User talk:78.26/archive2021-1

very late responses

@Davey2010:, @Scope creep: profuse apologies for the extreme delays in responding. I have been very, very busy in personal life lately and I don't see it improving for the next few months. Professionally, it's great. Wikipedia wise, it's gonna be a bit tough. Nevertheless, that doesn't excuse the "I'll get around to responding to kind people" and then never doing so. So that said, I hope your 2021 is going swell so far, and your well wishes are most certainly appreciated, and returned with fervor. All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:37, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Melchior Hoffmann

January songs

Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud

Did you see that a Magnificat by him began the new year? Best wishes! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Did you know.... that this lovely piece is among my all-time favorite musical selections, and was the cause of my creating the Hoffman article in the first place? Thank you so much for writing this, and may joy, kindness, and easy-to-find reliable sources be yours this year! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 01:04, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

I heard this delightful piece on 13 December, which prompted me to write the article. It was moved, twice, and you may be interested in the discussion of "Kleines Magnificat" on the talk. It's such a great piece - expressing contrasting moods in a concise, often tender way - that it should not be belittled, and "kleines" made only sense when comparing to Bach's giant one. - I was also prompted to write about the church. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:14, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy Wikipedia 20, - proud of a little bit on the Main page today, and 5 years ago, and 10 years ago, look: create a new style - revive - complete! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:55, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

... and today proud of a pic I took --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:57, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

... and today of Vision pictured (not by me), with Arik Brauer in the news, so art in Vienna twice --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: As per above, I profusely apologize I have not responded to your message. Your contributions to music articles continue to amaze me, and I'm glad you have been able to accomplish so much, sometimes despite adversity. I hope to get back to article writing myself soon, having open libraries near me would help. In the meantime, I wish your life to be filled with joy, and great music. All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:40, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Help

Hello, I am seeking help in the replacement of a redirect with a draft article. I have asked for advice, but have not yet received any specific instruction on how to proceed with this purpose. I only wish to know who I have to speak to in order to carry this out. For reference, I wish to replace the redirect for Hector Carlos Lora to the Draft: Hector Carlos Lora. Previous editors have told me that it is no longer a matter of whether the article is well-written, but a matter of why the redirect should be replaced. Because I believe this person meets the general notability requirement, I believe it should be replaced. I only want to know who I have to speak to and convince of this matter. Thank you for your time and for your help, I kindly ask for your advice. LMPAJ (talk) 19:35, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Hello @LMPAJ:, there is no "one" person to talk with about this. Wikipedia is a collaborative project, and decisions are generally made by consensus. You have two of our best editors who have reviewed this topic, Praxidicae and Robert McClenon. I generally agree with their assessment, that the topic is not notable judging from the sources provided. The main problem is that the sources provided are hyper-local in scope. A town's newspaper generally does not convey notability to that town's mayor by covering him, it is run-of-the-mill coverage. You state on your user page that you don't have a conflict of interest, but rather a passion for your hometown. That's great! Interest like that helps improve Wikipedia. May I suggest that rather than trying to create an article about the mayor, you try to improve the "History" section of the main Passaic, New Jersey article? Of particular interest to me is the claim about station W2XCD, but that claim doesn't have a source and could be removed if challenged. I hope that helps. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 22:34, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

User:LMPAJ - As User:78.26 says, in Wikipedia, decisions are made by consensus. (If you act like a paid advocate for one person, other editors will ask if you are a paid advocate.) You should be asking how to obtain consensus, so I will try to address that question. You need to start a discussion. One place for the discussion would be on the talk page of the parent article, Talk:Passaic, New Jersey. Another option would be to tag the redirect at Hector Carlos Lozada for deletion and start a discussion at Redirects for Discussion. Those are my suggestions at this point. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you both for your help! I will definitely look into the Passaic article for improvements, and I will improve the sources so as to strengthen the article's notability. Thank you Robert and 78.26, you have both been very helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LMPAJ (talk • contribs) 16:58, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Notice of Administrators' noticeboarddiscussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is [[1]]. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:26, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

I may have botched the notice, but this is a courtesy notice about the third Michael Sayman deletion discussion, and you closed the second. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:29, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Hello Wikipedia World! One Question...

Hello All, this is my first Talk Page message after beginning drafts for the Vratislav Stula biography. I received a "talk" message today claiming all of my wikimedia images may be deleted. The media I have upload are my own documents, from my archives, my property, my images from my camera, and do not have any copyrights associated. Ironically, the "talk" message I received to delete my media has disappeared. Did I upload my images incorrectly? Was the "talk" message claiming to delete my images legitimate? Thank you Wikipedians! Cheers --GerardPaulStula (talk) 18:36, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Welcome, GerardPaulStuly! Your uploads are at the Commons, and you received cross-project notifications of messages on your talk page there; just go to your Commons talk page to view them. Schazjmd (talk) 18:41, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

reping to fix my misspelling: GerardPaulStula - sorry! Schazjmd (talk) 18:44, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Money

Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular country or socio-economic context.[1][2][3] The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value and sometimes, a standard of deferred payment.[4][5] Any item or verifiable record that fulfils these functions can be considered as money Fatiheart (talk) 17:41, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Fatiheart:. I presume you are testing how the Wikipedia interface works, rather than specifically trying to send me a message. In any case, welcome to Wikipedia! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:19, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

How do I do that I'm new please guide me Fatiheart (talk) 15:46, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

And please name And biology you seem to be nice Fatiheart (talk) 15:47, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Macro

After reading this personal attack on a notable deceased editor I would discourage you from engaging further on the topic of "notability" of said label, it's not deserved. Best Acousmana (talk) 12:04, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I'm judging the topic, not the participants. The offer of mentorship was summarily rejected, don't worry it won't be offered again. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:22, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Well I guess that's fair enough. Personally speaking, if the rules of play are clearly set-out, and an editor chooses to not properly engage, it's difficult not to judge conduct over content - particularly if it's apparent that self-interest is a motivating factor. Acousmana (talk) 11:34, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Afternoon Records AfD

Hey, I withdrew my nomination after your explanation of what MPR is, but I still feel the need to respond to other parts of your comment. If you read the argument more closely, you will realize I didn't bring up NMUSIC, the Keep !voter did. It was also part of their undeletion request [2]. On the other hand, I was centering the conversation back to NCORP, the real test of notability for record labels. Mottezen (talk) 17:27, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Mottezen, thanks for writing! I'm not entirely sure that is a notable record label, but there is at least one good source. That's not enough to meet GNG or NCORP. Now, I don't think NCORP applies to record labels in all cases, but I'm fine with it applying to ongoing concens such as Afternoon, because the purpose of the more strict NCORP is to prevent spam which so many of our corporate articles are prone to. I have not done a deep search for additional sources on this topic. A search is hindred because of the inconvenient name, a search for "Afternoon Records" gives a lot of weather reports. In other cases I think NMUSIC#5 is the best guide we have for record labels. The important thing to remember is "Can we build an article about the topic that is 1. Long enough to present information of encyclopedic value 2. Neutrally worded 3. Free of plagarism. All of our policies are designed to meet these goals. Slavish adherence to guidelines is occasionally at cross-purposes with the goals of Wikipedia, and I'm concerned when people serve guidelines for the guideline's sake, rather than for our real purpose. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 20:36, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for answering this. After withdrawing my nomination, I tried to expand the article and I reviewed all the sources presented more closely. I realized that the source isn't really about the company, but about the founder and his multiple projects (thus potentially failing WP:CORPDEPTH). The three sources that go in any amount of depth include a hefty amount of praise for the founder. I quickly realized the only thing I could write to expand this article is the feel-good story on a teenage musician who started a record label out of his bedroom. There is no way not to make this promotional, so I'm not interested in writing about it.

I agree that it's hard to look for sources for this company. I drew my original conclusion that this failed NCORP based on the fact that the Star Tribune, the largest newspaper in Minnesota, only made mentions-in-passing of this label. Minnesota where this label mostly operates.

Do you think I could start a third nomination after having withdrawn my previous one? Mottezen (talk) 21:04, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

You can. However, I think your efforts may be better spent elsewhere. There's lots more blatant spam out there that needs to be gotten rid of, and there is certainly some degree of notability with this label. It is debatable whether the Minnesota Daily is a local piece, as the fourth largest newspaper in the state, it could be argued this is regional coverage, not local. So I think this is one of those organizations on the bleeding edge of notability, and the discussion could go either way. Which means lots of volunteer resources arguing about it which could be better spent elsewhere. That's just my opinion. However, there is no policy reason I can think of which would preclude you re-nominating, since you were the one who pre-emptively closed your own nomination. (under other circumstances, creating an AfD recently closed as "keep" would be considered disruptive unless significant new information came to light) By the way, I didn't explain very well what I meant when I said "link between NORG and NMUSIC." I was referring to your sentence "if it can't even meet WP:NORG, it certainly doesn't "meet WP:MUSIC's sense of one of the more important indie labels." I was trying to point out that it should be the other way around, because NMUSIC#5 can be a much less strict guideline than NORG. All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:26, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Tamagotchi... the musical?

Hello there!

I was just wondering if you would at all be willing to send me the contents of a long-deleted article titled something along the lines of "Tamagotchi... the musical?!". It was a local production in my town of Newcastle, Australia, and I am conducting some research for a piece pursuant to the musical's 10th anniversary this year. If you can offer me anything, or if I am going about this completely incorrectly, do feel free to email me at tablewaterfortwo@gmail.com.

Thank you so much in advance for your consideration, Jack.

2001:8003:26F7:CB00:51F2:DDE9:F5B8:5FE0 (talk) 09:52, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jack. I'm afraid I can't find it. I'd need to know the exact title of the old article. I've made a number of guesses, but all of them were incorrect. I also tried looking for of the Wikipedia mirrors that retain deleted article, but also to no avail. Very sorry, and good luck with your quest. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 13:25, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

close

Perfectly worded close for Nathalie Cohen. I'm impressed. DGG ( talk ) 05:38, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you liked it. Wasn't perfect, I made a grammatical error by leaving out an important "and" in the last sentence. In an ideal Wikipedia, several participating editors would completely re-write the article with available reliable sources. But if they're like me, they're not finding enough time to even edit in topic areas that interest them. Thanks for all your hard work here. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 14:22, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for thanks

Thanks for the "Thanks". By the way two of the redlinks on your future articles list I have already created as well, if they are referring to who I think they are referring to. Abe Elenkrig and Joseph Frankel (musician). I put musician on the latter because there is a professor and some other people with the same name.--Dan Carkner (talk) 20:03, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Dan Carkner: Indeed, many thanks! These were on my list as I own several of the Victor/Columbia 78rpm discs by these artists, and had long intended to find out more about them. Now you've done my work for me! Lovely articles, too. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 20:09, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

No problem. Researching these guys has kept me sane while being stuck at home in the past year!--Dan Carkner (talk) 20:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Deletion request

@78.26:

Can you please delete Category:Firefighter user templates, which I created. I replaced it with a much better and bigger, Category: First responder user templates. Catfurball (talk) 20:56, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Catfurball:  Done 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Draft: Klaudia Kudelko

Hi ,I have created Draft:Klaudia Kudelko about a polish concert pianist. I am hoping you will take a look at it and give me some constructive criticism.Thank you in advance for any input you may offer. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards  --Deanna Coakley  (talk) 21:03, 19 May 2021 (UTC).

Record Label and related pages (Please Help)

Hi, You are an admin and seem to be very knowledgable about music specifically. Can I ask you questions about trying to edit an article to get it approved? 168.229.254.25 (talk) 12:23, 26 May 2021 (UTC)168.229.254.25 Hello 168... You can ask questions, of course. My knowledge of record labels is skewed towards pre-1980 dates. I can't promise to get your article approved, but I can help with things like WP:Notability and wp:npov. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 13:39, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

This is in relation to this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mint_400_Records This is some information from another user who I've seen is a contributor to that page "They have bands on the Billboard charts, bands on the NACC charts (which is the new CMJ), bands with members who are in major label bands, past mentions of their artists in notable press outlets like Alternative Press, Brooklyn Vegan, Paste, etc. and they have close to 400 records available through Sony Distribution of which I added the correct link to Label.FM's up to date discography. Secondly The Aquarian and NJ.com (Part of the Star Ledger and Jersey Journal) are major New Jersey musical press outlets, in fact there aren't bigger outlets in NJ that cover music."
I was researching this and I was looking into all of the available New Jersey press outlets and this label is mentioned in all of them so I began to look around Wikipedia to see if any of the main writers of the press were accredited on wikipedia especially because in New Jersey they only have a handful of press people and publications that have been around for a few decades. It appears that another admin deleted every page that had to do with the press outlets in New Jersey including some of the bigger writers like Jim Testa, Bob Makin and Gary Wein. Here are some of my questions:
Why would writers who work for the biggest publications in NJ for like 4 decades not be considered credible press sources? Aside from that, I researched about a hundred labels that are of similar size and actually are of lower importance and they have pages without issues. Now I know all about "Other stuff exists" but when another editor provided tons of references another admin referred to the draft as "Reference bombed", I would think for wikipedia this wouldn't be a thing? How is having too much proof that this subject is notable a bad thing? I wanted to know what stuff on that page is useless stuff that should be deleted? Because the main issue from what I can gather is that the subject is only mentioned in passing, but they are the producers of the work that is being mentioned in major publications. For instance they are the label for Pencey Prep, this band features Frank Iero from My Chemical Romance, in 2 or 3 separate articles they are mentioned in Alternative Press, Kerrang, NME but there is no mention of Mint 400 Records. But Mint 400 is the label that is producing the product that this press is talking about. So what is "in passing" mean? Does a record label have to have articles written directly about itself in order for it to not be in passing? Because I was under the assumption when I was reading the Record Label Project Wiki that the quality scale doesn't really count for record labels because of this. I understand this label is going to get marked as "of low importance" because it is within the wiki scope of things not that important but there are thousands of labels with pages that are designated this way too. My plan was to actually start with some of the NJ labels I thought would easily be able to have a page and work my way down to the smaller ones but I've only worked on 2 different articles and one was already published and this one seems like it's a catch 22 to be able to move it forward. Last question, an admin put a stop sign on the page saying "ask for advice", this is what I am doing right now. Can that stop sign be taken off so I can continue along with the other couple editors that are working on it to edit and submit this page? Sorry for the novel 168.229.254.25 (talk) 12:34, 27 May 2021 (UTC)168.229.254.25

I'll warn you, part of the problem is that there is a very long history of very promotional editing regarding this label, which has editors biased against it. Myself included. I would suggest you try a different label. Given your immediate interest in this label after it has been deleted yet again, please declare any WP:COI you have with this label. That doesn't mean you can't edit it, but it does mean you need to work through other editors such as myself who have no personal or financial ties to the topic. So... regarding refbombing, give me the two very best, most indepth, most independent sources on the label you have. Most of what you are saying runs counter to WP:NOTINHERITED. What the standard for "in-depth" means is unique to individual editors, that's why we make consensus decisions at wp:afd. To me, in-depth does not mean "three page article in billboard about the company", or "PBS documentary on the topic by Ken Burns", but it means you need a lot more than "Band X was signed to the label" or "Band X releases Album Y on Z Records". Those are passing mentions. What sources talk about the founding of the label, the operations of the label, the impact the label has had on culture? In my opinion, putting together passing mentions to create an article about the albums releases is advertising for an ongoing concern. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 13:23, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, that makes so much sense and I wasn't aware of most of that. I and a few people I know who were continuing to edit that page were doing it because of this podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k4TMWXYil1XvvdIpCN6zR?si=194e1e2dc21b4223 and the bands on the label were the entire North New Jersey scene from 1999-2004, the label scooped up every band that was selling out venues locally and projects that were led by a bunch of scene veteran musician people later on. However, I don't have access to any of the physical newspaper articles and they would be passing mentions because the label didn't exist back then. I was pretty sure that because they have done festivals with thousands of people for about 5 years in a row that the press from those would warrant a page but I guess it doesn't so I won't be working on it anymore. I'm a fan of the bands that were from that 1999-2004 era who were on the label, I'm not in any of them or personal friends with any of them. Unfortunately all the other pages I wanted to create are offshoots of this and smaller local labels and if I can't get the biggest of the group an approved page, I'm pretty sure none of them will get approved. I also don't know that you're allowed to quote podcasts because this would be the most in depth interview I could find. Thank you again so much for the information, you saved me a lot of wasted time. 168.229.254.25 (talk) 12:11, 2 June 2021 (UTC)168.229.254.25

help with this page

hi there! i came across your profile and i was wondering if you could tell me if you think this page actually is worthy of wikipedia or if it's not. here's a draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Emma_Jonnz

thanks!

wikilove

You couldn't possibly pick a topic about which I am less knowledable (instagram, fashion, etc.). Of the sources listed, they are certainly not "passing mentions", but they look like PR releases, not independent, reliable sources. To me "instagram influencer" is not very encyclopedic, we're not an up-to-date pop culture journal. Aside from reading like PR, the claims are vague "influenced countless...." so unless you have better sources I don't think it is WP:N, keep in mind Biographies of Living Persons has strict requirements regarding sourcing. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:13, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Deletion request

@78.26:

Can you please delete Category:Album and song user templates, which I created. I didn't know how many album and song userboxes there were until I looked. So I created to new ones to replace it. Category:Album user templates and Category:Song user templates. Catfurball (talk) 20:59, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

@Catfurball::  Done 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:05, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

What do you think

What do you think about this? How can I have a rational conversation with someone who writes, "Wow. I woke up in the mood to masturbate, but seeing this just killed my morning woodie like a sexually frustrated lumberjack." [3] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vmavanti (talk • contribs) 12:02, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

@Vmavanti: What I think is that seeing two productive editors engage in anti-collaboration like that is... disheartening, and that I'd much rather look at almost anything else, for instance this excellent edit. What I think about the comment you reference is that out-of-context, it is disgusting. Upon reading the comment in-context, I still think it is disgusting. While It's not technically a personal attack, he's talking about his own reaction, but it certainly violates WP:CIVIL is it is intended to offend, and not promote collaborative editing. Therefore I would request of isento, please take out your trash, the rest of us have to live here too. With Vmavanti's permission (which is needed because that, um, prose has been responded to) can we remove the conversation starting with the 14:02, 21 May 2021 (UTC) post? There's nothing there that slightly assists with improving the encyclopedia. Speaking of collaborative editing, I'd like to thank D1119 (the newest, least experienced editor) for being the adult in the room, citing polcy to back up his position, approaching the controversy with humility, and trying to edit collaboratively. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 16:56, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

I've been told I'm still a kid at heart... anyway, I know all the policies and the guidelines, the rhetoric. But experience still counts for something. So try being insulted insidiously over a long period of time by someone as obstinate about one specific thing as Vmavanti, while keeping cool for as long as you could (see just this recent encounter at an FAN of mine), and then maybe you'll feel, to quote him, a "little heart" for me here. Not that I need it. I've seen now administrative intervention works well enough, and his block gives me some security so that I don't have to resort to anything "disgusting" again. If this response disappoints you again, don't ping me about the past. As you see from the talk page, that doesn't encourage much good. Thanks. isento (talk) 17:43, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, 78.26. I appreciate the kind words. I can't say I was totally level-headed the entire time-- I started the issue by reverting the initial edit a few times and saying vmavanti talked like a supervillain over on isento's talk page. A good learning experience for all I hope. D1119 (talk) 08:52, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Rick Foster for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Rick Foster is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rick Foster until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Boleyn (talk) 20:34, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I want you to help my friend, please

Hello, I want you to help my friend, please Long live Egypt (talk) 16:09, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

I will help, to the best of my ability, any editor who requests assistance, so long as the requested help is within Wikipedia's policies. For instance, I will not edit on a blocked editor's behalf (proxy edit.) As I have no idea what kind of help you are requesting, I can't make any promises. My talents have significant limits. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 16:29, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Page protection

Hi 78.26,

Long time, no see (so to speak). I hope all is well in these uncertain times.

I would like to request page protection for Houston. Really, any page for a major city should have it. This page gets a ton of traffic, and there are many fly-by-night edits that are just wrong. Somebody just changed the numbers for the racial demographic chart, and they were wrong. While this has not happened recently, to my knowledge, it has happened before, and it is really tedious to recheck the numbers in the table each time somebody changes it. Perhaps requiring autoconfirmed users would help.

Thanks, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 21:24, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Always good to hear from you! We have this weird idea that "anybody can edit", so pages aren't protected easily. That said, there's a lot of low-level disruptive editing over a long period of time. I've given it the lowest form of protection, Pending Changes, for three months. That means that edits by IPs and brand new users won't be seen by readers unless a Pending Changes reviewer approves. Let me know if that works, if the problems persist let's revisit the erros of my ways. Speaking of Pending Changes Reviewer, I've granted you that permission. If you don't want it it's easily removed. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:38, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Lee Erwin

I have added a couple of pieces of information from this newspaper article. In the fourth column it tells that after Erwin no longer worked for Arthur Godfrey, he toured with Gloria Swanson "for years". Unfortunately, the article gives few details about that tour, such as what years they toured or what they did. Perhaps she talked about her career and one her films was shown with him playing organ. It's interesting but probably too lacking in specifics to add to the draft. What do you think? Eddie Blick (talk) 02:47, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

@Teblick: I'm quite certain that is related to the "Queen Kelly" score Erwin first did for ATOS. See page 19 of [4] (in article as reference "atos2"). Somewhere else it mentioned a vague "tour" with Swanson in relation to this, but I ignored it. Your source makes me think we should include it somehow. I'm guessing it wasn't a full-time "tour", but the film was shown periodically in various places over a couple of years, and Swanson would show up, and Erwin played his score. Back over to you, Eddie, what do you think? 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 13:21, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

I just read that part of the article that you linked, and I agree with your "guessing". I think that is a reasonable conclusion from the brief mentions in the two articles. I hope to do some research about Erwin after lunch. Maybe more about this topic will turn up then. I agree that it would be good to include that "tour" somewhere in the article. Eddie Blick (talk) 16:47, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

This article has a bit more about "the tour". In the story's third column: "The American premiere of Queen Kelly ... inspired the two artists to take off on a six-month tour of the eastern United States with a retrospective of Swanson's career." I think that adds enough to merit inclusion. I'll leave it to you to decide where to put it in the article and how much to include. Eddie Blick (talk) 18:43, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

@Teblick: that's an excellent find! It fills in a few gaps I was hoping to find. I'll add those, and fill in the Swanson material as well. Should be worth a sentence or two. Many thanks! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 19:22, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

I'm glad that I could help. Unfortunately, that seems to be the extent of my contributions. I checked my old-time radio reference books and did not find him mentioned. I also had little success in online radio-related magazines, finding only an article about the "Little Godfreys" that mentioned Erwin in passing. Newspaper articles pretty much repeated what you already had in the article, except for localized references when he was playing somewhere. I'm sorry that I couldn't come up with more. Eddie Blick (talk) 21:25, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

@Teblick: Well I certainly appreciate it. All in all, not bad for a journey that began with an album in a small pile I aquired, and even though I've been collecting records for.... decades, I wondered "Who's he?" and then found nothing here. Cheers! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:33, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Sometimes a brief encounter like that is enough of a spark to lead to an interesting article. I have had a few similar experiences when I was doing research for an article and spotted an unrelated name in a magazine or newspaper. I often don't find enough material for an article, but when I do it feels good to be able to add to Wikipedia. Eddie Blick (talk) 23:22, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

@Teblick:I've incorporated the St.Louis reference. Let me know if you think that's about the right weight and accuracy to give to the Gloria Swanson tour. (I'm slightly concerned re:SYNTH.) Thank you again for your valuable assistance, it is always a pleasure. I think I'm going to move this to mainspace soon, I have no further sources. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 02:39, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

That looks fine to me. I think the addition fits in nicely there. I enjoyed hearing from you again, and I'm glad that I could contribute just a bit to the article. If I happen to see any additional useful information about Lee Erwin in the future, I will get back in touch with you. I agree that the article is ready to go to mainspace. Eddie Blick (talk) 02:50, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much. Somewhere there's got to be a blurb from the 30s regarding Moon River, or from the 50s/60s about Moneybags (I can't even tell what from what time period that was a running gag.) After a copyedit (I have three sentences in a row that start with the same words, ugh) it's off to the presses. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 13:21, 30 June 2021 (UTC)