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Deletion: NA Temple Youth

Hi, since you were involved with the article, please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North American Federation of Temple Youth - Northeast Lakes Region (2nd nomination) Thank you. IZAK 11:51, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Another deletion vote: NA Temple Youth

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Wikimedia Pennsylvania

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Page move

Hi Skiasauraus (great name), I am afraid I opposed you proposed move as it goes against the naming conventions. Sorry, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 18:33, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I like the name too. :-) I looked at that page, and I am quite honestly baffled at why those three exceptions to the rule exist - Philly, NY and Chicago. I can find no mention of it in the talk page archives; it seems completely arbitrary. Skiasaurus (skē’ ə sôr’ əs) 18:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

It used to be that New York and Chicago were the two biggest cities in the US, but I am also not sure what the criteria for these three are. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:16, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Exactly. Philly hasn't been in the top three for approximately 7,000 years. Go figure. :-) Skiasaurus (skē’ ə sôr’ əs) 04:48, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Stop

please leave my page the hell alone. thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Speed Of Sam (talk • contribs) 22:20, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

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Proposal to shut down WP Geographic Coordinates & ban coordinates on wikipedia articles

This means you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 12:06, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Sistine Chapel ceiling

I'm glad you picked up that little problem. It's the second time some well-meaning person has tried to "fix" what they perceive as an error. I don't know why they don't read the whole sentence before changing the grammar. Amandajm (talk) 07:59, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Who knows? I just help out however I can with little edits like that one. I don't have the time anymore (or, to be honest, the desire) to invest any more time in WP than a few seconds at once, but I'm glad that what I do contribute is helpful. Thanks for the feedback, I greatly appreciate it! :-) Skiasaurus (skē’ ə sôr’ əs) 14:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

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Moonlight Sonata

Hello Skiasaurus,

Thanks for converting musical images to editable format. Could I ask you to do one more thing for the Beethoven piano sonata Op. 27 no. 2? Beethoven actually wrote "sordino", not "sordini", in both places where the word is used (source: my Schirmer Urtext edition, by Krebs). I'd fix it myself but I am encountering technical problems.

I note happily that the technology you are using will gradually enable Wikipedia to provide composer-faithful versions of all sorts of music.

Yours truly, Opus33 (talk) 02:43, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi, Opus. I went over to IMSLP to check your edition against a few others, and it turns out that, lo and behold, they have a scan of Beethoven's autograph manuscript. As I suspected, he didn't write any instructions like these at all; they show up in the first edition, and that editor used the singular "sordino" ("mute," instead of the plural "sordini," "mutes").

I would highly recommend checking out GNU LilyPond if you've never used it before—the learning curve is steep, but the printed results are absolutely worth the effort of learning it; besides, as one writer recently put it (check the abstract): "Reading and writing music, playing an instrument, investigating a manuscript source—all this involves a very long and intense learning curve, and we mastered them as a matter of course in order to become the professionals we are. So don’t be afraid!" :-) --Skiasaurus (skē’ ə sôr’ əs) 11:50, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

After looking a little more closely, I just realized that the first page of IMSLP's scan of the autograph isn't actually the first page of the work. The first edition is still quite clear though. --Skiasaurus (skē’ ə sôr’ əs) 11:53, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, Skiasaurus. My RW situation is currently such that I'm hardly editing at Wikipedia at all, but you're right, LilyPond would be a great skill to learn. Opus33 (talk) 15:13, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

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Your thoughts?

Timeline of Philadelphia has a discussion about selection and inclusion criteria. Two editors are discussing it, but we have divergent views. More opinions would be helpful. - SummerPhD^v2.0 13:23, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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