

Thank you. I'm truly delighted to meet you. Is your wife the daughter who was in Trio Yepes?

I would also love to patch up the dispute with Viktor, but it will not be easy.

My view of Yepes is one of immense admiration and interest that grows the more I learn of him. I suspect I would get on with him rather well. I just can't imagine why anyone who loves him would have anything to fear from a "balanced" article, just the opposite. Similarly, his tuning system seems to continue to be the most widely used for the ten-string guitar, which speaks for itself.

I must also be honest. In my view Viktor's arguments sometimes have merit but are normally so poorly presented as to be counterproductive. His personal demeanor is appalling; He has attacked not just me but also many others, particularly of course those whom he suspects of disagreeing with his views on Yepes and related subjects. All of this just distracts from the issues, and perhaps even taints the memory of Yepes by association. It is extremely sad.

As well as obtaining the photos, I need to have your approval for their use under one of the copyleft licenses that Wikipedia accepts. I must go right now, but I will contact you further on this. Andrewa (talk) 21:23, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi, you are correct! Ana is my wife.. You have seen the Trio Yepes? Perhaps you're aware of my youtube account under the name of drewdavis58 and saw the Trio there? Aware that it was I who posted the link here to the 'Yepes speaks on Forbidden Games Romance' video?

No, I never saw Trio Yepes, nor do I visit YouTube often, my computer and connection are both a bit slow for that. But I have certainly read of them.

In hopes of avoiding any (further) tainting, I'm inviting all parties to eventually consider initiating appropriate damage-control mesures. I guess I could put it more simply, but I know it is complicated.

That sounds good. I'm not sure what to suggest, and I'm certainly open to suggestions.

Andrew, I just read up on wiki copyleft but I admit not yet understanding how to proceed. The Yepes' are ready to sign a licence agreement. Are there not photos available in the public domain? Can Wiki (you) not use these photos? I guess not or you would have. I'd be happy to have you advise me as how to proceed82.224.155.36 (talk) 00:05, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I have looked for public domain photos, but have not found any. If you have any sources to suggest I would be happy to use them.

I'm doing some research myself on the copyleft situation... the problem is that the whole business of licensing is under review, in fact there's currently a vote in progress to change it.

What I think would be best would be for me to upload them to Wikimedia Commons, and to submit an email from you (or you could send it) releasing them under a Creative Commons licence, which is likely to be the new Wikipedia preferred licence. Unlike Wikipedia, you can't upload to Commons without creating a userid; If you wanted to do that, that's another way to proceed.

I will contact you as soon as I have something definite to propose. I have quite a lot on right now; My church burned down just over a week ago and several of my instruments, including the Maton twelve-string guitar and Eston fretless acoustic bass that you see on my user page, were reduced to ashes. I'm busily arranging replacements of sorts; Those two are not really replaceable, having been my companions for more than thirty years, but life and music will go on. Andrewa (talk) 04:01, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I offer my sincere condolences, guitars (and other instruments) may have souls IMO. I have been there: in 1978 I hitched around Europe and bought a Ramirez premier estudio guitar in Madrid for about 800 usd. Unfortunately, in 1980 there was a fire where I was living which my old Takamine (still my companion of about 30 years!)survived but the beautiful Ramirez didn't make it. I tried to make this loss into a lesson; as you say life goes on. I've played some of the 50- or 60-odd quitars in Narciso's study in Madrid; someday I may have one on an extended loan. Hope all is not lost, in any case. Drop a line when conveniant, I'll check out Wiki CommonsDrewdavis (talk) 16:38, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

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Sydney Meetup

I think you may have been notified by email, but I thought it was worth my dropping in a note anywhoo, to let you know that Sydney Wikipedians are having a meetup this coming Tuesday, the 4th August. As you'll see on that page, we have two folk flying in from the Wikimedia Foundation who will be attending, and we have a great crowd of wiki types signed up to come along.

If you've never been to a meetup before, this wouldn't be a bad one to kick off with (we're all very friendly, interesting, and great looking folk ;-), and if you have, well come along again, why don't ya! If you've any questions you can flick the aussie mailing list an email on wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org aussie mailing list, or drop me a note on my talk page. Hope to see some of you there!

ps. If you've already signed up, and received an email, and a phone call, and a door knock, and are getting a bit frustrated with constant advances from enthusiastic australian wiki types, then I'm told you can print this message, and bring it along to use as a 'free beer' voucher, redeemable by our esteemed Vice-President of WMAU on the night...... ;-) Privatemusings (talk) 22:06, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

The Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter (September 2009)

Christian new religious movements

I understand why my move can be seen as controversial and I have suggested that if it is necessary an admin should move the page back (since I cannot) and I will post a WP:RM. However, I have also spelled out the move rationale in detail on the page. I don't think this move should be "controversial" at all. It follows our naming conventions quite clearly. Previous discussions of this move suggestion have been hampered by a key piece of misinformation about the academic meaning of "Christian cult" which is in fact 99% in reference to cultus and usually in the context early Christianity. I believe that several commentators have been prejudiced by the incorrect assumption that references to "Christian cult" in scholarship do relate to the entry's subject matter despite repeated attempts by others to show otherwise. Past proponents of the move have also failed in detailing the rationale vis-a-vis our existing naming conventions. I think when that is done, as I've tried doing this time, the necessity for the move becomes very clear. Thank you for your input.PelleSmith (talk) 12:28, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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