User talk:FClef/Archive 2 (26 September 2007 - 31 December 2011)

Photo Licensing

Of the Creative Commons licences, we can only accept those that allow both derivative and commercial reuse (since our licence, the GFDL allows both). Attribution and Sharalike licenses are acceptable. There are other licenses that are alright too, the GFDL and the Free Art Licence, for instance. You might try creating a flickr account and contacting the owners of those pictures, they might be talked into relicensing the photos. WilyD 12:44, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

• A few users have managed to get flickr users to relicense stuff for Wikipedia, e.g., User:Videmus Omnia/Requesting free content. WilyD 16:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Another request from a techno-fool

Sorry to assail you with another renaming request, Brookie, but I have "renaming" confused with "moving". I have looked at instructions in Wikipedia How to edit etc and other places that I discover but the actual RENAMING process is not clear to me. In any event, I'm wondering if RENAMING is something only Admins can do.

I think anyone can do it - do have a "Move" tab at the top of your page - if you do - then you can do it.

Now to the problem: I have successfully set up my first Archive <Hooray!> I neglected to put start and finish dates on it <Boo!>

Could you therefore kindly

• Go to my Archive page from my Talk page and rename it

/Archive 1 (14 June 2006 - 31 August 2007)

Done

(Incidentally, must it have the slashmark? I have seen Archive pages that don't have this, but in the instructions it tells you to make a slash in order to create the link. Can we get rid of it?

You need the / to make the link but then show it without it in the description - see what i've done and copy that.

• Then could you please fix the link at my Talk page to reflect the renaming, unless that updates automatically.

Done

Further question:

• The Contents Box has disappeared from my Talk page. However, on better advice, I see that articles must have 3 headings and a Contents Box will automatically be generated by the page. I will wait for that to happen, ince I am now down on my Talk page to ONE paltry item.

It is automatic as you say

Lastly:

• I hope you like the Roumieu article I've started. It still needs work but is it the right time now to get rid of the "under construction" box?

Looks good - you should remove the under construction box asap - this is ususally best used to stop intruders while you're actually working on it that day and don't want fidllers while you go and have a pee!

Even more lastly:

• How do you get your Talk Page Editing Box to display a subject line? Can I have one, please? Or is this something I can do myself without wrecking the entire system? (don't take my tech skills for granted; they are primordial.)

There is one if you use the bar thing that you have there, but it won't appear if you ignore that and just use the edit tab!

Thanks for all the help you continue to give. Much appreciated. Take a look at your Barnstars page....  ;-) --FClef (talk) 12:22, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

No prob's!and thanks for the cat - I have one that looks just like that! Brookie :) - he's in the building somewhere! ^(Whisper...) 15:57, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: thanks

You're very welcome! I'm glad I could help. Anything for an adorable feline on my talk page :) To answer your question: nope, I'm not an admin. Gracenotes^T § 04:28, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Eastcheap

Hi Fclef. Apologies for not getting back to you regarding your earlier message. I can't offer much of an excuse except that I was busy at the time and simply lost it further up my talk page!

I don't have a business phone number per-se, but if you'd like, send me an email (under toolbox on the left side when you're at my talk page), and I'll give you my mobile number. When the weather is nice - possibly later this week according to the forecast - I will do my best to take the photo you requested! I actually work on Fenchurch Street almost parallel to the location of the Eastcheap photo, so it shouldn't be too difficult. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:54, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Con te partirò

Hi Brookie - please take a look at my recent edit of this article. I wonder whether then cleanup sign on it can now be removed? --FClef (talk) 08:43, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I think so and have removed it! Brookie :) - he's in the building somewhere! ^(Whisper...) 09:56, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Brookie greeting

A while since we spoke - how's things? How is your London guiding going? Brookie :) - he's in the building somewhere! ^(Whisper...) 11:43, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Bus Driver's Prayer

The 1970's dating is way off. I learned it from my father in the 1950's, and he repeated it then as old London folklore.

His version had 'give us this day our Maidenhead' which might pass as Greater London. Phdfromic (talk) 02:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Note

I have nominated Buckingham Palace for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. —Mattisse (Talk) 19:33, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, please help in upgrading the article. The discussion is still alive. All the above links are still relevant as the FAR goes on for quite a while, so your input would be greatly appreciated. The article should meed Wikipedia:Featured article criteria, which have been upgraded since the article's last FAR two years ago. Not being British myself, I find the amount of information considered "common knowledge" confusing, with much not explained and with so few citations given, and many of those just to the Buckingham Palace website; the lack of scholarly references is a disservice for such an import article for Britain. —Mattisse (Talk) 16:02, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Trooping the colour

Hi there and thanks for the note -off the top of my head i am not sure how to leave an editing only note - sorry - what i suggest is that find another page with such a thing and see what code is being used to make it invisible and then copy that - i don't think that it is anything restricted to Admins. Hope all is well Brookie :) - he's in the building somewhere! ^(Whisper...) 04:48, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Queen's Birthday Parade

Thank you for your work on this article. It hasn't gone unnoticed and I understand it is often a thankless task. So... Thank You! Philip.t.day (talk) 16:03, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Actually I'm a Music Student First and foremost! But I also happen to be a reserve forces Officer in the British Army. Perhaps we should team up on some Military Music type pages this summer at some point. Phil Philip.t.day (talk) 11:16, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Quarter chimes at Westminster (Big Ben)

Dear FClef, thanks four your message. We had that discussion before, here and more detailed on de.wikipedia. I am not entirely convinced. While it is certainly true that the actual chimes from the Westminster clock tower are best described as 5/4 metre, I have no knowledge of any source that would prove, that 5/4 really represents the original form. 5/4 might be by mere chance. By the way, I am not the author of the music samples in the articles, Antonsusi is. I have no access to his sources, and therefore cannot rewrite his samples. I think you will best contact him on his German talk page de:Benutzer Diskussion:Antonsusi (if you need assistance concerning the language, I'll be willing to translate). Cheers! --FordPrefect42 (talk) 21:07, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

I am pretty new to Wiki so apologies if I am using the wrong format. Just wanted to thank you for overhauling Rhydian's Wiki page. Fabulous job done. His unofficial fansite are most appreciative. Don't know if you are a member there but if you are, they'd like to update their biog page and wanted to acknowledge your work. Cheers :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alarminglady (talk • contribs) 17:31, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks, Alarminglady. I tried to get back to your talkpage but I couldn't access you on Wikipedia yet. I am a Rhydian fan <obviously> but not a member on the unofficial fansite. Perhaps I will join but thanks for giving appreciation. Can you provide a link? Incidentally, I will copy this to the Discussion area of the Rhydian article. I must also cite the expertise of administrator AnemoneProjector who has been helpful recently. Thanks again. --FClef (talk) 18:35, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
• You're welcome. [1] is his largest fansite (unofficial) and regularly updated. Forum only viewable to registered members (mostly female btw) Pass on thanks to AnemoneProjector too. --Alarminglady (talk) 20:29, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

St Helen's

Hey, just wanted to say no problem about removing your request from my talk page. I was in the process of replying when you removed it. anemoneprojectors talk 18:50, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah umm.

I'm sorry about that. Would you like me to tag it as under construction? I could even help out a little bit. Want me to? And again, I'm really sorry about that. Don't feel degraded, I think it was a great article, but it just didn't have any references. Endofskull (talk) 19:20, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Replied on my userpage. Endofskull (talk) 19:31, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Replied yet again. Endofskull (talk) 21:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

And did those feet...

I've reverted your edit here for reasons expressed in my edit summary. Please source or discuss, preferably both. Cheers. Rodhullandemu 00:50, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Please don't edit-war

Re. wedding

You could add the references with the edit. If you do not give references, then don't be surprised when it is removed. The article is being edited VERY frequently; how are people supposed to check that edits are valid, if they are unreferenced? Per WP:V - please, please supply the reference when you make an addition. Thank you.  Chzz  ►  11:02, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Good Humour
		Thank you for your understanding.  Chzz  ►  11:21, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Sincerely - thanks. I'm sorry I had to quickly post the alert, and indeed revert the edit before. Sadly, there are some who vandalise even on this day; so I'm trying my best to keep it in good order. Thus - on this unique, and quite frantic article, it becomes necessary to insist on refs immediately.

But, good on you for understanding - and yes, joyful day indeed.

I am in Manchester, but I am talking with wikipedian editors from Canada, Malaysia, America and other places, right now; why don't you pop in and join us, and shout 'hurrah'? You can get there with this link - I promise you it is entirely harmless and friendly!

I wish you a speedy recovery from your surgery, and indeed, if there is anything I can ever help you with on Wikipedia, please give me a shout. Best of British to you, sir. Hope to talk to you live, perhaps, in a few moments - but otherwise...all the best.  Chzz  ►  11:21, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Wedding dress of Kate Middleton - this may be a good approach - with a 'see main article'. Please, of course, dive in and improve it. And I do still hope you will say hello to me, some time. Best,  Chzz  ►  12:01, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Using non-free text

Hi. :) I wanted to drop you a quick note about the use of quotations, based on the content you added here. First, really even if it's not properly formatted, you should acknowledge the source of a quote the moment you place it. That can help avoid issues developing if for some reason that specific edit is ever restored to the article's top or if for some reason, such as computer issues, you aren't able to add the source as planned.

But that's kind of beside my main point, which is that non-free content has to be used transformatively (one of the factors of fair use). This is why Wikipedia:NFC#Text says that "Brief quotations of copyrighted text may be used to illustrate a point, establish context, or attribute a point of view or idea." In complying with our approach to non-free text, we can't really just copy the content because we want to also share the information. In that case, we should rewrite the material in our own words, using brief quotations only as necessary for a purpose such as those described.

I note in the conversation above that you are evidently recovering from surgery. I hope that you are recovery well! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:59, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Rhydian Update

Just to say thank you once again for your work bringing Rhydian's page up to date and the addition of a more relevant photo. His fans are very appreciative. I have no idea how to correctly use Wiki so wouldn't interfere but wonder if it might be possible/appropriate to add links to his unofficial fansites as well in the external links as and when. Thank you once again. 81.147.32.108 (talk) 17:06, 11 September 2011 (UTC)Alarminglady81.147.32.108 (talk) 17:06, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

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Siku and citations

Hi FClef, thanks for getting in touch! You're very welcome for the citation help at Siku (polar bear). I've been following the cub's progress, so I was happy to see he already has an article on Wiki. Citations can be a bear (haha), especially if you're used to using academic footnotes and such. When I first started out, I used automated citation templates (WP:CITET), which use a lot of confusing markup, but it's helpful as to making things consistent. You can see them in use at both Knut (polar bear) and Flocke, if you're interested. After a time, however, I came to appreciate writing citations by hand, like what you began doing at Siku's article. It all depends on what you're most comfortable with. As for the named refs, which takes the place of "ibid" and cuts down on repeated citations, an explanation on the why/how can be found at WP:NAMEDREFS. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'm especially amiable to helping out fellow fans of polar bear cubs. :) Happy holidays! María (yllosubmarine) 21:27, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Re: Rhydian, the issue happened with an automated edit from another user here. I just reinstated that portion of the table, so it appears to be displaying correctly now. When in doubt, always compare previous versions of the article listed in the history. :) Take care, María (yllosubmarine) 16:43, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Nope, not an admin -- just a lowly content editor. ;) Wiki markup is difficult to decipher at times, I agree. It was pretty clear from the article history that the edit in question removed something that made the UK and IRE sub-fields (?) in the table go wonky. In this case, I just copy and pasted that part of the table from an earlier version into the current version, which fixed the wonkiness but kept the subsequent changes between that edit and today. I wasn't able to revert/undue the edit because other changes have been done to the article since then, but I wouldn't have done so even if I were able. The edit also made some very helpful changes to ref punctuation per the MOS, so it would have done more harm than good to revert it entirely. It doesn't take much time to fix one thing by comparing two versions of the article, which is what I did. Everyone makes mistakes, and reverts oftentimes send the wrong message, especially to new users. That said, if a single edit is largely/solely detrimental to the article (mistakenly or otherwise), I would definitely revert it, then explain my reasoning either on the article or the user's talk page. It depends on the situation and on the edit. More is said at both WP:REVERT and WP:ROWN, although I don't entirely agree with the sentiment of the latter. It's true that reverting may ruffle feathers, but sometimes it's necessary. Hope this helps, María (yllosubmarine) 19:13, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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BL exhibition

The invite went to all UK watchlists. You don't have to sign up for anything really, but if places are short (which currently they aren't) those who are likely to do articles may get preference. We may do two tours on different days, so sign up on the page if you are interested. Johnbod (talk) 14:04, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry you got bitten

Hey, FClef. I was sorry and concerned to see the poor reception your suggestion got on the WikiProject page. I've replied to a post from Bastun on my own page, telling him my thoughts. Bishonen | talk 22:01, 28 December 2011 (UTC).

WP:Kindness Campaign

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Welcome to the Kindness Campaign. I took a look at some of your recent edit summaries and wanted to thank you for being civil, clear and polite in your editing. Keep up the good work! I presume you either sing or play an instrument that uses the F clef; am I right? Thomprod (talk) 17:00, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Goodness me, thanks, Thomprod! Only the 2nd ever Barnstar that I've received, so I'm thrilled. You'll have gathered I recently a wounding experience, and this has certainly mollified me. I hope you have looked at some of my earlier work too. There are articles that I'm quite proud of creating and editing. I am indeed a fellow piano player and can see from your User page that you are too. You're incredibly active; what an array of boxes. How do I start to learn about putting those things onto my User page? Can you advise?

Have a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! FClef (talk) 23:53, 30 December 2011 (UTC)