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== [[HUBO]] is due for final Approval today ==


=== Welcome ===
Bruce, I just updated the version to be approved ... and today is the day for final Approval. I have also posted this same message on Matt's Talk page. [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 17:18, 22 April 2011 (UTC)


{{awelcome}}
:Thank you so much for the approval! I must admit it was long waiting but totally worth it. Now I will try to get another [[StarCraft|article]] approved... :) ([[User:Chunbum Park|Chunbum Park]] 20:20, 25 April 2011 (UTC))


You can find some more information about our collaboration groups if you follow this link [[CZ:Workgroups]].You can always ask me on my talk page or others about how to proceed or any other question you might have.
::Well done, Bruce!  I see absolutely nothing lacking in the approval mechanics.  You've earned your approval rating ;) [[User:D. Matt Innis|D. Matt Innis]] 02:13, 26 April 2011 (UTC)


Have fun and Happy editing!
== Re wiki-conversions from .doc files ==


--[[User:D. Matt Innis|Matt Innis]] [[User talk:D. Matt Innis|(Talk)]] 19:54, 29 March 2007 (CDT)
Bruce, I responded to your query on my Talk page. [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 21:55, 27 April 2011 (CDT)
==Thanks==
==Please see my response==
hanks for a first rate correction re Watergate.[[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 14:59, 19 June 2008 (CDT)
Thanks Bruce and I have responded on my discussion page. [[User:Mary Ash|Mary Ash]] 14:18, 28 April 2011 (CDT)


==Cheers!==
== Re wiki-converting ==
Hey Bruce, cheers for the heads-up on the romanisation topic on the forums. :) I see you're a poet and author...cool! I love to write, but I'm not sure my writings pass muster.--[[User:Yim Kai-mun|Yim Kai-mun]] 02:01, 8 April 2007 (CDT)


== Caliphate ==
Bruce, will you send me an email address so I can show you what Soleiman sent.  I'm at Anthony_Sebastian@msn.com.  Thanks.  [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 22:34, 28 April 2011 (CDT)
 
My Oxford Dictionary gives the form without the 'h' too, but Wikipedia spells it with an 'h' in its articles on both Caliph & Caliphate, so it's probably just an alternative transcription. Unfortunately there's so far no Arabic at [[CZ:International]]. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 10:46, 25 February 2008 (CST)
 
Of course I only noticed the final ‘h’ – I blame the pesky italics… I googled around a bit, and it would seem that 'khilafah' is indeed the –ate version, as you suggested. As for which page to use, I think it’s better to use the addressee’s talk page, as it announces ‘you have new messages’. Nice talking to you - [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 16:45, 25 February 2008 (CST)
 
==Gonzales==
Check out Gonzales now.  I think I fixed it by editing the page.  Sometimes the categories do not take after the metadata pages is changed until a minor edit to the article page helps resolves the categories.  I'm not sure why that is the case. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 13:17, 5 May 2008 (CDT)
:Bruce, nice job slogging through all those abc changes. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 17:14, 5 May 2008 (CDT)
 
== Townes Van Zandt ==
As a poet, I am sure you would love some of the lyrics of [[Townes Van Zandt]].  He was much more a poet and not such a good singer.  Check out some lyrics on the web.  The likes of Willy Nelson, John Prime, Lyle Lovett, EmmyLou Harris and many others have covered his tunes.
 
Look for these lyrics for a few good samples:
* Flyin' Shoes (covered by Lyle Lovett, who sang it at Townes' funeral)
* Tecumseh Valley (crushing dispare)
* Pancho and Lefty (made famous by Willie Nelson)
* When He Offers His Hand (Gospel)
* White Freight Liner Blues
* No Place to Fall (wife and I love to play this one)
* If I Needed You (covered by several people)
 
Here's ''Maria'', really depressing:
 
*Artist: Townes Van Zandt
*Album: No Deeper Blue
*By townes van zandt
 
*I stood in line and left my name
*Took about six hours or so
*Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game
*Said they'd let me know
*I put in my time till the pocono line
*Shut down two years ago
*I was staying at the mission till I met marie
*Now I can't stay there no more
 
*Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man
*To move some old cars around
*Maybe me and marie could find a burned-out
*Van and do a little settlin' down
*Aw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride
*And the junkyard's a pretty good ways
*That job's about a half week old besides
*It'd be gone now anyway
 
*Unemployment said I got no more checks
*And they showed me to the hall
*My brother died in georgia some time ago
*I got no one left to call
*Summer wasn't bad below the bridge
*A little short on food that's all
*Now I gotta get marie some kind of coat
*We're headed down into fall
 
*I used to play the mouth harp pretty good
*Hustled up a little dough
*But I got drunk and I woke up rolled
*A couple of months ago
*They got my harp and they got my dollar
*Them low life so and so's
*Harps cost money and I ain't got it
*It's my own fault I suppose
 
*The pocono's down but the chesapeak's runnin'
*Two freights everyday
*If it was just me I'd be headed south
*But marie can't catch no train
*She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby
*Says we gotta wait and see
*In my heart I know it's a little boy
*Hope he don't end up like me
 
*Well, the man's still grinnin' says he lost my file
*I gotta stand in line again
*I want to kill him but I just say no
*I had enough of that line my friend
*I head back to the bridge, its getting kinda cold
*I'm feelin' too low down to lie
*I guess I'll just tell marie the truth
*Hope she don't break down and cry
 
*Marie she didn't wake up this morning
*She didn't even try
*She just rolled over and went to heaven
*My little boy safe inside
*I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them
*Caught a chesapeak on the fly
*Marie will know I'm headed south
*So's to meet me by and by
 
*Marie will know I'm headed south
*So to meet me by and by
 
(It doesnt have quite the same feel without the music and tempo)
 
[[User:David E. Volk|David E. Volk]] 20:48, 5 May 2008 (CDT)
 
:: I like to say that it is funny that no one expects George Clooney or John Wayne to have written the movie dialog, but the general public just assumes the singer or least his band, must have written the lyrics. [[User:David E. Volk|David E. Volk]] 12:57, 7 May 2008 (CDT)
 
== OK, what am I missing that you are fixing? ==
 
:-)  Seriously, I'm apparently doing something wrong with formatting, but it looks as if you are either inserting or deleting a blank line...I think. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 13:41, 7 May 2008 (CDT)
 
== Bible  books ==
 
Might be good to put them at [[Genesis (Bible book)]], etc as they are probably ambiguous in many (most? all?) cases. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 11:07, 6 June 2008 (CDT)
 
: Ooops, sorry - that'll teach me to check the history!
: As to move and delete: for delete, that has to be done by a [[CZ:Constable]] - see [[CZ:Article Deletion Policy]] for more. For moving - that's complex, I'm writing a page on how to do it, I'll let you know when it's done.
: In general, check [[CZ:How To]] if you have this kind of question. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 11:36, 6 June 2008 (CDT)
 
== Dealing with duplicates  ==
 
Hi, sorry I've been a bit slow responding to this - things have been crazy. Anyway...
 
I haven't actually cleared up many duplicate articles. Mostly what I've done is flagged a bunch of them. The thing is that dealing with a duplicate involves three steps:
* Deciding what the preferable title is
* Working out which article has the best content (i.e. should be saved as 'the' article on that topic)
* Seeing if there's any useful material to be salvaged from the other one, and doing the salvage
All of those really kind of need someone with expertise in that area. Plus to which it's a lot of work, and I'm lazy! So generally I just note it, and let the relevant editors deal with it (or ignore the situation, a common result).
 
As to what to do when you find a pair: what I've been doing (this is not policy - yet - just my take) is drop a note on each one's talk page, tagged with the template {{tl|Duplicate}} (which takes as an argument the name of the ''other'' duplicate article). That adds them to [[:Category:Duplicate articles]], so they don't get lost, and lets the editors know they need to clean things up (see above). [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 15:22, 7 June 2008 (CDT)
 
== Element name spellings ==
 
Whoops! Um yeah, let's go with the EB spelling.  I'll just go ahead and move the pages over :-)--[[User:David Yamakuchi|David Yamakuchi]] 13:52, 18 June 2008 (CDT)
 
== Ummm...yes. Confuse the Russians, confuse Congress.  ==
 
Nahh...Congress does a good enough job confusing itself.
 
Thanks. I'll go fix it. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 14:44, 26 June 2008 (CDT)
 
== Don't forget! ==
 
--the [[CZ:monthly write-a-thon|August Write-a-Thon]]. Please join the party when it's Wednesday in your time zone (or "jump the gun", tee hee) [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 22:47, 5 August 2008 (CDT)
 
== From your friendly neighbourhood mistress of ceremonies ==
 
 
I signed you in at [[CZ:monthly write-a-thon#The shy ones, absent-minded profs, and other modest creatures|The August Party]]  Do join us on Wednesday September 2nd for what I hope will be a very active party with music, music, music.  Theme:  "My Favourite Band" (or, 'ensemble' or 'group' or 'orchestra' or 'singer' or 'recording' or...?
 
[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 23:01, 7 August 2008 (CDT)
 
==Thanks for the encouragement==
Bruce, nice to "meet" you here in CZ, and thanks for the encouragement on [[Grounds of Sculpture]]; I especially enjoyed the teenager anecdote![[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 09:20, 11 August 2008 (CDT)
 
== Covers ==
In music, covers refers to "covering" someone elses music, ie one band/singer plays the music of another band.  In general, music clubs pay a flat fee per year which allows them to play all ASCAP music, for example, and also a separate fee to the other company, but I can't think of their name at the moment. The fee is based on the size of the venue, and they don't keep track of each song played.  Cover charge is still the term used when you pay $40  to hear a band play all original music too.  It does work out to be the same thing as a dinner cover I suppose.
 
Speaking of music, I just spent the last few days at Gruene Hall, the oldest dance hall in Texas.  You should check out the [[Band of Heathens]] on the web. The band has 3 singer-songerwriters, a base player and a drummer. They are one of Austin's best bands right now.  [[User:David E. Volk|David E. Volk]] 00:54, 22 August 2008 (CDT)
==Flexner something==
Thanks for spotting that. I believe "Report" was the title of the document, and is in generally more common usage. The article itself needs some cleanup, as well as wikilinking to several related areas. Did you just spot the duplicate in passing, or is this subject of special interest?  I have some additional materials here, although I think my biography of Osler is packed away. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 23:15, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 
: Fixed the dup. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 01:19, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 
== Notes sections ==
 
Thanks for dealing with this in [[Buddhism]]. After doing this for 2 years on Wikipedia I still keep forgetting I need to do 2 things to get refs in. [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] 15:39, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 
== Greek letters ==
 
Thanks for consulting me. Yes, I think you have it covered. I always look at WP to see how it manages these technicalities, and they have a disambiguation page for the 5 or so Greek letters I looked up, so that should be the way to proceed: [[Gamma (letter)]]. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 01:03, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 21:34, 28 April 2011

Archive1 (Mar. 2007 - Apr. 2011)

HUBO is due for final Approval today

Bruce, I just updated the version to be approved ... and today is the day for final Approval. I have also posted this same message on Matt's Talk page. Milton Beychok 17:18, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the approval! I must admit it was long waiting but totally worth it. Now I will try to get another article approved... :) (Chunbum Park 20:20, 25 April 2011 (UTC))
Well done, Bruce! I see absolutely nothing lacking in the approval mechanics. You've earned your approval rating ;) D. Matt Innis 02:13, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Re wiki-conversions from .doc files

Bruce, I responded to your query on my Talk page. Anthony.Sebastian 21:55, 27 April 2011 (CDT)

Please see my response

Thanks Bruce and I have responded on my discussion page. Mary Ash 14:18, 28 April 2011 (CDT)

Re wiki-converting

Bruce, will you send me an email address so I can show you what Soleiman sent. I'm at [email protected]. Thanks. Anthony.Sebastian 22:34, 28 April 2011 (CDT)

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