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Hello

Thanks for your note. I appreciate your taking the time to write. LiteraryMaven (talk • contrib) 18:57, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Just a note to let you know I appreciate the comment you made about my writing at Talk:The Lover. LiteraryMaven (talk • contrib) 17:09, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uncategorised films

Not only do I not know what article you are talking about but even if I did, the fact is the uncategorised films category exists and considering there are a wealth of film related categories out there (by year, genre, director, etc) and I have no clue how best to categorise them, wouldn't it be better to leave it to people who do? Or is that too obvious? Postcard Cathy (talk) 15:01, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

H.M.S. Pinafore

It's been promoted. Thanks for your help! Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:24, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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TitanOne (talk) 17:30, 09 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thanks for your message about the DYK. I appreciate the fact you thought my contributions to the article should be acknowledged. LiteraryMaven (talk • contrib) 14:31, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Under Your Spell (film)

On July 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Under Your Spell (film), which you recently nominated. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 06:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Madagascar expedition

Corrections done for the hook of Madagascar expedition. Thank you! PHG ^{Per Honor et Gloria} 15:22, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)

Somehow I doubt that anything's going to change in only 20 days; the album's already been delayed once, and rarely does a country album get delayed more than once. Would saying "is slated to include…" help matters? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 15:32, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That would work for me! LargoLarry (talk) 17:32, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator election comments

Just wanted to give you a heads up that I've moved your comments to the correct page - you were originally commenting in the talk page for the previous election. Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 06:32, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Film articles

Thanks for your suggestions and your help in tidying up the articles I created. I have not been involved in film articles before, so your suggestions are most welcome. My interest for now is in the films of C. Gardner Sullivan, who had over 350 films to his credit, most during the silent era. Press coverage of him from 1915-1927 was extensive, and he was regarded as the dean of the Hollywood screenwriters or "scenarists," as they were sometimes called. He was ranked in 1924 as one of the 10 most important individuals the history of the motion picture industry industry. Yet, he is essentially unknown today and had only a small stub of an article. In reading a bit about him, I was motivated to substantially beef up his bio article and create articles on some of his more significant films. Will probably keep working at this for a few days. Cbl62 (talk) 17:48, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK hook For Turkish Airlines Flight 452

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CeeGee (talk) 17:50, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK Prep 1

Thanks for filling it. I thing yiur hooks gained an extra ellipsis. They said ...that ...etc - and it sould say just ...that etc. Anyway major point was to thank you Victuallers (talk) 17:07, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I'm glad I could help since all the queues were empty. LargoLarry (talk) 17:39, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Critical reception

I think the narrative reads awkwardly if one uniformly identifies the name of the critic and the full name of the publication in the main text of the article. For example, the narrative, IMO, reads more smoothly to say: "A critic in Iowa said the film was 'Boffo,' while a critic in Chicago said it was 'Stupendous," rather than saying, "A critic, Irene Milligan writing in the Des Moines Daily Register & Mail, said the film was 'Boffo,' while Duane Zimmerman, a critic writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, said the film was 'Stupendous.'" So long as the complete information is in the reference, shouldn't that be enough? Of course, if it's a well-known critic, then I would agree it makes sense to use the name in the narrative. Do you disagree? Cbl62 (talk) 18:28, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I had not been aware of the prior discussion, but it looks to me like the comments of User:Wildhartlivie and User:Ssilvers are directly in line with my comments above. Cbl62 (talk) 19:12, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My comments were precisely in line with those of User:Wildhartlivie and User:Ssilvers. I don't see any guideline, rule or overwhelming consensus to the contrary. As a matter of good writing style, I have no doubt that the placement of the critics' full names and publications in a footnote in the example given above results in a narrative flow that is smoother and easier to read. We need to have good citations and references, but there's no need to clutter the body of an article with all that information. That's the purpose of footnotes. Maybe I should just abort the effort to create quality movie articles and re-focus elsewhere. Cbl62 (talk) 20:11, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your tally of the consensus also appears to be off. In the discussion you linked, there are three users (User:Wildhartlivie, User:Ssilvers and User:decltype) who advocated precisely the same position as I do. Like Wildhartlivie, I think the view advocated is middle of the road. With my opinion, there are at least four in that camp. That's not so far from the six who you say advocate always citing the names of both the critic and newspaper in both narrative and footnote. I agree that a well-known critic should be named in the narrative (and possibly also the newspaper), but imposing an unbending rule lends itself to cluttered writing and fails to leave room for a varied (and thus less tedious) style of writing. Cbl62 (talk) 20:35, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Gigs (talk) 14:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the Bette Davis film articles I expanded and I appreciate your taking the time to send me a WikiProject Films Award. Many thanks! LiteraryMaven (talk • contrib) 21:09, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello

Thank you for the Musical Theatre Barnstar. You're going to give me a swelled head if you keep sending me these accolades . . . but please don't let that stop you! :) LiteraryMaven (talk • contrib) 15:22, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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