User talk:Mr Stephen/Archive 1

mi²

I am working on the U.S. Census articles, so if you have an improvement for square miles, especially one with community consensus, please let me know. Rich Farmbrough 15:52 11 May 2006 (UTC).

Talk page note

No problem. I've done the same thing before :-) —Wh o uk (talk) 09:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Woodstock School

Nice meeting you. I believe in keeping the corpus of the wikipedia expanding, and hence tried to do a little bit by re-writing the page. Thanks for your words. In case, you so wish, you may remove your comments from the talk-page of the above article, as they have now become redundant. In India, it is getting late, and I have some work, so I shall do a little more to the above in a day or two. Thanks again. --Bhadani 16:27, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Endstille

I've checked other Wikipedias, and I came across the German article! :) Neurillon 00:25, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

China Brain

You're right; China brain and China Brain describe the same thought experiment by Ned Block. I will merge them. Gecko 15:07, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Signing

Hello, Mr Stephen!

You've made a number of comments today on our articles for deletion process. Your comments were welcome and appreciated!

But they were all unsigned. Everywhere other than actual articles you should sign your entries using four tildes ~~~~ (qv shift and the # key next to the Return key on a British keyboard; qv shift and the key next to the 1 on an American keyboard; elsewhere on other keyboards); this will automatically produce your name and the date.

Keep up the good work and happy editing! ➨ ≡Я Ξ DVΞRS≡ 20:10, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I spotted that. Oops! (I did manage to remember to sign one comment out of four) Mr Stephen 10:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to Down with the Sickness

Your recent edit to Down with the Sickness was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot2 15:34, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Chronicles of America

G'day Mr Stephen,

thanks for your query. AfD is a good option here; it would remove any doubt, once and for all. Remember that PROD can be contested by anyone, even the article's author, and that this is a Good Thing: PROD means "this article is not a speedy, but it is so crap that nobody cares about it, not even the author". If an article is re-created, then PROD is obviously not the way to go because someone wants the article kept; and, since PROD generally means no discussion took place, this means G4 is inappropriate. fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 12:54, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Give a Mape a break

Mr Stephen,

It is with sadness that I see you cannot take a joke. My recent article on the Mape was intended with the laughter with which it has been met. It is an indictment on this portal and on your sorry existence that you will not allow the Mape himself to see it.

You obviously do not have enough to do with your life.

Friends of Mape Society

Speedy deletion

I noticed that you tagged the page Desert Island Bum Bum for speedy deletion with the reason "WP:NFT. No google hits". However, "WP:NFT. No google hits" is not currently one of our criteria for speedy deletion, so I have removed the speedy deletion tag. You can use Wikipedia:Articles for deletion if you still want the article to be deleted. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 14:02, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On Oliver Knox

I was worried this might happen. Oliver Knox has nothing to do with the current article called Chronicles of America, and should not redirect there, or exist at all. Oliver Knox is a character in a nn fantasy by Stephen Ward called Chronicles of America. He (OK) originally had a short article to himself, which was changed to a redirect to the fantasy. I nominated Chronicles of America at AfD. During the AfD process, the article Chronicles of America was changed to describe a 1920s series of history books. At the conclusion of the AfD, all mention of the fantasy was removed (have a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chronicles of America). So, we now have the situation where a character in a nn fictional book has a page which redirects to an article about history books. It is that which I was trying to rectify through the CSD process. Mr Stephen 15:18, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, you need to nominate the redirect for deletion through WP:RFD. Redirects can only be speedily deleted if:

The target is nonexistent
The redirect is from article space to main space
The redirect is from a typo that is very unlikely

I agree that the redirect should probably be deleted, just not through speedy deletion. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 09:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

the fabian osuji article is not completed yet

the fabian osuji article is not completed yet. I am currently working on it. Thanks (Neutrall 21:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Satchel Cohen hoaxer

Brilliant hoaxes which took in everyone to start with, and some well-intentioned people tidied the articles. Spread the word. This is the reference: Tyrenius/Satchel_Cohen_hoaxer. Best -- Tyrenius 14:15, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blackcurrant or black currant

No preference at this end. I was letting the sources that I cited determine the spelling. Thanks for the feedback. Waitak 13:20, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to Blackcurrant seed oil. Cheers. Waitak 13:23, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I was kind of in the middle of it when you wrote, so I'm not the only one who was fast! Besides, being in Hong Kong, I don't (any longer) have strong preferences between British and American usage. You might not guess that from my accent, but still... Waitak 13:53, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Callum brodie

By the looks of things, U like to delete alot of stuff? are u wikipedias garbage man? maybe i should write an article about u, only for u to delete it!! u would be deleting ureself then! Nasrmg 13:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lords of Connaught

Yes, it's the same material as ever. The first link I placed on his talk page explains in detail what's wrong with the genealogy he keeps posting. Feel free to prod it and leave him a message; he certainly doesn't listen to me, maybe a note from someone else will make a difference. Choess 00:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meta noise

Hi Mr Stephen, you messaged me re the above literally as I was making the changes to clarify the term(s) and add a disambiguation page. Any help appreciated as I'm more of a tidier :). Bigpinkthing 13:01, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fick deine Mutter

Please look at the discussion page. thanks, --History Chanel 11:29, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copy vios -- STV articles

Hello. I've deleted some of the articles you raised with User:GarryMc -- what do you think of Andrew Kerr (journalist)? Is changing the pronoun sufficient to avoid a copyvio under A8? The JPS ^{talk to me} 17:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Claudine Barretto

After the third deletion, author actually added notability info. Apparently a well-known Filipina actress. IMDB has a lot on her. The article is dreadful, though. Fan-1967 21:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Banklacticos

"BTW, I think you should have left the CSD notice up."

I wanted to, but I wasn't sure whether I could just delete/override an anonymous objection to the CSD (see Talk:Banklacticos) and rather than get in a fight with the page originator I thought I'd seek a wider opinion and get it properly settled. Qwghlm 14:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

prod message

You're welcome...didn't mean to get ahead of you. NickelShoe (Talk) 15:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

this is quite exciting

but i think that you can safely email the British Library and inform them that they have a typo in Connor Barrett's Myself Emerging. I have a photocopied version in front of me and it is indeed what the BL is calling . . . . .... whatever they call it. Published by Continuum Studios, 1980. I'd do it, but you found it so you should have the fun. Carptrash 22:23, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As a matter of fact, i just had the fun of telling the Smithsonian Institute that they had something wrong about Barrett too [will only wikipedia get it right?] and got a nice, "We checked and you're correct" message for my trouble. You'll get one from the British Library too , i suspect. By the way, did you vote as to whether or not to DELETE the Barrett article? Carptrash 22:42, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PS. Telling the British Library that you found an error while fact checking for wikipedia will give them something interesting to ponder too. Carptrash 05:16, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please put a full account of this on the article talk page, and also inform Wikipedia Signpost. Thanks! Tyrenius 09:27, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there: as adding {{db-advert}} produces a nice pink box saying speedy-delete, I had assumed that that was what it meant. Thank you for the information.--Anthony.bradbury 22:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Now I know that I can always use {{subst:prod}} but if I find a blatantly obvious advert that merits immediate deletion, what do I use?--Anthony.bradbury 22:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, thanks. I can do that.--Anthony.bradbury 22:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

England/UK

Saw your edit on another talk page. There is a lot of guff and ranting about the proper terminology that should be used plus a straw poll here Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography#UK geography terminology straw poll - you've missed all the fun I'm afraid, but any comments you have are more than welcome Mammal4 12:37, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

my user talk page

Hi Stephen, I thank you for helping me out with the printing and presses act. However, I find you get really narky about little things. I might have put my comments in the wrong area of your user page. I apologised for that. I hope u chill out a bit, your just being too tough. anyway, have a good one.

--Takamaxa 13:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

response to ur msg

Hi Mr Stephen

Thanks for informing me about warning messages in general. I didn't know there was a protocol in place, that warning messages have to be left permanently in user's pages even though the issues are resolved and dealt with long ago. I thought one could clean up their user page and only be left with current warnings as in less than a month old, not someting that carries on and over for years.

anyway, I'll take a look at the link u put up about the debate about warning messages.'

cheers

--Takamaxa 06:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you

I didn't know of the existence of that page... yes, those were exactly what I was looking for, thanks. :) --Esn 08:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Lewis move

Sorry for the delay in replying but your message got bypassed by other incoming messages yesterday and I didn't see it was until just now. I don't recall exactly what I did. If you mean what happened in terms of just moving the page, of course I was given the option of deleting/overwriting the target location since it already existed as a redirect. To my knowledge there isn't really anything stopping an admin from moving X to Y in any circumstance. I could move Simon Templar to Elvis Presley if I wanted to and just by clicking "Yes, delete" would overwrite the Elvis article. I have no idea what happens to the history and archives of the article in question at that point and I certainly wouldn't want to experiment with major articles like that to find out! 23skidoo 13:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. For reasons unknown my watchlist is not catching this so I wouldn't have known otherwise. I agree that I don't believe consensus has been reached and I certainly don't believe the financial journalist article establishes "superior notability". I hope this doesn't have to go further up the line i.e. Arbitration. 23skidoo 11:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have left a message on the discussion page with my reasons for moving the ML page. It is not for me to become further involved in this - I only moved it because I thought it was odd that there was a disambiguation page that was not being used as the primary page. --Danrees 13:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like that wasn't the case here (someone pushing one over the other), but I'm also aware that I too have to be careful not to come off this way as well. I think I have a good, sound argument but as I say, consensus rules Wikipedia so I'm willing to follow process. 23skidoo 17:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Mr Stephen! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. —Xyra e l / 07:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Switch GAELLE COMPARAT

PLEASE REVERT MY SUBMISSION ON GAELLE COMPARAT. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 5150Engl (talk • contribs) .

who are you? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Skitzysht (talk • contribs) .

(Skitzysht was permanently blocked shortly after posting this message.) Just an editor. Mr Stephen 13:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Marvel Comics animated series

I'm trying to provide a strong emphasis to a point of view (from the comic book fans themselves, who are the best experts on this subjects) that was stated on the article(s). For instance, why viewers aren't found of the second season of the Incredible Hulk series and likewise for the first seasons of the Fantastic Four and Iron Man shows respectively. I rather have that than have somebody tag ^{[citation needed]} nearby.TMC1982 1 September 2006 (UTC)

If you insist on making a rebuttal, then don't purely take my words out of context.TMC1982 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Marble Brewery Links

Thanks for offering your help. I have tried to create one reference in the 'associated public houses' section but it doesn't appear to be working; if you do get chance to fix these I will use your edit to learn the code so I can put further references in in future. Regards, Curiousbadger 15:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help with this - the code makes a bit more sense now! Curiousbadger 08:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stefani Miglioranzi

I added about Stefani Miglioranzi was a Polar Bear molster to the article.. You sent me a messege saying it was nonsence, but Local papers have actually published articles regarding Stefani Miglioranzi being a Polar Bear molester in England.. Hence why he moved back to USA, in shame of his actions. I am hurt you feel like I am posting vandalism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.5.235.22 (talk • contribs) .

If you have reliable sources to support that, post them, by all means. Does "polar bear" mean different things to you and me? Mr Stephen 23:29, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

William Rollo AfD vandalism

Thanks for the reference about the change to my comment on the AfD. My vote and comment has been properly corrected. Cheers. --Roisterer 18:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC).[reply]

And while I'm here, how come I never get people leaving messages on my talk page about polar bear molesters? --Roisterer 18:31, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And thanks from me - you have my comment correct now - happy editing - Peripitus (Talk) 20:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Mr Stephen for reverting the vandalism to my comment on the AfD for William Rollo. It looks fine. Thanks, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 18:30, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spammer

The music spammer has been reported to WP:AIV so don't worry about anymore warning there mate. Cheers Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 23:51, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

vignette effect link

Hi,

thanks for your email (called a "talk"?). I have added a comment to the "discussion" part of the vignettes page. Is that the same thing as the article's "talk" page?

Anyway, please do have a look at my comment. I still feel that the link to the page on my site is of value to Wikipedia users.

Sorry if I'm doing things all wrong at the moment. I have only just started to use Wikipedia and I am currently drowning in a sea of rules that I didn't know existed.

Darrell. (--Dazp1970 09:30, 9 September 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Wkniqht94 ? Possible impersonation ?

I don't know if you already know, but there is a user Wkniqht94 who has recently registered, and has (i) uploaded an odd image and (ii) posted it onto Shangwen Fang following your post. Mr Stephen 09:33, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, apparently no one noticed that. Thanks for letting me know - that user is blocked forever. Let me know if you see any other IDs acting like that. Thanks! —Wknight94 (talk) 11:20, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you take my infopaw.com link off while keeping imdb.com? Isn't imdb.com also a commercial site too? My website(http://www.infopaw.com/movies_tv.htm) is closely related to the subject Film, the same as imdb.com. Just because my site is small doesn't mean it should be discriminated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.216.86.249 (talk • contribs) .

I will reply here and on the talk page of your last IP address. You assume that I approve of all IMDb links, which is a major assumption. As I recall, infopaw is a collection of links to other sites to other sites, so it doesn't fit any of WP:EL "What should be linked to". Can I also point you at Wikipedia:External links, especially "Links normally to be avoided", sub-section 3; and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, especially "Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files" sub-section 1. In the long run, if other editors find your site useful, they will link to it, but until then please don't use WP to try and publicise it. If you would like a broader opinion, you could ask again at Wikipedia:Village pump. Regards, Mr Stephen 22:38, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Then delete all of the fansites and vh1 links, those are commercial too. Videos of the artists are just as relavent as lyrics, fan sites or vh1/mtv links. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.10.10.200 (talk • contribs) .

Please sign your posts with four tildes, ie ~~~~. Yes, fansites should not normally be linked to, see WP:EL (sometimes one per article is OK); lyrics are normally copyvios, and we should not knowingly link to sites that break copyright. Please don't assume that just because I delete a particular external link it follows that I think that it is the 'worst' on WP or even in the article; it is simply the one I am considering at that time, usually because it is a recent change. Regards, Mr Stephen 07:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Magnets

Sure. As long as it's clear that it's the "apparent" or "observed" field strength, not the actual field itself. It would be a good thing to include actually...this isn't the first time I've undone that addition. It's a commonly taught school fact that "the field obeys inverse cube at distance" and many students (and non-thoughtful teachers) I know take that as a literal change of the laws of physics instead of an experimental artifact. DMacks 21:45, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds fine. DMacks 22:06, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was useing this computer at LCCC (Lake City, Fl Community College) and noticed that someone from this campus was vandalizing pages. It might be a good idea to just block this IP address to keep some random student from doing this again. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 150.176.96.2 (talk • contribs) .

Hi Stephen

Re that penis thing-I honestly have no idea about anything to do with that. I doubt anyone else would have done it using my computer, although I have changed internet companies since last september-does your IP address change when you change companies??

Anyway, how does this whole wikipedia thing work? Ive been getting a lot of useful stuff out of it since starting uni 2 years ago and wondering about how I can contribute back to it.

Cheers Stuart (210.10.174.167 11:46, 13 September 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Hyprocritical

MyCountry.co.uk does not make any profit. The linked photo galleries do not contain adverts in the main parts of the page. You delete those links but you allow links to flickr it seems? And you allow links to other plainly commercial websites like http://www.heatonmoor.com/ ? please explain these inconsistencies in your behaviour?

Please sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~). You raise a couple of points. (1) I do not 'allow' or disallow links to any site, I simply follow WP policy and guidelines; the main one I am following in MyCountry.co.uk's case is WP:EL (2) not deleting an external link does not mean I think it should be there. In the long run, if other editors find your site useful, they will link to it, but until then please don't use WP to try and publicise it. Mr Stephen 15:45, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VP mistake

Hey Mr Stephen,

I wanted to let you know that here you accidently reverted to a vandalized version of a page. Just wanted to tell you in case it helps you avoid errors in the future. Have a good one! TomTheHand 18:36, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Misleading content re: "separation mastering" (spamming method for vestman mastering) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.118.166.127 (talk • contribs) .

The Truth about the Iditarod

When I post the truth about how dogs die and suffer in the Iditarod, that's not vandalism. It's educating people. By deleting the truth you are not acting in the best interests of Wikipedia or the truth. What's your problem with the truth? <large chunk removed by Mr Stephen, it's readable here> —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 152.163.100.137 (talk • contribs) .

Please sign your posts. You have the advantage here; as far as I can tell, I've never edited anything to do with the Iditarod, and ten minutes of looking hasn't helped me to work out what you are talking about. Mr Stephen 10:57, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mistakes with VP

Hi Mr Stephen A friendly word of advice to chill a little with VP. It seems you've made a few errors using VP recently. It's all very well apologising to people afterwards for mistaken accusations of vandlism, but is it possible you can try to cut out the mistakes in the first place? I was also concerned by your use of a final warning issued (in error) to DemonicAnglian. Even if he had vandalised Spencer Prior, (which of course he didn't) a final warning by definition needs to follow earlier warnings. Anyway, thanks for helping to improve Wikipedia. I hope you take these words in the spirit with which they are intended. --Dweller 12:02, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your good faith response on my talk page. You've reassured me immensely. --Dweller 14:28, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VP etc

Hi - I've just seen the correspondence between yourself and User:Dweller re the warning that was put on my page and then deleted. It appears from your comments that it was due to events beyond your control. Let's hope that the problem, whatever it was, does not re-occur, as I must say I was more than a little surprised at seeing a vandalism warning on my page history! It all seems resolved now, so the matter is closed as far as I'm concerned. Enjoy Wikipedia. User:Demonicanglian

Jon Rabinowitz

He is highstakes cash player and known throughout Albany. This is for notable current students so while the subject may be trivial to people outside of Albany, current residents surely find it useful information. Adding him can be subjected to opinion as to whether or not he deserves to be under Notable Students, but surely this can be said for many other Wikipedia pages. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 155.246.208.170 (talk • contribs) .

Thanks for informing me!

Thanks mr. Stephen for informing me about the discussion on the Finley talk page. I've explained myself there. This was obviously a mistake.Gerard von Hebel 20:31, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clinton Morrison

This is my favorite soccer player so let me please have those pictures put back on please. I don't want any trouble I just want those pictures up. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.147.92.103 (talk • contribs) .

Thanks for your message. I reverted your edits because you were trying to link to an image at external site, which won't work. The way to proceed is to upload the image to wikipedia, and then link to it. Of course, we can't break any copyright that the image may have. There's a description of how to do it at Wikipedia:Images. Regards, Mr Stephen 22:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: IP 82.198.250.16, WP:AIV & blocks

Ahh, that one. Never hurts to ask, and you are more than welcome to seek a second opinion (AN/I would probably be the place to go, for a second look). At the time, AIV was backlogged quite a bit (an hour or more of backlog at AIV is something I consider a serious problem), so I was in a hurry. Per a pretty general consensus that blocking is intended to prevent further damage, than to punish abuse, I saw that the IP hadn't edited in around an hour (IIRC), and figured it was no longer a pressing problem. Especially with IP addresses, there's a good chance that they'll be using a slightly different address when they next come back, anyway. On the other hand, if I'd gotten there sooner, and that hour-long lapse in their editing hadn't developed, I probably would have blocked (something for us both to puzzle over, heh). Hope that makes sense, you're free to ask any questions you like. :) Luna Santin 20:25, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Audio Mastering

My students and I are somewhat confused and dismayed by the removal of separation mastering from this section. The explanation of the process had generated much discussion and enthusiasm. A rudimentary search finds a quick half-dozen studios in Europe and the U.S using this process; http://www.massivemastering.com/html/rate_sheet.html, http://www.happenstanceproductions.com/services.html, http://www.stereomastering.com/mastering.htm, http://www.eaglemastering.com/pages/prices.html, http://musicpowers.com/mastering101.html, http://www.digitalsunspot.com/pdf/mastering_terms.pdf#search=%22%20%22separation%20mastering%22%22. It is ironic to note that many of these commercial mastering studios quote the (now removed) Wikipedia definition of separation mastering to define it on thier websites!

None of these studios using separation mastering mention any connection to a Mr. Vestman, nor did the original definition in Wikipedia. Since the May 06 EQ magazine article on separation mastering featured a Mr. Vestman I guess mentioning him would be a no-no. Whatever. But he was not mentioned. So we are at a loss and now a bit skeptical about the Wikipedia editorial policy. This is a generic mastering technique verifiably used by independent commercial studios here and abroad. And an informative explanation of it which also helps explain basic mastering potential problem areas is removed because "the editor thinks" it just promotes Mr. Vestman (Vestman "spam" was the derogatory term used)? And then comes Mr. Johnson who "hangs out" with "mastering engineers online" (completely unverifiable) and therefore "claims" it's "unimportant"? Really? If it is a verifiable mastering technique that studios are using (which it obviously is) then it just is and people deserve to know about it.

We fear the Wikipedia Audio Mastering topic has been comandeered by a few old school traditionalists who will limit it to their historical way of operating and will not give space to new ways of doing things. Whenever people like Mr. Johnson flipantly toss out that something is obviously not a good thing or is unimportant but yet more and more studios are doing it and a major audio magazine does a feature on it you have to conclude that there is some gatekeeping going on by stodgy old schoolers. This is a very sad dvelopment for Wikipedia. We thought Wikipedia existed to highlight all that's verifiably going on in the world, not just list what is deemed acceptable by self proclaimed experts. Please reinsert the information on separations and let the mysterious "online community of mastering engineers" who don't use it add their own entries to the section. Isn't that the way Wikipedia is supposed to work?

Peace, T_ch T ch 01:54, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PetDuel

Thanks, and I appreciate it. Wildthing61476 21:08, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page!--Konstable 14:20, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

recent revert to United Kingdom

Hi - I recently accidentally reverted your own revert to the United Kingdom article. Due to consecutive edit conflicts, I got pretty confused so just persisted trying to implement the last proper version that I could see - namely the version number I specified in my edit summary. I apologise for any potential bad-faith that may have come about as a result - I assure you it was not deliberate!

Cheers, DJR (T) 23:54, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Stephen, please read the information regarding this IP address before you request that people stop adding jibberish. This is a range of IP addresses used by some 50,000 school children and the 9,000 staff that work with them. --217.65.158.120 12:02, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I almost certainly did read it, but thanks for making sure. Regards, Mr Stephen 13:27, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

mi²