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[edit] Welcome

Hello, Turangalila! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! S. Miyano 06:15, 21 March 2007 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for giving me the feedback at WP:RFF, I've just made a reply, could you please take another look (providing you have time)? Cheers, S. Miyano 06:15, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

thank you for the welcome & all the links. --Turangalila (talk) 20:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ^_^

Your new signature looks delightful S. Miyano 09:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing. I stole the code from User:Alison's sandbox.--Turangalila (talk) 10:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Turangalila/Images

Please do not use fair use images outside article namespace. I have removed both images at User:Turangalila/Images because they both were used under fair use. Please see WP:FUC for the restrictions of using fair use images on Wikipedia. (This instance is a violation of #9). Thank you for your cooperation. MECU≈talk 19:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

sorry about that. thx for setting me straight; still learning the ropes a bit...I can still link though, right? (ie [[:Image:xxx]]. I'll ask at your page to double check.

It's okay, it's a very abused item and admins even violate it. You can link to them, absolutely. You shouldn't use them, even in a temporary sense in a sandbox, because you may forget and leave it there and then it's there permanently. You can use Image:Example.jpg for that purpose, and even leave it there. Welcome to Wikipedia! --MECU≈talk 02:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

okay. thanks again. --Turangalila (talk) 02:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robert Spano and Raymond Premru

First of all, I want to say you're doing a great job, especially for such a new Wikipedian. There are thousands of articles to be assessed, so I don't have time to comment on each one of them. I'm very happy to answer individual requests for review. I made a few suggestions on the talk page of Robert Spano. I think it's ready to be submitted to WP:GAC. Considering it takes them a week (maybe more) to review it, you can submit it now and continue improving it. My main concern for Premru is the length. Although I'm not familiar with the topic, it doesn't seem comprehensive. The references should be using citation templates. Have you taken either article to Peer Review? They're not always active there, but sometimes they can give good advice. Let me know if you have further questions or need assistance. Cheers. Mahanga^{Talk to me} 16:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

It's absolutely acceptable to nominate your own article on GAC. In fact, just about everyone does it! You'll want to review the criteria and if you think it satisfies it (I think so), then nominate it. Good luck! Mahanga^{Talk to me} 20:02, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Classical work infobox

Thanks, Turangalila! I'm glad you took the initiative on this. Opus33 15:42, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

no problem. just stumbled across the thing...--Turangalila (talk) 15:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

...for the vote of confidence here: [1] much appreciate it. I worked hard on that article, and still am (just added another image today, and I'm busy writing articles on his more important pieces). I should probably grit my teeth and put it through the PR/FA process.

By the way, great username you have: I love that piece, quirky and passionate by turns. (We could sure use some articles on more of his works! -- from Catalogue d'oiseaux to Des Canyons aux étoiles...) Cheers, and happy editing: good to meet someone else active in this area! Antandrus (talk) 20:49, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Luto 3

Sounds like fine work. I saw the great master rehearse and conduct the work in the late 1980s. Unlike most composers, he was a natural, effortless conductor. It was one of my most cherished experiences. Found my score: the percussion section comprises xylophone, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone without motor, bells, five tom toms, two bongos, bass drum, side drum, tenor drum, three cymbals (small, medium and large), tam tam, gong, and tambourine. When I was a music lecturer, I used several excerpts from the work as exercises in the aural identification of instruments. They weren't easy. Tony 21:26, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editing large articles

A couple of times I've run across this problem: I try to make a (minor) edit on a long article; the edit window comes up w/ warning at the top, e.g. "This page is 31 kilobytes long.". When I try & insert text I hear my computer's audio "error" sound, & the browser jumps to the bottom of the page w/o making the edit. Most recently this happened while trying to add a wikilink in Witold_Lutosławski.

Is this just a deficiency in my browser? I'm working via Internet Explorer 5.1 on Mac OS 9. (I know, I'm living in the stone age, but it works ok for most stuff.) Thanks. --Turangalila (talk) 21:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

• Yes, I've experienced the same issues with Internet Explorer 5.x on a Mac. Older browsers don't allow more than a certain amount of text in an edit box. Editing in this case could lead to you cutting up articles past the point of what fits in the box on your system. I suggest you try upgrading to IE 6. I've lived in the stone age too and on Windows 98 IE6 never caused me any problems. - Mgm|^(talk) 22:28, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

See: WP:SS#Size and WP:SIZE#Which browsers have problems with long articles?. --Teratornis 22:30, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[above copied over from Help Desk --Turangalila 4/1]