User talk:AllyD

George Russells

Sorry if I acted too hastily in making the move to a disambiguation page. The reason I did so was because I was searching for the "AE" George Russell and ended up on someone's page that I wasn't looking for and had to find the disambig page then choose the appropriate article, when it seemed to me this was backwards . . . I should have landed on the disambig page first. I am planning to update the links. You can remove the not to be confused with" links if you don't approve. NoVomit (talk) 23:40, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Sun Ra

Lol, I don't think they have birth certificates on Saturn, but I hear what you're saying. Happy editing! Spinach Monster (talk) 15:43, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Category:Fortean writers

I've responded to your remarks in the CFD for Category:Fortean writers. Cgingold (talk) 20:46, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Psychic claimants

There seems to be support for changing the name to something, but we are still going around and around because everyone wants their formulation. I don't suppose you could support "psychic claimants" as originally proposed in the interest of compromise and consensus. It was carefully chosen, and I have responded to all the objections given. "Purported" is negative. While I personally think it should be categorized straight up under "scams", I am trying to be responsible here. I have at least some appropriate background in the field of critical thinking so I have given the subject thought. Be well, Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 20:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Please reconsider supporting the original proposal. Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 17:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Philosophy categories

If I could direct your attention to WP:PHILO. Please note the navigation bar organizes the task forces such that we could reasonably expect that every "philosophy" article in WP would be covered by at least one task force. Ideally, each article should be within at least one task force for subject area, one for major tradition, one for period. This set up had been discussed at WT:PHIL a long time ago. Since it was set up, it has proven to be a good system of organization.

The article space categories do not mirror this organizational system perfectly. In fact, articles in the philosophy department need a lot of help generally. I am now doing my part by looking at the categories. Obviously, my goal has been to put them into a category structure similar to the task force structure.

I think there has already been an enormous amount of planning, thought, and consideration by many people to make the task force structure possible. I think we can reasonably conclude that it can serve as a model for organizing the article space categories. Furthermore, the proposal was posted at WT:PHILO explicitly for half a month. If anyone had objected we would have heard something by now already either in response to the task force set up or the latest proposal consistent with it.

Please cooperate with the proposal in consideration of the project. Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 17:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Music of Scotland and Andrew Macpherson?

Nope, 'fraid not! I've no objection to just deleting it. It's possibly a "vanity" edit - someone with the same name adding it so they can brag to their mates down the pub!

Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 21:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I saw the latest edit - the one that added Gordon McPherson - and left it in place because he had an article. I don't know nearly enough about the subject to make a call on notability, however (my view of Music of Scotland doesn't stretch too much further than King Tut's or The Barras). As a layman McPherson does seem notable - he's allegedly head of composition at RSAMD, for example, but I'll defer to your judgement.

Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 11:05, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

No worries! I'm wondering if the first edit was a mistake, and the editor intended to add "Gordon"? No matter, all good now. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 11:18, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment ported from User Page

Thanks AllyD - though, not very welcoming to a new user. I only wanted to add on one fact here but it kept getting deleted by (in my opinion) over zealous editors. If you look at a lot of other information added by others, mine is no more irrelevant or superfluous than other facts. However, in future I will try and restain myself from updating the world to a musicians shoe size or informing what daily paper a politician reads etc - 20:18, 20 June 2009 Nakedlunch123

Kennaway and Scottish literature

I would suggest, reading other posts to your talk page, that your editing style is based on imposing your views inappropriately on the contributions of other people. Wikipedia is for everyone, not for everyone as long as they have your permission or agree with you. I disagree wih you. That is not a reason for you to remove my posts, especially as you clearly have no knowledge of Kennaway.

The paragraph in question relates to Scottish writers who have "displayed a new outwardness". Kennaway did exactly that. He left Scotland and worked in England. His themes sometimes relate explicitly to Scotland but more often to the world as a whole. That is a classic definition of "outwardness". He is also a more significant writer than any of those included in the paragraph or mentioned in your post on my talk page, with the possible exception of AJ Cronin, who in any case does not belong in "1950s to the present" but in the early 20th century, where I note that he is already referenced.

I have replaced and expanded the fully justified reference to him and will continue to do so. Insideintelligence (talk) 16:02, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Kennaway and road deaths in Scotland

You are right that Kennaway did not die in a road accident in Scotland,. nor did I include that category. In fact I did not create this page at all, I added a single sentence to it and a few links. Why would it be deleted following the single sentence I added, when it has not been deleted since it was first created in March 2008!

I think you are in danger of abusing Wikipedia to impose a private agenda of your own. Insideintelligence (talk) 16:06, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

your reply

I'm sorry to note that your style consists of imposing yourself on the contributions of other people and talking about putting notices on contributions. This is an approach that new users like me could find intimidating, as at least one other contributor to your talk page clearly has. I would suggest you moderate your style and your approach to one more appropriate to a democratic forum like Wikipedia, at which point any friendly or helpful intent you might have will have a chance to make itself felt... Insideintelligence (talk) 16:18, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello AllyD! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. Please note that all biographies of living persons must be sourced. If you were to add reliable, secondary sources to this article, it would greatly help us with the current 725 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

1. Bobby Wellins - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 18:24, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Scotland

Greater Glasgow conurbation - population > 2.3m - cited on the wikipedia article Greater Edinburgh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh#Metro_Area_.28Greater_Edinburgh.29) - population 900,000

Total - 3.2m which is more than 50% of 5.1m (2.55m)

Can't find an explicit reference but this effectively confirms it

I'm just trying to improve the article. Even without an official reference, its well known and fairly obvious that most of Scotland's population lives in this area.

Also, yes in my judgment these cities are in the south of the country. However since that's not scientific I won't include the location.

Please discuss before reverting. My changes improve the article. Wikipedia is about a process of continual change and improvement.

Jandrews23jandrews23 (talk) 00:12, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

• Responded at Talk:Scotland#propose_alteration_to_lead. AllyD (talk) 09:51, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

James Haldane (diplomat)

As you say, there is not much information. However I have created a stub, in the hope that some one else will find the information to fill it out one day. My purpose in reverting your editor to preserve the link was that there were already two other red links to this format. I have in fact found some more detail [1]. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:55, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

I have now added more. I am not certain that the diplomat to Russia is the same man, but it is likely. I will leave you to see what more you can do: I probably will not. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:20, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Source

Yeah, you're right; it's the Musician Guide. There's no editorial policy on that site — we don't know who the writers are, what their cred is, if any, etc. — so it's by definition not reliable. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 14:53, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

BLP flag in project banners

Hi AllyD! I noticed you removed "BLP" status from Talk:Crimson Jazz Trio. Somewhere in the course of discussion around WP Biography|musicians-work-group it was recommended (if not required) to mark band articles as BLP as long as at least one member ist still living (in order to prevent legal problems et. al). I am not sure if you are aware of that recommendation ... At least, band member Tim Landers ist not marked as not being alive anymore ... Best regards, BNutzer (talk) 20:51, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

I put the subject up on Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Musicians#living.3Dyes_for_articles_about_musical_groups for clarification. BNutzer (talk) 21:17, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

FYI, I replied to BNutzer's question today (pointing to the discussion he was looking for), and it looks like his answer may not have been right. When putting a note on his talk page, I also noticed your discussion with him. Sorry to re-open the issue after both of you thought it was resolved. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 12:38, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: Some suggestions

Thanks for the feedback! FWIW I like the Penguin Guide: I used to think it was more "stuffy" and slanted toward the avant-garde (though Jimmy Smith is now in the Core Collection). But it is now my preferred resource; Allmusic got to a point where it seemed like the majority of everything I'd look up there had a glowing review/rating and I kind of gave up on taking it seriously. Just my $0.02. I do have the 1st edition of the Allmusic Guide to Jazz, which I've always liked, though some of the reviews and ratings differ in the online version. I've also never cared for what I believe is their over-categorization of sub-generes (mainly the online version). My understanding is that AMG began as some kind of database (of their own design, as opposed to using Oracle etc.), and I figured their categories were some by-product of this. I strongly suspect that their categorization scheme has been mirrored on Wikipedia (as I just haven't seen some genres mentioned anywhere else; e.g. see these comments) leading to some over-categorization on our part.

• Re: the Hot 5 & 7 recordings, I've consolidated all the individual JSP discs up on the same row with the box set, and I did the same with the individual Columbia discs: see "Notes" column. I went ahead and did this with the 1946-47 recordings, as well.
• Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve refers to a 10-CD set, which Penguin says is now deleted: maybe that's why they went with the single-disc.
• Re: the Art Ensemble, none of their albums even got four stars, much less "Core" or "Crown" listings (best showings were Fanfare for the Warriors and Urban Bushmen, each with "()".

Thanx again, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:02, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Comment

There's a Wikipedia administrative comment at the beginning of the Terry Silverlight article that's of concern, and this is a request to have it removed.

Time, care and effort has gone into making sure this article is written in a neutral, factual manner with reliable and significant third party references and citations. Every word was carefully examined to be sure nothing could be construed as promotional, superlative, or that could otherwise be construed as non-encyclopedic in nature, and follows carefully as possible the guidelines and standards of Wikipedia. At this point after much article editing, the attached comment no longer seems relevant.

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fjwihjs (talk • contribs) 00:47, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Replied at User_talk:Fjwihjs#Re_Talkpage_comment_and_Terry_Silverlight_article. AllyD (talk) 20:57, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for replying, and for your time and attention to my query. I also appreciate your observations during the editing process of the article, which helped Wikify it as much as possible. I would like to follow your suggestion to add that comment on the article's discussion page. I'm assuming you mean here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Terry_Silverlight. If so, it looks like I can't add anything to that page. It says: "The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page." The article's "talk page" leads to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terry_Silverlight which has no talk area, and the "the discussion" link leads back to the discussion address pasted above. I'm not sure what to do. I definitely want to leave the comment you suggested, but I'm not sure where. Could you please tell me if it's alright to go ahead and leave the comment on the "the discussion" page even though it says I shouldn't, or if there's somewhere else you have in mind, could you please forward the link. Thanks again for your help and courtesy. It's been an education! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fjwihjs (talk • contribs) 17:55, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Comment has been added to talk page

In my previous communication, I apologize for asking where to enter the comment you suggested. I think I figured out how to access the talk area of the page you were referring to. I'm still learning how to navigate around Wikipedia. Hopefully, what I wrote and where I placed it is what you had in mind. Thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fjwihjs (talk • contribs) 19:39, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Elina Duni

Made this edit so that your reference could show. Hope it's ok with you. --Sulmues ^(talk) 17:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I think she is notable, her father Spiro Duni, wasn't though and I sent him to AfD, and he didn't survive. She, instead IMO is notable, but Jazz and I are just two opposite worlds, it's just that she gives some hits in google. --Sulmues ^(talk) 17:46, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

New encyclopedism

This probably needs to be discussed at WP:AfD. I removed the prod and prod2. Bearian (talk) 20:15, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Flagicon

Hello AllyD, You reverted my edit, which I inserted a flagicon. I was not aware of the restrictions. I encountered one article though which has the flagicon.Frank Colon Then I thought, I could do the same. Good that I learned something. Thank you.Fusion is the future (talk) 19:47, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Category:Surrealist films

I have started a subpage with lists of films I am proposing for the two categories. Should the discussion be moved there? The majority of responses to my proposal were positive, with only Moni3 objecting. Can we now consider the matter closed? ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 15:28, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Unnecessary Tags

The next time you vandalize Wikipedia as you did Julio Cesar Badillo, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Goodfaith19 (talk) 17:055, 15 October 2010 —Preceding undated comment added 17:32, 15 October 2010 (UTC).

• User has been reported to WP:AIAV here. QuAzGaA 21:21, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

• A pity the user didn't put as much energy into actually addressing the notices by referencing the biography rather that removing tags from it and then splattering BLP notices onto pages about buildings and records. AllyD (talk) 22:35, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Music To Picture

Hello AllyD
A page was created entitled Music To Picture, and it is being considered for deletion by two administrators. I can partially see their point in that not much has been written about this album, even though the few references listed are legit and noteworthy. ASCAP is one of the three leading performance rights organizations and the link provided lists many songs Terry Silverlight has written that have been aired in TV and film. The other references listed are equally as reliable with references to Terry Silverlight's notable work. Whether this page is deleted or not isn't a major issue. The main concern is that they are implying a possible deletion of the main Terry Silverlight page. That I find unreasonable and will do whatever possible to dispute that. It's a concern that these two administrators are referring to the deletion warning that still exists on the Terry Silverlight discussion page. The fact is, that warning was issued early on in the article's life, and since that point everything needing improvement has been corrected. So, the warning at this point is completely inapplicable. Had the administrators been more thorough, they would have followed the edit history of the page and found that out for themselves. They're going back in time about something that no longer is a problem with that article. Before a response is made to the Music To Picture talk page, or any significant action is taken, I was hoping to get your advice how to proceed. Would you advise responding to them, or just let it go at this point? I'd like to prevent an issue with a new deletion for Terry Silverlight, so do you think it's best to step in now, or wait.
Thank you for your Wikipedia expertise.
Fjwihjs (talk) 19:45, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

• I think I should keep away from this AfD in terms of WP:CANVASS. AllyD (talk) 09:01, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

More Scottish contribution to Halloween

New user and found your name on Scotland WikiProject. The Halloween page is being revamped and it needs input from Scottish users on discussion as its too US centric right now. Getting more Scots input where Halloween was first celebrated, and guising, would give a balanced global overview of the holiday and its customs.ColinBurchill (talk) 15:16, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello Ally, anyone able to assist on Halloween discussion? A recent U.S. user stated to another user; "You've been making various assertions about the nature and origin of Halloween, but here you say you are not clear on the "role the Scots play in Halloween"? An understanding of the formation of the idea of Halloween in Scotland is necessary to understand what it became in the USA". Scotland has played a huge part in the history of Halloween and it needs Scottish contributors to give a true overview of it. Can you help please?, i've already posted on Scotland Wiki Project for assistance.ColinBurchill (talk) 11:10, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Ibrahim Maalouf

Well done for getting stuck into Ibrahim Maalouf! I had a bit of a sinking feeling when the publicity person, or whoever, added all that stuff and wiped out much of what had gone before, but I couldn't quite face it myself. Thank you taking it on and sorting it out a bit. Cheers, DBaK (talk) 16:39, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

• To be honest, I'm still not sure I did the right thing in adjusting forward from the IP/publicist's edit stomp, rather than reverting them back off. AllyD (talk) 22:11, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
  • It's tricky but actually yes, I think you did - especially with the trouble you and the other editor took to fix things up afterwards. I was a bit despairing when I saw what the IP had done, and did consider just reverting the lot, but then I suppose it would have been a bit WP:bitey, and not everything they did was actually bad - just a bit ignorant, in the purest non-pejorative sense, about what the encyclopaedia is and how it works. Given that they were only trying to improve the article - notwithstanding their unfortunate and somewhat COI-ish approach - we probably will end up with a better article in the end. I hope. Thanks again! Best wishes DBaK (talk) 00:22, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Re: Black Jazz Records

If I had come across this, I would have (more likely) jettisoned the entire (uncited) third paragraph, along with the new addition; or (less likely) wrapped the third paragraph with {{Cn-span}} (and delete the new edit). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:41, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

I went ahead and made the edit. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:59, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Lacan and M. Mannoni

Good points. I'm building Mannoni from Fr Wiki, but hope to get more material soon from Roudinesco (in translation!). When and if I do, I'll see if it integrates at all within the Lacan text, and hopefully remove the "See also" at the same time. Jacobisq (talk) 12:54, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho

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Nicola Della Valle

Hi, I just want to let you know that I removed the prod from Nicola Della Valle and redirected the page to Miodio. J04n(talk page) 22:01, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Salman Gambarov

Hi, and thank you for your attention on my work. I added two more references and hope now it's better sourced! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kheo17 (talk • contribs) 00:37, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out the issues with Psalm 150 (band)

I've provided a reliable source and I think I've cleaned it up sufficiently now. I don't see an entry for the article at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion so all that's left to be done is for you to remove the prod. Thanks again. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:45, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, it needs better references, but there are bands in that source that take up less space. Psalm 150 gets just over a full column, and some bands only get 1/4 of a column. I wouldn't supply that reference for them. Thanks again. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:37, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Jazz Royalties

Beautiful. Prod = Proposal to delete. I hadn't seen or read that acronym anyplace else. I did see that, but "Prod" didn't register. After I research the rules, I'll write more Tapered (talk) 20:21, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

On further reflection: at BEST, this article is worth a heading "Royal Nicknames" in the Nicknames of jazz musicians article, but if jazz fans feel the need to put trivia like this in Wikipedia, it's not wasting enough of the site's bandwidth to be worth my time to deal with it. Frank Zappa was right; "Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny." http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tapered (talk • contribs) 05:34, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

• I'm not an enthusiast on "royal" nicknames myself (or anything else royal come to that). But there was something there as a sociological phenomenon at least in the 20s-30s, with King Oliver, Duke Ellington Count Basie, and can't be completely ignored; that subsection approach looks a decent idea. But best discussed on the article Talk page. I'll copy these points over to there this evening. AllyD (talk) 07:08, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Contemporary jazz

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Contemporary jazz. Gyrofrog (talk) 22:55, 11 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{pls}}) -- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:55, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, AllyD. You have new messages at Ebe123's talk page.
Message added 21:33, 12 April 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

I could archive your talk page for you if you want. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 21:34, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Notable being established in sandbox

Re: List of jazz pianists‎; 22:12 . . (-20) . . AllyD (talk | contribs) (Undid revision 424924172 by Betty4 (talk) -nonnotable redlink)

Redlink? There are old redlinks all over Wikipedia. I just started this article less than 24 hours ago. You're too quick on the trigger. This article is in the sandbox. Notability is being established off-line. Ricardo Scales "IS" a notable jazz pianist! Wikipedia suggests that contributors "NOT BITE" other new contributors to avoid discouragement. Give a contributor ample time to gather all necessary data before undoing someone else's hard work. --Betty4 (talk) 22:21, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reply at User_talk:Betty4#Redlinks_on_lists AllyD (talk) 07:09, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: Asylum Street Spankers

Sheesh! Given the abusive language, I think in this case a single warning would have been in order - in fact, I went ahead and left one for the anonymous editor. There was an earlier series of similar edits from another IP address, but it looks like the same ISP - I went ahead and left a warning for them, too, even though it was a couple of months ago. If the IP address continues to change, I think we'd need to semi-protect the article. I'll watchlist the article in the meantime. Thanks, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 14:56, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

I have gone ahead and blocked the anon. IP for 1 month. The edits are so intermittent that I didn't see any point in the usual 24-hour first block. Given that the IP's only edits have been potentially libelous additions to that one particular article, I think the lengthy block is justified. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 16:00, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Similau

I am not sure the Henry Martin text is the reference I would have picked for this. Considering I transcribed the score, recorded it on a CD I produced, and had talked to Russell myself (around 1999), this is really not where the information came from. But, I have the Martin book at work and cannot look at it until later...let me see what you are looking at.

I am thinking pretty serious of doing a "Bird in Igor's Yard" page (have Russell's score he gave to me). I have full anaylsis of the score and neatly redone into Encore.

Jcooper1 (talk) 14:47, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edgar C. Otálvora

I read it and I could not find references of this biography article, then I put tag for nomination.--—AssassiN's Creed ^(talk) 22:37, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Assassin

I've talked to an admin who has also been dealing with this mess. I mentioned the two new AfD's. Said I was done trying and could they do whatever needs to come next. Admin is currently not on-line. Assassin hasn't edited for a few hours, so I wasn't in a hurry. If you feel this needs to goto ANI, I'd support it 100%. Bgwhite (talk) 22:00, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

The admin responded to his talk page. Bgwhite (talk) 00:25, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Hubertine Heijermans

Hello, here they speak french, but wikipedia has no swiss section. The french Swiss are under supervision of fr.wikipedia. The Italian Swiss have it.wikipedia, the German Swiss are on de.wikip. The French from France do NOT read even the largest Swiss papers, do hardly know a thing about Swiss museums. Only dead Swiss artists or famous are accepted in France. The article Hubertine Heijermans was written by Paldopaldino in french, and was removed without warning, he just told me he saw pink flags. No discussion, because he does not know how to find the place to talk. He has Italian mother language, writes English with difficulty and worse, understands no dutch. Yet he asked me to help. Paldopaldino is steward and flies long distances, he is seldom at home with his family, therefore he is fast on computers to keep contact on earth. Many references, useful for the article is information from too long ago. All the professors are dead. Only Swietlan Kraczyna is alive, but his native language is Russian. I have a problem to get enough links. But without english nobody in England, Holland, or in the world can read the article. I do not understand why the Internet website with so many paintings cannot serve as a link? The reader finds a portrait of Isabelle Adjani there, where she is an actress in the film 'La Reine Margot.' That is public. Can one image of Adjani serve as a link? How to send it. i do not master the long explanation about sending. Thanks, Kalaharih--Kalaharih (talk) 22:21, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

• There is no problem with citations in other languages; after all, the one I found is in French. But the article does need references, not least because it is a biography of a living person. And I am sceptical about whether Ms Heijermans meets the notability criteria for artists, which is another reason for seeking references. Perhaps criterion #4 is the best bet, and I thought the Museum van Bommel van Dam might support that, but her works are not listed under "Highlights uit de Collectie" on their website. So I do urge you to seek out references that can meet the criteria, if possible. AllyD (talk) 22:48, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, no mention in Highlights, but Museum van Bommel van Dam started Highlights later then in the beginning of the 70s. i am sorry to say that you may not have seen the Musée Jenisch where a list is public on their site with the name under H on it. It says Cabinet d'Estampes and ' liste'. this site figures on Wikipedia. They included new work in 2007. But not only museums make a painter gain notoriety. Much depends on his technique, obviously needing an art expert or restorer to establish that criterium. It is late for today, goodnight. Kalahari--Kalaharih (talk) 01:05, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello,

I am very sorry, that I did not use the sandbox at all, I hope i can offer my excuses to other wikipedians because I only now saw, that I had to do trials in the sandbox to get a view, while instead I save the page, and everybody sees every tiny correction. Really stupid of me, Kalaharih--Kalaharih (talk) 18:49, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

• There's nothing wrong with making successive edits in the article itself. But, as I said before, what the article needs is references to establish the subject's notability. The footnotes that have been added are references to the existence of various institutions and people, but do not attest to the subject of the article or demonstrate her notability. For example, there is no point in referencing Singapore as a country; nobody doubts it exists, the issue is whether Ms Heijermans' exhibition there was notable (critical reviews in newspapers for example?) AllyD (talk) 22:30, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

It is best to discuss article improvements in a slightly more public place, so I've copied my comments above to Talk:Hubertine Heijermans where it would be best to continue any further discussion on this topic. AllyD (talk) 22:34, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Hubertine Heijermans

In your talk of 2.32, 14 july 2011 you are right to ask for a clear link, that fortunately i was able to trace. You can find it on *Newspapers Singapore The Straits Times 1994 Any contact I try with Nancy Roach became impossible, because the Gallery does not exist any longer and the person went to Australia. It is right to need to show links, thank you again for making me aware.Kalaharih--Kalaharih (talk) 15:00, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Casbah Roadhouse

Hi AllyD

19:08, 3 October 2011 January (talk | contribs) deleted "Casbah Roadhouse" ‎ (Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.casbahroadhouse.com/#!about-us (CSD G12))

I own the website http://www.casbahroadhouse.com and I see that you deleted my page. I would like to try and create it again please.

Thank you

Darren1111 (talk) 19:17, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

• Responded at User_talk:Darren1111#Casbah_Roadhouse. AllyD (talk) 17:21, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

For adding that BBC News ref to the Teeside railway viaduct article. I presume I can just copy that format now for other news sources (obviously changing the date and such like)? I have a bit of coding experience so this is slowly making sense to me....The article has been saved from deletion anyway by the looks of it if I'm reading things right. Things certainly move fast around here...the page changed 3 times while I was looking at it tonight!

JagMoore (talk) 19:49, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Charlie Allan (musician) - Saor Patrol

Hi AllyD, thank you for watching my articles about Charlie Allan (musician) and Saor Patrol. I now added more references. I hope it's all right now, if not please give me information what more you need. In germany the "watchers" all work different. Someone deleted the references and gave his okay to the articles. Looking forward to your answer. Greetings from germany HeinzMz (talk) 12:24, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi AllyD, in "Charlie Allan (musican) and "Soar Patrol" I placed more references. Part of them are retrieved by "WikHead". Is that okay now? GreetingsHeinzMz (talk) 09:31, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

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Nomination of Nikita Denisenkov for deletion

notability guidelines for artists (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums. Saatchi Gallery, London, UK is 100% such resource not mentioning others in External links section.

Proposed deletion And also: Renominations: Once the proposed deletion of a page has been objected to by anyone, it may not be proposed for deletion again. It also has Old prod full tag for further editors

Please open Deletion discussions if you still consider it for deletion.

Lavd^{Let's dialogue} 17:22, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

• Now warned this user twice about removing AfD notices. AllyD (talk) 17:28, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Renominations: Once the proposed deletion of a page has been objected to by anyone, it may not be proposed for deletion again. Lavd^{Let's dialogue} 17:33, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

• And that is why it is now in another process - the Articles for Deletion process that allows a full discussion. So the AfD notice must be left in place to facilitate this discussion by you and by any other editors. AllyD (talk) 17:36, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

November 2011

Please do not remove Biographies of Living Persons prods from an article unless it contains at least one reliable source or was created before 18 March 2010, as you did with Liam Stubbs. If you oppose the deletion of an article under this process, please consider sourcing the article or commenting at the respective talk page. Thank you. According to the WP:BLPPROD Unlike standard proposed deletion, the BLP deletion template may be removed only after the biography contains a reliable source that supports at least one statement made about the person in the article. If the biography remains unsourced after ten days, the biography may be deleted. Clarkcj12 (talk) 00:02, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about that thanks for letting me know. --Clarkcj12 (talk) 00:13, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Researcher's Barnstar

		Researcher's Barnstar
		I am both pleased and honored to present you with the Researcher's Barnstar in appreciation for your superb work in finding sources showing Robert Florence notable enough to be included within Wikipedia. While research is not always easy, it is always appreciated. Excellent work! Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 04:21, 21 November 2011 (UTC))

London Awards for Art and Performance

Please allow this page, as I own the website from which I contributed the initial text, www.londonfestivalfringe.com. Thanks. Gregtallent (talk) 12:27, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

• If you own the website, then there is a clear conflict of interest. AllyD (talk) 12:48, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I understand. The page is for information purposes only. The London Awards have to be mentioned somewhere on Wikipedia. Thanks. Gregtallent (talk) 13:19, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Marea Gazzard

hi, thanks for the note. given she has an AO CBE, some wp:before before the prod would have been nice. (but then nobody else does). 198.24.31.123 (talk) 17:56, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Wilhelm Edner

Hello,

I was replaying the speedy deletion marked on Wilhelm Edner. He´s a well known entrepenour and a writer, i´ll develop further the article. --Parksinta (talk) 21:19, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

• Replied on user's page. AllyD (talk) 22:05, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

I´m spanish, but i got to know about this man and its company in Malmo, Sweden, i´ve ask for help and there´ll be an swedish article and some better references, thanks ! --Parksinta (talk) 22:13, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Arvinder Singh Bubber

Just wanted to thank you for adding to this article. Ottawahitech (talk) 20:07, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Lucas Banker

Thank you for the warning. several citations and references have been added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdommin (talk • contribs) 22:29, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

nik.. .

Thank you for the fix. I am sorry to say I did not know I should not have removed those maintenance templates. Two faults on my part: (1) I did not realize that actual book reference and a youtube-clip about the book background were not good citations. I agree that reputed reviews are valid citations. I've not been able to locate any that I would call reputed. Will work on that. Maybe I'll get some help from others here. (2) I assumed that having done a change, I could remove the maintenance parts. And, if necessary, they would be brought back in. That was a bad decision. So, I guess I should leave the maintenance parts in after editing the page and they would be removed by reviewers if the page is deemed to have fulfilled the requirements. --nik 05:47, 7 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nik.. . (talk • contribs)

Alan Stransman

Hey, I noticed that you've flagged the article on Alan Stransman as review due to "non-credible sources". However, at this time, very little information is available on Stransman so as a result it's hard to find sources that Wikipedia would deem "reliable". However, in the future, when more sources appear on the topic, I will add more sources to make the article more credible.

• Dimre01 (talk) 23:23, 12 December 2011 (UTC)