User talk:Bluewave

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[edit] Welcome!

Hi Bluewave, and a warm welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you have enjoyed editing as much as I did so far and decide to stay. Unfamiliar with the features and workings of Wikipedia? Don't fret! Be Bold! Here's some good links for your reference and that'll get you started in no time!

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- Mailer Diablo 14:21, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Doing well!

Hi, I ran into one of your edits during RC Patrol and it looks like you're doing very well! Keep up the good work! Regards, --JoanneB 11:59, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Your remark "Wikified as best as I can" in the edit summary of Thailog drew my attention and then I checked some of your other contributions. There are quite a lot of them and from what I've seen, they seem of high quality to me! So again, keep up the good work, Wikipedia needs more editors like you! JoanneB 12:44, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Impressive

I have come across two of your edits, both very impressive. Ogg 18:10, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] English folk music

I've been picking up on the great work you've been doing on the '60s/'70s English folk scene. Excellent work. I'm listening to No Roses as I write, which always puts me in the mood to write more about this amazing period. Some website's I've had bookmarked on my 'To-Do' page which you may or may not know about: [1], [2], [3]. Hope this helps with your work. Cnwb 23:12, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lyke Wake Dirge

I haven't heard the Young Tradition's version for a long time, and I no longer have a recording - did they really sing those 2nds in bar 2? Paul Tracy_|\talk 22:57, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Just wanted to thank you for your additions to the page, which I found quite informative; and for supplying with a scan of sheet music for the song. I may work that into a MIDI file so that people can actually hear the tune. Smerdis of Tlön 08:16, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Viola da Gamba

I notice you made the templates for the viol, thanks! But I noticed it wasn't on the Wikipedia:Instruments page. I've tried to add it, but since I don't have experience with the templates I can't figure out why it now won't link to the user viol-1 etc. pages. Could you check it out? Thanks.Makemi 03:55, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Now fixed (I think!). See reply on Makemi's page Bluewave 08:23, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dolmetsch and Authentic performance

It was an accident. His book certainly should be there, as well as Donington and some others. Please re-add it. —Wahoofive (talk) 21:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Windsor

Yeah - it needs a lot of work - I think the important thing is to get the information there first in chronological order. I think the King's reign heading is a little clumsy, but it's an easy way of ordering. St G's chapel may well need a subsection of it's own, as I suppose too should the state apartments. Thanks for the copy edit I can never see my own mistakes however hard I look. Glad you think that ugly and dull list should go too, I had made up my mind to shunt it off to a separate list page on its own. Where it should have been in the first place. I just thought I would wait and see who was watching me;-)! Life in the castle is not much better - do you think it need to be there at all. I think I'll just leave it for the time being perhaps what is there will eventually be able to be absorbed elsewhere. It's going to be quite long eventually as the George IV section will have to be quite lengthy. Please add anything you like, I don't want it to look like I am taking it over. Aspern 15:48, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I expect I will offend someone starting here Constables and Governors of Windsor Castle. Oh well be bold as they say here! I think I'll probably change the list of monarchs to something like Tudor Period and Plantaganet Period something like that and lump them in together, I just want to get thing sorted into some sort of timescale first. That's if no one reverts me first!!! Aspern 16:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes I like your plan - have you seen what I've done to the older one? Could you make the numbering on yours larger - say to the size of the plan I've uploaded now, then we could just insert yours in place of the older one. I just want to get up to finsh off the Wyatville stuff, and through the Victorian restorations and then leave it there for today, and tackle medieval stuff later. Aspern 13:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

No I think I'll prefer yours, its brighter and clearer. I'll stop editing and you can set it up etc. I'll leave the inuse there to stop anyone conflicting you. I won't edit agian after I sign this untill you remove the inuse OK. I've made several references to the letters on mine in the article, if yours are different they may need to be changed. I didn't maryk the towers etc because that old plan was to vague, a good idea on yours though - over to you - it's all yours untill I hear. Aspern 14:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

That's much better isn't it? Brighter and cleaner altogether more concise. I wonder who uploaded the old one - hope there won't be any offense - it's not really needed now. There's a bit more to add yet about Quuen Victoria and Salvin, and his restorations, and there is quite a bit of repetition. This is the trouble with adapting an old article, often easier to start from new. There is oads more information to upoad on the earlier stuff, that's why I left the King's headings like that, but have removed tham as I'm writing properly, if you see what I mean. At least if its chronological order if someone dumps a great whad of information on the page as people often do it's easier to slot it in somewhere and keep the page readable. I don't think Charles I's portrait is quite right there either, I just put it there to try it out. What do you think about the rooms, there are so many - do you think it's just easier to mention the principal ones as they crop up in the history. There are so many of them, and if they have to have a description of the paintings and the furniture it will be a book not an article. I think we have to keep Charles I somewhere and slot in a few paintings from the collection too that are already out of copyright and availabel to give a flavout of the interior and keep the page looking interesting and atractive. I read Palazzo Pitti the other day and quite like the layout and style there - take a look. Well done on the plan it's great. Aspern 15:36, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Very poetic indeed. I would not put it in the page if you want it to make a Featured article. I've been watching carefully what goes on over there when it's something like finished we have to insert hundreds of footnotes to almost every fact. Although this is all very straight forward we should not need too many, just for quotes and things. Have you done a FAC before? It seems we can't say its beautiful or indeed anything complimentary, not too much about the Royal family, not even that a room is majestic or splendid. If you check out the two featured article attempts they took to get Buckingham Palace through you'll see what I mean. I'm not sure I agree with it all, but it's easier to play by the rules I suppose. Aspern 16:27, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

- - Did you see I have created [Category: Windsor castle]] its surprising how much there is on the subject and its tangents. I wondered how toy felt about syphoning off the Security section, where it could be handled in far more depth than on the page itself. It should also include things like the defence and security, beginning with the siege of 1215 etc. I'm sure there must have been hundreds of incidents over the centuries concerned with this sort of thing. There is still a hell of a lot to go in about the castle proper, I know page length does not matter, but we want to hold interest to the end. If you look at what is in the Cat Windsor Castle there is probably quite a lot more that could be placed elsewhere. St. George's Chapel is though is a poor page which could be expanded considerably. What do you think? I think security looks incongruous where it is, especially as it could be so enlarged. Aspern 12:52, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I was covering myself with "one of" if you have the Guinness book of records can you re-insert "largest" with a footnote to the GB o R. Yes I see the page is being copyedited and added to, it's funny how the second there is large movement on a page, it draws others in, that is what is so good about Wikipedia. If someone dumps on the page now at least we can see where to put it, albeit on another page!

From what you say there is a lot more to add, I wouldn't be surprised about The Queen Mother story - it's amazing what seeps out especially to the locals. Sadly we cannot have a page Rumour and innuendo of Windsor Castle - or could we? You haven't committed yourself to your view on moving security to another page. from what you say there is a lot you could add, especially closing so much of the castle in the name of security, that is easier enough to prove, I have bought and early 20th century guide book which announces the tower is open - so that is easy enough.

Yeah FAC is just so tightly policed, it's looks almost impossible to get a long page through. Giano who writes all the architecture pages seems to be completely pissed off with it too - it seems to be quite a widespread feeling. We'll just have to write this page and then have a good look at it, but I don't want to leave important information out, just because of space and POV interpretation, and FAC regulations. Aspern 18:05, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. The day job is a little pressing at the moment so not much time. The problem is going to be deciding what is directly concerned with the castle, and what can be shunted off. I think it would be a good idea to have seiges and battles on a security page, we could call it something alittle more exoting which embraces all aspects of defence over the centuries, Venn's cunning plan sounds interesting wonder what it was. Hope to have some time later this week.Aspern 17:22, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dunwich

Hi I agree that my Dunwich contributions need more work but am pretty new to Wikipedia. How do I include footnotes and what particular parts need working on? I'll do my best to improve them --Edchilvers 17:47, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beverley Martyn

Thanks for the encouragement! I'm a novice to Wiki and I'm just dipping my toes in at the moment - mostly trying to expand the John Martyn album list (its still only the bare bones at the moment). Cheers --twitter 09:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] re: Bert

Nice work on the article. I teetered between a B and an A but leaned toward A based on the sheer number of refs. My personal preference is for book refs over web refs and the article certainly has an abundance of those. To really push the article to the next level(GA review) I suggest you review WP:CITET. The article refs are formatted for quick footnotes....but really should use the {citebook} and {citeweb} format. Again, great work so far and good luck with the "next step". I haven't listened to Pentangle for over 30 years?? But after reading that I am going to dig some old vinyl out of storage when I get home and refresh my memory. Is there an online "24 hour Bert radio broadcast"??? If there is I'll will make my enitre staff listen to it :) . Cheers and take care! Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 14:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Bert Jansch pt.2

I noticed Wisekwai put the GA nom on hold pending some of his issues. I wanted to give you a brief background on one of his comments. The WikiProject Guitarist concensus opinion regarding the {infobox musical artist} is negative. The main issue being the use of colours which are meaningless to the casual Wikpedia reader(not to mention very unattractive) That being said,the guitarist project does not object to the musician box completely and it has been used for some notable guitarists who fell into the "multi-instrumentalist" role.(example Mike Oldfield) Another article that comes to mind is the Buddy Holly page. The image of Holly holding a Fender Stratocaster is almost iconic in Rock n roll music history. But, Holly will probably be remembered most as a songwriter more than for his guitar skills so the musician infobox is used. As the "prime editor" on the article it is really up to you to use whichever infobox you feel conveys the best information about the artist. But you had asked for a guitarist project class review so I wanted to provide some history of how the project feels about the "rainbow box". The Jansch page has come such a long ways from when I first viewed it. I really wish you all the best in your efforts to get the article the GA status it is so close to achieving. Cheers and take care! Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 12:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A well deserved Wiki-token!

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For all your work bringing the Bert Jansch article up to GA status...Well Done!!! Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 20:03, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Gunpowderhdq2.png

Do you have a larger version of Image:Gunpowderhdq2.png? Specifically, I am interested in reading the Latin caption at the top of the page. --Iustinus 16:28, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I have added my attempted transcription and translation to the image page. I should probably put that elsewhere as well, because text added to image pages not on comons tends to get deleted. But first let's make sure I have it right! I don't know if you know any Latin, but maybe you want to take a look at it. --Iustinus 18:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

You are right, it is separatim. The ommission was my own careless error. I confess that I am unclear on what quaternis is meant to mean in the inscription, but your interpretation (that all eight are depicted, but they weren't actually all punished at the same time) is better that anything I came up with. --Iustinus 01:07, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I think you are right. They were executed in fours, but are shown here coniunctim "together." --Iustinus 17:56, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Bert Jansch

I've just put up Bert Jansch as this month's Selected Article on the Guitar Portal. I noticed how much work you've put into it, so I thought I'd let you know. Regards, CiaranG 21:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Ciaran. It's encouraging to know that someone else is appreciating the work I'm doing :-)

Bert Jansch deserves a decent article on Wikipedia and it's great to see it on the Guitar Portal. (Am replying here as requested on your home page.) Cheers Bluewave 21:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem. All I need to do now is hear some of his music, since I have to admit I'd only vaguely even heard of him before today. If you want to recommend a track or album, that would be good. Cheers, CiaranG 21:44, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

If you haven't listened to him, I would try some of the early stuff: 1960s or early 70s. At that time there was no-one who could touch him for acoustic playing (IMHO). The Rosemary Lane album is the most consistent. "Reynardine" from that album is quite characteristic. If you're familiar with Jimmy Page's Black Mountain Side, it is worth listening to the original :-) Blackwaterside from the Jack Orion album. I hope that when you do hear him you don't think he's terrible!! Bluewave 22:05, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Sweet Child

You have convinced me that it’s in 6/4—obviously divided into triplets. Just as you convinced me that its source was a trumpet not a sax. So nit-picking, acompanied by the willingness to learn, is decidedly good. I guess one could compromise with the sleeve notes by referring to a slow triple time. I wonder whether you are a year or two older—or braver—than me and hit Les Cousins at its best? When I went there it was a bit decadent. It was usually John Martyn and he was always visibly scared of putting on the performance. Talk about stage fright! But he invariably gave a performance better than anything he managed on vinyl: even including Bless the weather or Solid Air. —Ian Spackman

In fact I hadn’t looked at the Les Cousins page before. I suppose that the least I can do is to see if my scanner is still working and if so add the front of my membership card. I guess there would be a fair use licence. —Ian Spackman 16:16, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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